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Closing the deal.


There have been several big deals among BE 100s banks over the last few years. Here are some of the major transactions:

* October October: see month.  2000: Boston Bank of Commerce (No. 15 on the 2000 BE BANKS list with $137.7 million in assets) and Los Angeles-based Founders National Bank (No. 19 on the 2000 BE BANKS list with $105.9 million in assets) sign a definitive agreement to merge and create the first national minority banking platform controlled and managed by African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race. . The combined entity has assets totaling more than $260 million.

* July 2002: Boston Bank of Commerce (No. 6 on the 2002 BE BANKS list with $261.7 million in assets) signs a definitive agreement to acquire Los Angeles-based Family Savings Bank savings bank, financial institution that, until recently, performed only the following functions: receiving savings deposits of individuals, investing them, and providing a modest return to its depositors in the form of interest.  (No. 9 on the 2002 BE BANKS list with $196.6 million in assets) in a cash transaction The combined company is later renamed OneUnited Bank.

* February 2003: Atlanta-based Citizens Trust Bank (No. 3 on the 2002 BE BANKS list with $292.4 million in assets) completes the acquisition of CFS CFS
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 Bancshares Inc. in Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham (pronounced [ˈbɝmɪŋˌhæm]) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alabama and is the county seat of Jefferson County. , (No. 19 on the 2002 BE BANKS list with $107 million in assets) for $92 million in cash.
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Date:Mar 1, 2004
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