BankAtlantic
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| Type | Public |
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| Traded as | NYSE: BBX) |
| Industry | Finance and Insurance |
| Founded | Fort Lauderdale, FL (1952) |
| Headquarters | Fort Lauderdale, Florida |
| Key people | Jarett Levan, CEO Alan Levan, Chairman |
| Products | Banking |
| Employees | approx 1,040 |
| Website | www.bankatlantic.com |
BankAtlantic, Member FDIC, is a subsidiary of BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc.. The company's headquarters is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in Southeast Florida. BankAtlantic is a company that provides consumer and business banking services to communities throughout the state of Florida. It was founded in 1952 and currently has 78 branch locations in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade, Martin and St. Lucie counties.[1][2] As of June 2011, BankAtlantic has assets of $3.86bn with liabilities of $3.84bn.[3] The bank's offerings include a range of personal, business, and commercial banking products and services.
The company’s lending portfolio comprises commercial real estate loans, commercial business loans, standby letters of credit and commitments, consumer loans, small business loans, and residential loans.
[edit] Corporate history
- 1952: BankAtlantic founded in Fort Lauderdale as Atlantic Federal Savings and Loan Association.
- 1980s: The bank sued ABC News for a report of complex real estate deals used by Alan B. Levan to keep the bank afloat. The bank lost the action when the US Supreme Court refused to hear the case.[4]
- 1988: Atlantic Federal Savings and Loan renamed BankAtlantic.
- 1994: The BankAtlantic Foundation was created.
- 1999: Jarett S. Levan is appointed to the Board of Directors. He is the son of Alan B. Levan, chief executive officer and chairman of the Board of Directors and joined the company in 1998 at age 24.[5]
- 2001: BankAtlantic Bancorp acquires Community Savings Bankshares, Inc.
- 2006 BankAtlantic paid a ten million dollar penalty as a result of an investigation of drug traffickers in Florida. Their report noted, "more than $50 million in suspicious transactions were conducted through certain accounts at BankAtlantic." [6]
- 2007: Share prices of the corporation collapses from $46.35 in the first week of October to $16 in the first week of November.[7]
- 2007 To meet financial difficulties, the bank sold Ryan Beck Holdings Incorporated for about 96 million dollars, laid off over 220 workers and cut down on its marketing budget.[8]
- 2007: BankAtlantic opens 100th location.
- 2007: Jarett S. Levan becomes chief executive officer, taking the title from his father.[8]
- 2008: In July, the bank was included on a report entitled "Who is Next?" written by analyst Richard X. Bove. The report listed 107 banking firms in order of their perceived riskiness to investors. The bank, whose stock was then near $100 a share sued for defamation, In June 2010, the bank lost the case, but managed to cost Mr. Bove almost $800,000 in legal fees.[4] By September, 2010, the corporation's share price was about a dollar.[9]
- 2010 On March 23, Forbes reported BankAtlantic was one of a number of US banks implicated in dealings with Mexican drug traffickers. The report said that BankAtlantic entered into a deal with the Justice Department to settle the matter.[10]
- 2010: Recipient for “Highest Customer Satisfaction with Retail Banking in Florida,” JD Power and Associates 2010 Retail Banking Satisfaction Study.
- 2011: BankAtlantic's Tampa Bay Area branches sold to PNC Financial Services, with BankAtlantic focusing on the South Florida market.
- 2011: BankAlantic's puts itself up for sale and acquired by BB&T, As of November 1, 2011, In acquiring BankAtlantic, BB&T will acquire approximately $2.1 billion in loans and assume approximately $3.3 billion in deposits. [11]
[edit] External links
- BankAtlantic - Main Website
[edit] References
- ^ "BankAtlantic: Corporate Overview". BankAtlantic. https://www.bankatlantic.com/AboutUs/CorporateOverview/default.html.
- ^ http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_720631.html
- ^ "BankAtlantic Bancorp, Inc. and Subsidiaries Summary of Selected Financial Data". BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. July 27, 2011. http://www.snl.com/Cache/1001160463.PDF?D=&O=PDF&IID=101666&Y=&T=&FID=1001160463. Retrieved August 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Martin, Adnrews; Story, Louise (September 11, 2010). "The Loneliest Analyst". The New York Times (New York City). http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/business/12suit.html. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ "Jarett S. Levan Profile". Forbes.com. http://people.forbes.com/profile/jarett-s-levan/10321. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ Drug Problem, by Nathan Vardi, Forbes.com blog, http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0702/046.html
- ^ "BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. New Stock Chart". Yahoo! Finance. November 12, 2007. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=BBX#chart7:symbol=bbx;range=20071001,20071112;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ a b "BankAtlantic News and Photos". SunSentinel.com. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/topic/economy-business-finance/financial-business-services/banking/bankatlantic-ORCRP017210.topic. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ "BankAtlantic Bancorp Inc. New Stock Chart". Yahoo! Finance. September 13, 2010. http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=BBX#chart2:symbol=bbx;range=20080701,20100913;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined. Retrieved September 13, 2010.
- ^ [|Vardi, Nathan] (March 23, 2010). "America’s Banks And Mexico’s Drug Problem". Forbes.com. http://blogs.forbes.com/streettalk/2010/03/23/americas-banks-and-mexicos-drug-problem/. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
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