Merchants National Corporation
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Merchants National Corporation (MNC) was an Indianapolis-based statewide bank holding company that was one of the largest Indiana-based financial institutions at the time it was acquired by Ohio-based National City Corporation in 1992. Its primary subsidiary was the Indianapolis-based Merchants National Bank and Trust Company, which was founded in 1865.
Merchants National Bank & Trust Company | |
Company type | Public |
Nasdaq: MCHN (1972–1992) | |
Industry | Banking |
Founded | March 1865; 159 years ago (1865-03) as Merchants National Bank & Trust Company in Indianapolis January 3, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-01-03) as Merchants National Corporation |
Defunct | May 2, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-05-02) |
Fate | Acquired by National City Corporation |
Successor | National City Bank Indiana |
Headquarters | Indianapolis, Indiana, United States |
Area served | Indiana |
Products | Financial services |
Total assets | $5.7 billion[1] (1992) |
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From the mid-1950s through the late 1980s, Merchants National Bank and Trust, along with American Fletcher National Bank and Indiana National Bank, was one of the three largest banks in Indianapolis and its holding company, Merchants National Corporation, was one of the three largest bank holding companies in the state, along with American Fletcher Corporation and Indiana National Corporation (later named INB Financial Corporation).[2]