Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B. is the largest locally-based banking company in the Washington Metropolitan Area. Despite its name, it is a federally chartered thrift regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision, rather than a bank. It is privately held and controlled by the B.F. Saul Real Estate Investment Trust; B. Francis Saul II, who founded the REIT and is the grandson of the founder of the BF Saul Company, serves as its chairman.
On December 4, 2008, Capital One announced it would be acquiring Chevy Chase Bank. The acquisition was completed on February 27, 2009.
Business structure
The bank's core business is residential mortgages and consumer banking; its mortgage subsidiary, the B.F. Saul Mortgage Company, is one of the leading mortgage originators in the region.. As of December 31, 2007 it held $14.0 billion in deposits.
Chevy Chase Bank has more than 290 branches in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, and claims to have the largest network of ATMs in the Washington area.
According to ABA routing information it is based in Laurel, Maryland, while the bank's headquarters offices are in downtown Bethesda, Maryland, at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East-West Highway. According to its FDIC certificate, the firm is headquartered in McLean, Virginia. It should be noted that this was before being acquired by McLean-based Capital One, not after.
Competition
Its main competitors are the retail banking divisions of larger, supraregional companies such as Bank of America, BB&T, SunTrust Banks, and Wachovia, and so emphasizes its local nature and community involvement in its advertising. It uses a caricature portrayal of Benjamin Franklin as its advertising mascot, who repeats the tagline The Leading Local Bank in its television commercials.
Litigation
Chevy Chase Bank was the subject of two national class action lawsuits for violations of the Truth in Lending Act of 1968 involving as many as 7,000 mortgage borrowers. A federal district court ruled against the bank in January 2007, but the ruling was stayed pending appeal to the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the federal district ruling in September, 2008. The bank also agreed to pay $16 million to settle a class action alleging it charged late fees and high interest rates to credit card holders, although it denied wrongdoing.
History
The bank traces its history to 1892, when B. Francis Saul founded the B.F. Saul Company, a mortgage and real estate firm. On October 11, 1955, a savings and loan charter was granted to some Baltimore-area businessmen but never used. In 1969, the charter was purchased and the Chevy Chase Savings And Loan Association was established, taking the name from Chevy Chase, Maryland. Saul's grandson, B. Francis Saul II, opened the S&L on December 1, 1969, 50 years to the day after his grandfather, B. F. Saul opened Home Savings and Loan (subsequently merged into American Security Bank - now part of Bank of America). It became an FDIC-insured federal savings bank in 1985 and changed its name to Chevy Chase Savings Bank, F.S.B. accordingly the following year. It acquired the Standard Savings and Loan Association of Grundy, Virginia, in 1988.
It adopted its current name in 1994 and on January 16, 1996, moved its registration from Chevy Chase to McLean. It moved into its actual headquarters in Bethesda in 2001.
In 1995 it acquired the historic Alex. Brown & Sons Building in Baltimore, Maryland, which was renovated the following year and is now used for a branch office.
On December 4, 2008, Capital One announced it would purchase Chevy Chase Bank for $520 million.
References
- ^ a b Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (June 30, 2008). "Summary of Deposits" . http://www4.fdic.gov/SOD/sodInstBranchRpt.asp?rCert=32324 . Retrieved 2009-08-21 .
- ^ a b c d Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "Institution Directory: Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B." . http://www2.fdic.gov/IDASP/ExternalConfirmation.asp?inCert1=32324 . Retrieved 2009-08-21 .
- ^ a b The Washington Post . "2007 Post 200: Chevy Chase Bank, FSB" . http://projects.washingtonpost.com/post200/2007/CCBFSB/ .
- ^ a b Chevy Chase Bank 2007 Annual Report
- ^ a b Goldfarb, Zachary A.; Binyamin Appelbaum (2008-12-04). "Capital One To Buy Local Banking Icon Chevy Chase". The Washington Post . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120302809.html .
- ^ Capital One Completes Acquisition of Chevy Chase Bank
- ^ District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking. "Chevy Chase Bank, FSB" . http://dbfi.dc.gov/dbfi/cwp/view,a,3,q,585658.asp . Retrieved 2008-05-11 .
- ^ Chevy Chase Bank. "About Us" . http://www.chevychasebank.com/htm/about.html . Retrieved 2008-05-11 .
- ^ Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "Deposit Market Share Report, Metropolitan Statistical Area:Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV" . http://www4.fdic.gov/SOD/sodInstBranchRpt.asp?rCert=32324 .
- ^ LM&O Advertising. "TV" . http://www.lmo.com/tv.html . Retrieved 2008-05-13 .
- ^ Downey, Kirstin (2007-02-06). "A Fight Over the Fine Print". The Washington Post : p. D1 . http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501415.html . ...
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