Superior Bank (Alabama)
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Superior Bancorp, and its principal subsidiary Superior Bank, is a southeastern community thrift with approximately $3.2 billion in assets. The company is publicly held and has its corporate headquarters in Birmingham
, Alabama
. Superior was founded in 1997 as The Banc Corporation. Today the company stands as the second-largest community bank holding company in Alabama, behind Regions Financial Corporation, and third largest when including foreign-based, but locally headquartered, BBVA Compass. The company's corporate headquarters are located in the historic John A. Hand Building on 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham, which is named after former AmSouth Bancorporation
president John A. Hand. Superior Bank had 73 branch locations including 38 in Alabama and 22 in Florida
. Superior Bank was closed by FDIC on April 15, 2011. The bank's branches and its assets were acquired by a newly created subsidiary of Community Bancorp, operating as Superior Bank N.A.
In October 2011 Superior Bank N.A. merger with Cadence Bank to form a stronger united southern bank.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. Superior was founded in 1997 as The Banc Corporation. Today the company stands as the second-largest community bank holding company in Alabama, behind Regions Financial Corporation, and third largest when including foreign-based, but locally headquartered, BBVA Compass. The company's corporate headquarters are located in the historic John A. Hand Building on 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham, which is named after former AmSouth Bancorporation
AmSouth Bancorporation
AmSouth Bancorporation was a banking company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, and operated for its final year in existence as a bank holding company of Regions Financial Corporation after a merger between the two banks. AmSouth was previously known as First National Bank of Birmingham, which...
president John A. Hand. Superior Bank had 73 branch locations including 38 in Alabama and 22 in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. Superior Bank was closed by FDIC on April 15, 2011. The bank's branches and its assets were acquired by a newly created subsidiary of Community Bancorp, operating as Superior Bank N.A.
In October 2011 Superior Bank N.A. merger with Cadence Bank to form a stronger united southern bank.