Huntington Bank (Huntington Bancshares Inc.) is one of the largest bank holding companies in the USA. Its headquarters are situated in Columbus, Ohio. The bank operates almost 700 branches and offices in six American states: Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

Huntington Bank offers full-service consumer banking, small business, commercial, mortgage banking, foreign exchange, treasury management, equipment leasing, investment management, brokerage services and a number of other programs, services and financial products.

Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is listed on Fortune 1000 and the S&P 500.

Landmarks in the History of Huntington Bank

• 1866 – P. W. Huntington founds The Huntington National Bank in Columbus, Ohio.
• 1878 – P. W. Huntington builds a five-story office building for his bank.
• 1890s – The early 1900s – Five Huntington’s sons become his partners and executive managers.
• 1918 – P. W. Huntington dies and F. R. Huntington becomes the bank’s president.
• 1905 – The Huntington National Bank is incorporated and named The Huntington National Bank of Columbus.
• 1923 - Huntington Bank acquires Hayden Clinton Bank and State Savings Bank.
• 1928 – F. R. Huntington dies and Theodore Huntington, his brother, assumes the presidency.
• 1928 – 1929 – the bank pursues the low-risk strategy during the Great Depression that helpes it to survive the difficult period.
• 1933 – B. G. Huntington, the youngest brother, becomes the president of Huntington Bank.
• 1949 – B. G. Huntington cedes the presidency and takes the position of chairman of the board. He is succeeded by John Stevenson, the first leader of the bank who is not a member of the Huntington family.
• The early 1960s - Huntington National Bank purchases many banks and turns them into Huntington locations. It also builds a number of new branches and starts providing new services, such as retail lending and mortgage loans.
• 1963 – Clair Fultz assumes the presidency.
• 1960s - Huntington National is separated into 8 main departments. It operates 15 Huntington locations in Columbus and uses computer systems.
• 1966 - Huntington National Bank celebrates its 100th anniversary and launches the international banking division dealing with foreign companies and banks.
• 1966 - Huntington establishes Huntington Bancshares Incorporated, the parent company of Huntington National Bank.
• 1972 - Huntington National is the 1st American bank operating a twenty-four-hour automated banking office. It is named the “Handy Bank”.
• 1975 – Arthur Herrman becomes the president of the bank.
• 1976 – Huntington Mortgage Company is formed.
• 1977 – Huntington Leasing Company is founded.
• 1979 - Huntington Bancshares owns assets of about .5 billion and has 97 Huntington locations.
• 1981 – Frank Wobst takes the presidency.
• 1982 - Huntington Bank is the 4th largest Ohio bank holding company, with 176 offices and assets of billion.
• 1982 – The bank acquires Union Commerce for two billion dollars.
• 1980s - Huntington maintains safe strategy.
• 1989 - Huntington Bancshares Incorporated has almost 250 Huntington locations in eleven states and about billion in assets.
• The early 1990s - Huntington Bank opens an operation center, located in West Virginia. It consolidates the bank’s account management operations.
• 2007 – Huntington Bancshares acquires Sky Financial Group Incorporated, located in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Huntington Bank Today

Now Huntington Bancshares Incorporated owns about billion in assets and is one of the forty largest U.S. bank holding companies.

Huntington Bank has more than 690 offices and about 1400 automated teller machines in six states. Huntington Bank locations also include convenience branches in various grocery stores. It provides mobile, telephone and internet banking. The bank provides some services in other states and countries too. For example, it has departments in Hong Kong and Cayman Islands.

Nowadays Huntington Bank offers a great variety of financial services, including private banking, savings accounts, insurance, checking accounts, wealth management, personal trusts, treasury management, retirement plans, specialty banking, etc.

A convenient and user-friendly Huntington Bank locator, available on the website, will help you to find the nearest branch of the bank or its automated teller machine.