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| Industry | Bank holding company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1847 |
| Defunct | 1996 |
| Fate | Acquired by NationsBank |
| Successor | NationsBank (now Bank of America) |
| Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri |
| Products | Financial services |
Number of employees | 17,863 |
| Subsidiaries | Boatmen's Trust Company; Fourth Financial Corporation; Sunwest Bank; Superior Federal Bank, F.S.B.; FKF, Inc.; Security Bancshares, Inc.; Catoosa Bancshares, Inc.; Founders Bancorporation, Inc.; Eighth and Taylor Corp. |
Boatmen's Bancshares Inc. was one of the 30 largest bank holding companies in the United States when it was acquired by NationsBank in 1996. Until its acquisition, Boatmen's traded on NASDAQ with the ticker BOAT.
The company, founded in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1847, claimed to be the oldest bank west of the Mississippi River at the time of its acquisition.