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Wells Fargo Leads Banks in Number of Branches

Bank branch count is not directly related to a financial firm’s total deposits, but the correlation is close. Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) had 6,314 branches as of June 2014. It ranked third among all banks in deposits, though, with $1,073,543,725, according to the FDIC.

In second place, among banks based on total number of branches was JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) at 5,682, with the second largest deposit base at 1,079,452,805. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) was third in branch count, but first in deposits — 5,096 against $1,172,985,000.

The top 10 banks in terms of total deposits are:

Bank Holding Company Name BHC ID State
Headquartered
No.
of
Offices
Total
Deposits
June 30, 2014
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION 1073757 North Carolina 5,096 1,172,985,000
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. 1039502 New York 5,682 1,079,452,805
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY 1120754 California 6,314 1,073,543,725
CITIGROUP INC. 1951350 New York 962 466,817,064
U.S. BANCORP 1119794 Minnesota 3,238 263,661,347
CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORPORATION 2277860 Virginia 886 226,933,908
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC., THE 1069778 Pennsylvania 2,821 221,109,179
TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, THE 1238565 Foreign * 1,329 199,544,503
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORPORATION, THE 3587146 New York 46 156,592,067
BB&T CORPORATION 1074156 North Carolina 1,843 137,818,798

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