First Republic Bank · San Francisco, CA United States

First Republic Bank offers private banking, wealth management, trust, and brokerage services for businesses and high-net-worth clients. though more than 50 branches. About half are in Northern California, around the San Francisco Bay area, Silicon Valley, and the wine country; the rest are in Southern California, the Northeast, the Pacific Northwest, and Las Vegas. The bank's lending focuses on commercial and residential real estate and personal loans, including vacation home mortgages and aircraft and yacht financing. Bank of America, which assumed ownership of First Republic as part of its 2009 acquisition of Merrill Lynch, is selling the bank to an investor group led by General Atlantic and Colony Capital. To read the full description, subscribe now.