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Cadence Bank was founded as the First National Bank of Aberdeen, on April 30, 1887. In 1972, it changed its name to the First National Bank of Monroe County. In March 1974, it merged with Peoples Bank in Starkville, Mississippi, becoming the National Bank of Mississippi in May of that year. In October 1974, it merged with the National Bank of Commerce of Columbus to become the National Bank of Commerce of Mississippi. In 2005, it changed its name to Cadence Bank, N.A.
The bank's parent company formed in 2009 as Community Bancorp LLC. In 2010, it secured $1 billion of capital commitments. It acquired Cadence Bank in March 2011.
In April 2011, it acquired Superior Bancorp of Birmingham, Alabama in a transaction facilitated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation due to Superior Bank's failure.
In November 2011, the bank moved its headquarters from Starkville, Mississippi to Birmingham, Alabama.
In July 2012, it acquired Encore Bank.
In January 2019, the company acquired State Bank. It also moved its headquarters to Atlanta.
In April 2021, Cadence Bancorporation entered into a merger agreement with BancorpSouth Bank; the merged entity uses the Cadence Bank name.
From Wikipedia’s article on Cadence Bank (1887–2021), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4