Fourth Financial Corporation

Fourth Financial Corporation
  • Fourth National Bank of Wichita (1887-1986)
  • Bank IV (1986-1995)
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: FRTH
IndustryBank holding company
Founded1887; 137 years ago (1887) as Fourth National Bank of Wichita
1968; 56 years ago (1968) as Fourth Financial Corporation
FounderGeorge C. Strong
Defunct1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FateAcquired by Boatmen's Bancshare
SuccessorBoatmen's Bancshares (now Bank of America)
HeadquartersWichita, Kansas
Number of locations
87 (Kansas)
56 (Oklahoma)
Areas served
Kansas, Oklahoma
ProductsFinancial services
Number of employees
3,500
SubsidiariesBank IV Kansas, Bank IV Oklahoma

Fourth Financial Corporation was a Wichita, Kansas bank holding company that was formed in 1968, the largest and one of the oldest banks in Kansas as well as a dominant bank in Oklahoma when it was bought by Boatmen's Bancshares in 1995.[1]

  1. ^ "Boatmen's to Buy Fourth Financial in $1.2 Billion Stock Deal". New York Times. August 26, 1995.