OceanFirst Bank

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OceanFirst Bank, N.A.
TypePublic
Nasdaq: OCFC
ISINUS6752341080
Industry
Founded1902; 120 years ago (1902)
HeadquartersToms River, New Jersey, U.S.
Key people
  • Christopher Maher (Chairman and CEO)
  • Joseph Lebel (COO)
RevenueIncrease US$255.971 million (2019)[1]
Increase US$107.358 billion (2019)[2]
Increase US$88.574 million (2019)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$8.246 billion (2019)[1]
Total equityIncrease US$1.129 billion (2019)[2]
Number of employees
838[3] (2019)
WebsiteOceanFirst.com

OceanFirst Bank, N.A. is an American regional bank subsidiary of the U.S. financial services holding company OceanFirst Financial Corp founded and headquartered in Ocean County, New Jersey, with operations throughout New Jersey, metropolitan Philadelphia, and metropolitan New York City.[4][5][6]

The company offers online banking, current accounts, mobile banking, personal loans, debit cards, e-banking, mortgage loan, commercial lending, cash management, and insurance services.[7]

History[]

OceanFirst Bank traces its history back to 1902 in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, Ocean County, where it was founded as Point Pleasant Building & Loan Association. In 1960 the name was changed to Ocean Federal Savings and Loan establishing local operations until 1985 when business expansion took place into Middlesex County, NJ.[8]

In 1999 the name was changed from Ocean Federal Savings & Loan Association to Ocean First Bank.

OceanFirst completed its initial public offering (IPO) converting from mutual to stock ownership in 1996 which included establishing a holding company. In 2018, OceanFirst became a bank holding company, OceanFirst Financial Corp, and the company completed the conversion of its charter from a federal savings bank to a national commercial bank.[9]

Business expansion[]

OceanFirst Financial Corp. enhanced its organic growth efforts with acquisitions beginning in 2015. Since then, it has completed deals to acquire 6 different financial institutions in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City. First was the acquisition of Colonial American Bank on July 31, 2015.[10][11] Then, in January 2016, it agreed to buy Cape Bancorp, Inc. which was a bank with 22 branches and five loans offices, for $196 million.[12]

On November 30, 2016, OceanFirst Financial Corp. acquired, for $146 million, Ocean Shore Holding Co. including its subsidiary, Ocean City Home Bank, a community banks that dates back to 1887 in Ocean City with 11 branches in Atlantic and Cape May counties .[12][13] In 2018, it completed a $475 million acquisition of Sun Bancorp Inc., the holding company for Sun National Bank.[9][14] In January 2019, it closed a $77 million acquisition deal of Capital Bank of New Jersey; under the deal, Capital Bank operated as a division of OceanFirst Bank until its customers and accounts were integrated into the OceanFirst operating system in the second quarter of 2019, at which time Capital Bank was rebranded as OceanFirst Bank.[15]

Country Bank still existed in 2019

On January 1, 2020, OceanFirst Financial Corp. acquired Two River Bancorp and Country Bank Holding Company, Inc. in a transaction worth approximately $183 million and $102.2 million respectively.[16] Two River Bancorp was a full-service community bank operating 14 branch locations and 2 loan production offices in Monmouth, Ocean, Union and Essex Counties. Country Bank Holding Company Inc. was founded in 1988 and provided banking services to small businesses and individuals through its network of five Country Bank branches located in the metropolitan New York market.[16][17]

On November 4, 2021, OceanFirst Financial Corp. announced a merger agreement with Partners Bancorp in a transaction worth approximately $186 million. Partners Bancorp, created by the 2019 merger of the Bank of Delmarva and the Virginia Partners Bank, has 20 branches in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and New Jersey. The merger is expected to close in the first half of 2022.[18]

Sports marketing[]

The first commercial naming rights for Monmouth University stadium was announced in 2016, the name of the arena was changed from Multipurpose Activity Center to OceanFirst Bank Center following a multi-year naming rights sponsorship with OceanFirst.[19]

Ocean First Foundation.[]

In 1996, the bank established an independent charitable foundation named OceanFederal Foundation in 1996. In 1999 it became OceanFirst Foundation. The foundation has granted over US$39 million to non-profit organizations and schools, helping the community around the bank's market areas.[20][21][22]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "OCEANFIRST FINANCIAL CORP. 2019 ANNUAL REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "OceanFirst Financial Corp. 10-K Form". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
  3. ^ Bank, OceanFirst. "Financial data". Owler.
  4. ^ "History & Mission". OceanFirst Bank. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  5. ^ "OceanFirst Bank Locations". www.usbanklocations.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  6. ^ Corp, OceanFirst Financial (2019-01-31). "OceanFirst Financial Corp. Completes Acquisition of Capital Bank of New Jersey". GlobeNewswire News Room. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  7. ^ "Bloomberg - OCFC profile". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  8. ^ "OCFC Investor presentation" (PDF). SNL.
  9. ^ a b "OceanFirst completes $475M acquisition of Sun Bancorp". Philadelfia Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  10. ^ "OceanFirst Financial Corp. Completes Acquisition of Colonial American Bank". New Jersey Business. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  11. ^ Diamond, Michael L. "OceanFirst to buy Colonial American". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  12. ^ a b "Bank completes $202M acquisition of South Jersey competitor". Philadelfia Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  13. ^ "OceanFirst Financial Corp. and Ocean Shore Holding Co. Receive Stockholder Approvals for Merger". New Jersey Business. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  14. ^ "OceanFirst Financial acquires Sun National Bank for $475m". Retail Banker International. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  15. ^ "OceanFirst closes $77M acquisition of South Jersey bank". Philadelfia Business Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  16. ^ a b "OceanFirst Financial to acquire Two River and CHYC for £236m". NS Banking. 2019-08-12. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  17. ^ Katz, Peter (2019-08-13). "Country Bank to merge with OceanFirst Bank". Westfair Communications. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  18. ^ Blumenthal, Jeff (November 4, 2021). "OceanFirst to enter Maryland and D.C. retail markets with planned $186M acquisition". Philadelphia Business Journal. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  19. ^ Newman, Josh. "OceanFirst pays to put name on Monmouth's MAC". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  20. ^ Diamond, Michael L. "OceanFirst Bank getting new CEO after almost two decades". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  21. ^ County, Submitted by Susan Kotzen Communications & Donor Relations Jewish Family Service of Atlantic. "OceanFirst Foundation donates $20,000 to Jewish Family Service". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  22. ^ "OceanFirst Foundation Donates $38,000 Through Home Runs for Heroes". MiLB.com. Retrieved 2019-12-10.

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