Top Largest Banks in Maryland

The Top Largest Banks in Maryland include Sandy Spring Bancorp, Eastern Savings Bank, Community Bank of Tri-County, The Columbia Bank, among others.

Sandy Spring Bancorp is the oldest and largest publicly traded banking company headquartered and operating in Maryland. It was founded in 1868 and offers a broad range of commercial banking, retail banking and trust services through its community offices in Anne Arundel, Carroll, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, and Prince George's counties in Maryland, and in Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Virginia. Sandy Spring Bancorp is ranked among the top "Most Trustworthy Companies" list compiled for Forbes by Audit Integrity, a Los Angeles-based independent financial analytics firm.

Eastern Savings Bank is the largest privately owned bank in Maryland. It is also a top financial institution in the metropolitan Baltimore area with assets of $980 million at year-end 2006.

Community Bank of Tri-County is one of the largest banks in MD. The Bank was recognized for its work and awarded the Platinum award for the 2010 Community Wealth Advisors Campaign. Platinum awards are judged to be among the best entries in the competition with only about 15 percent of award winners achieved this honor. It also received a Gold award for its work on the 2009 Convenience Services Campaign. Community Bank received honorable mentions for its "Ribbiting News"; kid's club savings newsletter) and the 2009 Business Services Campaign.

The Columbia Bank has been a leader in the banking community, helping the businesses, individuals and the communities that span the central Maryland marketplace counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Cecil, Frederick, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George’s and Washington, as well as Franklin County in Pennsylvania. The Columbia Bank has received a Healthy Workplace gold medal.

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