Banks complete merger; combined entity boasts 12 branches, $3B in assets

Hillsboro Bank, based in Plant City, will do business as The Bank of Tampa.

  • By Business Observer Staff
  • | 10:17 a.m. October 6, 2021
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File. Bank of Tampa executives Bill West, left, and Corey Neil, far right, with Hillsboro Bank CEO Mike Ward. The two banks completed their merger on Oct. 1.
File. Bank of Tampa executives Bill West, left, and Corey Neil, far right, with Hillsboro Bank CEO Mike Ward. The two banks completed their merger on Oct. 1.
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TAMPA — The Bank of Tampa and Hillsboro Bank have officially merged, completing a deal first announced in April.

 

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