RBC Centura Banks Inc. has completed its $456 million acquisition of Flag Financial Corp. in Atlanta.
The $20.5 billion-asset U.S. banking unit of Royal Bank of Canada closed the deal Friday for the $1.8 billion-asset. In a press release that day, RBC Centura said it had gained $1.4 billion of deposits and $1.3 billion of loans through the acquisition.
The Flag acquisition was Royal Bank of Canada's first in the U.S. banking market since November 2003.