Huntington Bancshares Incorporated is an American bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

[32][33][34][35] In 2009, the bank's Board of Directors named Steve Steinour as president, CEO, and chairman, succeeding Thomas Hoaglan, who retired after eight years in those positions.

[5][36] In 2009, Huntington bid against rival Fifth Third Bank to acquire National City Corp. branches in the Pittsburgh region from PNC Financial Services.

[42][43][44] In 2011, three wordmarks and two icons were placed atop the 200 Public Square building in Cleveland, Ohio.

[45][46][47][48] In 2012, Huntington was in merger discussions with Flint, Michigan-based Citizens Republic Bancorp.

[49][50] In the first quarter of 2013, Huntington changed its ATMs to ones that allow customers to make deposits by inserting cash and checks.

[51] In 2014, the bank began offering ATM deposits from mobile phones and through online transfers.

[53][54][55][56] In September 2014, the company acquired 24 offices of Bank of America in Central Michigan, including the Port Huron, Flint, and Saginaw markets.

This raised the number of Huntington branches in Michigan to 173, including over 40 in Meijer stores.

[60][61][62] In January 2016, Huntington announced it would purchase Akron-based FirstMerit Corporation for $3.4 billion, making the FirstMerit Tower in Akron, Ohio, have the Huntington word mark on it, and making it one of the largest banks in Ohio.

[63] Due to Sherman Antitrust Act concerns by the United States Department of Justice, it sold 11 branches in Canton and two in Ashtabula to First Commonwealth Bank.

[68] On December 13, 2020, Huntington announced the acquisition of Detroit-based TCF Financial Corporation.

[69] As part of the merger, the company also announced it would close 198 branches due to overlap.

[77] In June 2022, Huntington completed its acquisition of Capstone Partners, an investment bank and advisory firm based in Boston.

[83] In 2012, Huntington started displaying checks written by famous people, including 24 former U.S. presidents, such as Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Niles, Ohio native William McKinley.

Other checks were signed by Charles Dickens, Thomas Edison, Ernest Hemingway, and Susan B.

[84] The most notable check was one written by Lincoln to "self" for $800 dated April 13, 1865, the day before his assassination.