First Maryland Bancorp

First Maryland Bancorp
IndustryBanking
Founded1806 (1806) as Mechanics Bank of Baltimore
Defunct2003 (2003)
Total assets$18.3 billion (2001)
Number of employees
6,000

First Maryland Bancorp was a bank holding company that operated the First National Bank of Maryland. The company changed its name to Allfirst Financial in 1999 and was acquired by M&T Bank in 2003.

The company operated 250 branches and more than 575 automated teller machines in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and Delaware.