The number of local bank branches continues to dwindle as big players like McLean-based Capital One Financial Corp. (NYSE: COF), Atlanta-based SunTrust Banks Inc. (NYSE: STI) and Winston-Salem, North Carolina-based BB&T Corp. (NYSE: BBT) cut dozens of branches, according to new data. The D.C. metro area saw its overall number of bank branches drop by 57, from 1,549 to 1,492 from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, according to an annual metro-area level snapshot by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The cuts are the latest in a multiyear trend of banks consolidating branches. In 2012, the D.C. metro area had 1,774 branches, a number that has dropped annually since then even as new banks, such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and others, continue to enter the local market.
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