Hagan's time at the bank

Kay Hagan worked in banking for a decade.

In a recent TV ad, the Democratic Senate candidate touts her work as a lawyer in the estate and trust division of NCNB Corp. from 1978 to 1988. 

Hagan eventually worked her way up to vice president.

NCNB, which stood for North Carolina National Bank, was formed in 1960 after the merger and acquisition of several smaller state banks. 

After several other mergers, it became NationsBank in 1991, and then Bank of America in 1998. The second largest bank in the U.S., it is currently headquartered in Charlotte. 

In 1988, at the time that Hagan left, the Washington Post called it "the largest bank in the Southeast."