Company: BOKF
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0000875357-25-000013
Chunk: 110

Company: BOK FINANCIAL CORP
Filing Date: 2025-02-19
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 110
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ITEM 1.   BUSINESS

General

Developments relating to individual aspects of the business of BOK Financial are described below. Additional discussion of the Company’s activities during the current year appears within Item 7 "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."

Description of Business

BOK Financial is a financial holding company incorporated in the state of Oklahoma in 1990 whose activities are governed by the BHCA, as amended by the Financial Services Modernization Act or Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act. BOK Financial offers full service banking in Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Northwest Arkansas, Colorado, Arizona, and Kansas/Missouri. At December 31, 2024, the Company reported total consolidated assets of $50 billion.

BOKF, NA is a wholly owned subsidiary bank of BOK Financial. BOKF, NA operates TransFund and Cavanal Hill Investment Management. BOKF, NA operates banking divisions across eight states: Bank of Albuquerque, Bank of Oklahoma, Bank of Texas and BOK Financial in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri; as well as having limited purpose offices in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Connecticut, and Tennessee. Other wholly owned subsidiaries of BOK Financial include BOK Financial Securities, Inc., a broker/dealer that primarily engages in retail and institutional securities sales and municipal bond underwriting; and BOK Financial Private Wealth, Inc., an investment adviser to high net-worth clients. Other non-bank subsidiary operations do not have a significant effect on the Company’s financial statements. 

Our overall strategic objective is to emphasize growth in long-term value by building on our leadership position in Oklahoma through expansion into other high-growth markets in contiguous states. We operate primarily in the metropolitan areas of Tulsa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Denver, Colorado; Phoenix, Arizona; and Kansas City, Kansas/Missouri. Our acquisition strategy targets fairly priced quality organizations with demonstrated solid growth that would supplement our principal lines of business. We provide additional growth opportunities by hiring talent to enhance competitiveness, adding locations, and broadening product offerings. Our operating philosophy embraces local decision-making in each of our geographic markets while adhering to common Company standards.

Our primary focus is to provide a comprehensive range of nationally competitive financial products and services in a personalized and responsive manner. Products and services include loans and deposits, cash management services,