First Citizens BancShares, Inc. is a financial holding company that operates its wholly owned banking subsidiary, First Citizens Bank. CIT is now a division of First Citizens Bank. First Citizens BancShares, with more than $100 billion in assets, is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol FCNCA. Founded in 1898, First Citizens is headquartered in Raleigh, NC, and maintains significant operations centers in New York City, NY; Pasadena, CA; Omaha, NE; Morristown, NJ; Phoenix, AZ; Jacksonville, FL and Columbia, SC.