Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ed Crutchfield, who took charge of Charlotte-based First Union and forged a national banking powerhouse while also championing the ...

North Carolina banker Ed Crutchfield pioneered interstate banking as the head of First Union Corp., leading the Charlotte-based bank through more than 80 acquisitions to become a $253 billion-asset ...

SALISBURY — Shae Mills recalls short trips in the 1970s with her coworkers at First Union National Bank to Purcell’s Drug Store in downtown Salisbury for cherry limeades and orangeades. Their “greasy ...

Ed Crutchfield, who took charge of Charlotte-based First Union and forged a national banking powerhouse while also championing the city's growth, died Tuesday at age 82. In 15 years as CEO of a bank ...

Former First Union CEO Ed Crutchfield has died at age 82. He built the Charlotte-based bank into a powerhouse, while also championing the city it called home. JEFF WILLHELM Observer archive photo Ed ...