 RALEIGH, N.C. and NEW YORK, Feb. 09, 2021 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- First Citizens BancShares, Inc. NASDAQ: FCNCA First Citizens, the parent company of First-Citizens Bank Trust Company, and CIT Group Inc. NYSE: CIT CIT, the parent company of CIT Bank, N.A., jointly announced that, at their respective special meetings of stockholders held today, First Citizens and CIT received the stockholder approvals for the merger of the companies. 