help finance World War I and sees its own assets increase to $15.5 million. 1929: National City Bank accumulates $40 million in assets. 1933: National City Bank is the only bank in Cleveland giving 100 cents on the dollar to its depositors, while for several weeks most other banks are providing only five cents on the dollar. When many other banks are forced to shut down permanently following Roosevelt's banking moratorium, National City Bank is deemed to be solid, and is permitted to resume full operations. Grows throughout much of Ohio 1945: Nearing $500 million in assets, National City Bank celebrates its 100th Anniversary. 1972: National City Bank's assets pass $2 billion. 1973: A new holding company, National City Corporation, is created with National City Bank (its name shortened from National City Bank of Cleveland) as its lead bank and primary subsidiary. 1975: National City Bank purchases the assets of the failing Northern Ohio Bank for $3.7 million. 1976: National City Bank spends $3.8 million acquiring The Bank of Cleveland. 1977: The First National Bank of Dayton is the corporation's first major acquisition. Two banks had merged to create the Dayton Bank in 1961: Merchant's National Bank (1871) and People's Bank & Trust Co. (1957). 1978: The Huron County Banking company in Norwalk, Ohio, is acquired. The bank is renamed National City Bank, Norwalk in 1985. 1980: National City Bank moves its headquarters to the newly constructed 35-story National City Center, as does its parent company, National City Corporation. 1982: Ohio Citizens Bancorp in Toledo is acquired. 1982: The Goodyear Bank in Akron is acquired. Founded in 1933 by the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, it was Ohio's first company-owned bank. 1982: Beginning in May, National City Bank becomes one of two Cleveland banks to link its Visa and MasterCard credit card interest rates to the cost of money, changing interest fees every six months according to the fluctuations of Treasury Bill Rates. 1982: National City Bank reports a resumption of growth in annual earnings. 1984: National City Corporation acquires BancOhio Corporation of Columbus to create the state's largest bank holding company. Together their assets total $12.5 billion, with a banking network encompassing 350 branches in 52 of the state's 88 counties. 1986: National City Bank acquires 14 area offices and $460 million in deposits of the Broadview Savings and Loan Company. Becomes interstate bank 1988: National City Corporation expands