BankUnited, Inc. is the bank holding company of BankUnited, N.A., a national bank founded in 1984 and headquartered in Miami Lakes, Florida. The company operates in Florida; the regions in and around Atlanta, Georgia; Dallas, Texas; Morristown, New Jersey; Charlotte, North Carolina; and in the New York metropolitan area. BankUnited also offers certain commercial lending and deposit products through national platforms and has total assets of $35.0 billion as of December 31, 2025
BankUnited, Inc. was organized by a management team led by John A. Kanas and was initially capitalized with $945.0 million by a group of investors including W.L. Ross, Blackstone Group, The Carlyle Group, and Centerbridge Partners.[2] On May 21, 2009, BankUnited acquired substantially all of the assets and assumed all of the non-brokered deposits and substantially all other liabilities of BankUnited, FSB, from the FDIC in the FSB Acquisition.[3] On February 2, 2011, the Company completed its IPO.[2]
The bank offers a broad range of online services, treasury management tools for businesses and traditional depository and lending products.[4]