Jacksonville-based EverBank Financial Corp. announced late Monday that it has agreed to merge with WaFd Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company based in Seattle.

WaFd’s bank will be merged into EverBank N.A., with the bank chartered and headquartered in Jacksonville.

The holding company, EverBank Financial Corp., will be merged into WaFd Inc. and be a publicly traded company based in Bellevue, Washington, but will take on the EverBank Financial name.

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