Largest independent broker-dealer in the US; legal/SEC HQ San Diego, CA, with a major regional campus in Fort Mill, SC, immediately across the state line from Charlotte and part of its metro footprint.

Global bank; legal/SEC HQ San Francisco, CA, with a major East Coast operational hub (301 S College St) in Charlotte, NC, inherited from its 2008 absorption of First Union/Wachovia (both Charlotte-rooted).