Axos Financial
American Bank holding company
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Axos Financial, Inc. is an American bank holding company based in Las Vegas, Nevada and is the parent of Axos Bank, a direct bank. It also offers registered investment adviser services and an electronic trading platform.[2]
S&P 600 component
Russell 2000 component
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| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| NYSE: AX S&P 600 component Russell 2000 component | |
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | July 6, 1999 |
| Headquarters | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Key people | Gregory Garrabrants, President & CEO Andrew J. Micheletti, CFO |
| Products | Online banking |
 $432 million (FY 2025) | |
| Total assets |  $24.783 billion (FY 2025) |
| Total equity | $2.680 billion (FY 2025) |
| Owner | Gregory Garrabrants (2.89%) |
Number of employees | 1,989 (2025) |
| Website | investors |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3] | |
History
Axos was founded in 1999 as BofI Holding, Inc., by Jerry Englert, the founder of Bank of Del Mar, and Gary Lewis Evans, president of La Jolla Bank, with $14 million of startup capital.[4] It began operations as Bank of Internet on July 4, 2000.[2] The start date of July 4 was purposely chosen because it showed that the bank would be open on a day that other banks were closed due to Independence Day and because the internet bank represented "Independence from traditional banking".[1]
BofI became a public company via an initial public offering on March 15, 2005. It offered 3,052,745 shares of common stock at a price of $11.50 per share.[5]
Gregory Garrabrants, previously senior vice president at IndyMac Bancorp, was appointed CEO in October 2007.[6] In 2018, Garrabrants earned $34.5 million, making him the highest paid bank CEO of that year.[7]
On October 1, 2018, BofI Holding re-branded as Axos Financial, and switched its stock exchange listing from NASDAQ to the NYSE. Bank of Internet was rebranded as Axos Bank.[8][9]
Acquisitions
| # | Date | Assets | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 2013 | $173 million in deposits from Principal Bank | [10] |
| 2 | September 2015 | Bank unit of H&R Block | [11][12] |
| 3 | March 2016 | $140 million of equipment leases from Pacific Western Equipment Finance | [13] |
| 4 | November 2018 | $3 billion in deposits and 40,000 customers from Nationwide Bank | [14][15] |
| 5 | January 2019 | COR Clearing LLC (rebranded as Axos Clearing) | [16] |
| 6 | March 2019 | WiseBanyan (rebranded as Axos Invest) | [17][18] |
| 7 | March 2019 | $175 million in deposits from MWABank | [19] |
| 8 | August 2021 | E*TRADE Advisor Services (rebranded as Axos Advisor Services) | [20] |
| 9 | August 2023 | Marine finance business of Bank of Clarke | [21] |
| 10 | December 2023 | Two loans from the FDIC previously owned by Signature Bank (unpaid principal balance of $1.253 billion; cost of 63% of par value) | [22][23] |
| 11 | September 2025 | 100% membership interests in Ohio-based equipment leasing firm Verdant Commercial Capital. for $43.5 million | [24] |
Lending practices
The bank has made larger loans to wealthy individuals that other banks have turned down, albeit at higher interest rates.[25]
The company made a total of $400 million in loans to Donald Trump and is one of his largest lenders.[26] In March 2022, Axos funded a $100 million mortgage loan secured by Trump Tower.[27][28] The company also financed Trump National Doral Miami.[26]
As of June 30, 2025, approximately 28.7% of the company's loans were secured by properties in Southern California, 7.1% were secured by properties in Northern California, 28.2% were secured by properties in New York, 12.0% were secured by properties in Florida, and 5.5% were secured by properties in Texas.[2]