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  2. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1791, Congress chartered the First Bank of the United States. The bank, which was jointly owned by the federal government and private stockholders, was a nationwide commercial bank which served as the bank for the federal government and operated as a regular commercial bank acting in competition with state banks.

  3. Stanley Mark Rifkin - Wikipedia

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    Born. 1946 (age 77–78) United States. Occupation. Computer programmer/consultant. Criminal charge. Theft. Stanley Mark Rifkin (born in 1946) is a convicted criminal in the United States responsible for stealing $10.2 million through wire transfer via telephone in the autumn of 1978. At the time, it was the largest bank theft in U.S. history.

  4. How ID thieves are having new success stealing your bank ...

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    Not long ago, someone posed as me at three bank branches and drained thousands of dollars from my checking account.. Chances are higher now that something similar will happen to you. This kind of ...

  5. List of bank robbers and robberies - Wikipedia

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    Gregory David Roberts. Ronald Ryan. Andrew George Scott (Captain Moonlite) Squizzy Taylor. Robberies. Bank of Australia robbery, 1828, £14,000 in promissory notes and coins. 1984 Sydney bank robbery and hostage crisis. Great Bookie robbery. Nelson robbery.

  6. How to make sure your bank is FDIC-insured — and what to ...

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    With joint accounts, the FDIC insurance covers up to $250,000 per co-owner — or $500,000. However, this limit applies to all joint accounts that you share at a bank. So if you shared a $300,000 ...

  7. What all that stealing says about America - AOL

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    According to the 2022 National Retail Federation’s Retail Security Survey, the average "shrink rate" — otherwise known as inventory loss — last year was 1.4%, or roughly $94.5 billion out of ...

  8. Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 - Wikipedia

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    The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, also known as the " bank bailout of 2008 " or the " Wall Street bailout ", was a United States federal law enacted during the Great Recession, which created federal programs to "bail out" failing financial institutions and banks. The bill was proposed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, passed ...

  9. Bank fraud - Wikipedia

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    Appearance. Bank fraud is the use of potentially illegal means to obtain money, assets, or other property owned or held by a financial institution, or to obtain money from depositors by fraudulently posing as a bank or other financial institution. [ 1 ] In many instances, bank fraud is a criminal offence.