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First Bank System, Inc. Colorado National Bank First Bank System, Inc. (CNB remained unchanged until after merger with U.S. Bancorp) U.S. Bancorp: 1993 Banc One Corp. Valley National Bank of Arizona: Banc One Corp. JPMorgan Chase: 1993 Bank of Boston Corp. South Shore Bank, Mechanics Bank, First Agricultural Bank of Boston Corp. Bank of America ...
BankBoston. BankBoston was a bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. One of its predecessor banks started in 1784, but the merged BankBoston was short-lived, being acquired by FleetBoston Financial in 1999. In 2005, FleetBoston was purchased by, and merged into, Bank of America of ...
By 1900, the firm had a net worth of $400,000, by 1902, $800,000, and in 1903 and 1904, founding partner John W. Weeks, consolidated the First National Bank of Boston with the National Bank of Redemption, creating the largest bank in New England. In 1907, offices were opened in Providence and Chicago, and a Bond department was established.
100 Federal Street, formerly known as the First National Bank Building and nicknamed the Pregnant Building, [ 1 ][ 2 ] is a skyscraper located in the Financial District of Boston, Massachusetts. The skyscraper, rising 591 feet (180 m) and 37 floors, [ 3 ] is Boston's 10th-tallest building. The building was completed in 1971, and formerly served ...
After five years, the federal government chartered its successor, the Second Bank of the United States (1816–1836). James Madison signed the charter with the intention of stopping runaway inflation that had plagued the country during the five-year interim. It was essentially a copy of the First Bank, with branches across the country.
In 1986 the Hartford National Corp. bought the Provident Institution for Savings in Boston for $87.2 million. [7] "The Provident became a wholly owned subsidiary of Hartford National. However, The Provident, which is the fourth-largest savings bank in Massachusetts, will continue to operate under the name it has been using since 1816."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Revenue. US$ 12 billion. Number of employees. Approximately 50,000. FleetBoston Financial was a Boston, Massachusetts –based bank created in 1999 by the merger of Fleet Financial Group and BankBoston. In 2004 it merged with Bank of America; [1] all of its banks and branches were converted to Bank of America.
Elisha Slade Converse, the third son of Elisha and Betsey (Wheaton) Converse, was born in Needham, Massachusetts, on July 28, 1820. [8][9] When he was four years old, his parents moved to Woodstock, Connecticut. Spending his childhood there, he acquired professional and basic educational skills and, at thirteen years of age, began to work on a ...