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  Bank of North America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bank of North America was chartered in 1781 by the Continental Congress and opened on January 7, 1782, at the prodding of Finance Minister Robert Morris, and was rechartered in 1784.
It was succeeded by the First Bank of the United States.
The Bank of North America alond with the First Bank of The United States and The Bank of New York obtained the first shares in the New York Stock Exchange.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bank_of_North_America   (221 words)

  
 Banking in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
During the American Revolutionary War, the Bank of North America was given a monopoly on currency; prior to this time, private banks printed their own bank notes, backed by deposits of gold and/or silver.
The Bank of North America was succeeded by the First Bank of the United States, which the United States Congress chartered in 1791 under Article One, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, after the Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation as the foundation of American government.
Similarly, the Second Bank of the United States was chartered in 1816 and shuttered in 1836.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Banking   (704 words)

  
 Bank of British North America - Quebec History
Bank of British North America, a bank founded in 1836 by a group of British capitalists interested in the development of the British North American colonies.
It had at this time the largest paid-up capital of all banks in Canada ; and for a time its services were, with those of the Bank of Montreal, used by the government.
But after Confederation it was gradually outstripped in importance by banks with headquarters in Canada ; and in 1918 it was absorbed by the Bank of Montreal.
www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/BankofBritishNorthAmerica-QuebecHistory.htm   (179 words)

  
 Britannica.com
Because of doubts over the authority of Congress to charter a bank, it was incorporated in the state of Pennsylvania.
Largely through the ability of Robert Morris, who headed the bank, foreign loans were secured and Washington's army fed and clothed for the remainder of the war.
It will have a tendency to increase both the internal and external commerce of North America, and undoubtedly will be infinitely useful to all the traders of every state in the Union, provided, as I have already said, it is conducted on principles of equity, justice, prudence, and economy.
america.eb.com /america/print?articleId=385160   (427 words)

  
 NYSBD - The History of Banking in New York State
State regulation of banks was altered by the Banking Law of 1838 which required banks to file certificates of incorporation with the Secretary of State and report annually to the Comptroller.
In 1932, the Banking Board was created to advise and cooperate with the Banking Department in the formulation of banking standards and to exercise power to approve or disapprove the issuance of bank charters and licenses and the establishment of branch banks.
The Banking Law requires the Department to examine the condition and affairs of all institutions subject to its supervision at prescribed intervals and to issue periodical calls for reports of condition.
www.banking.state.ny.us /history.htm   (431 words)

  
 St. John's: Bank of British North America
It was during the occupancy of the Commercial Bank in 1885 that a mansard roof was installed to replace the hipped roof providing extra space.
Canadian banks rushed to Newfoundland's assistance and began to establish branches in the colony.
The Bank of Montreal made the greatest contribution by lending the Newfoundland government sufficient funds to meet interest payments and for a resumption of the construction of the railway.
www.heritage.nf.ca /society/rhs/rs_listing/099.html   (712 words)

  
 America's First Bank Robbery
Bank officials were certain that the man who changed the locks had made an extra key.
Even after the confession, the bank and law officers stubbornly insisted that Lyon was involved in making a false key to the vault; he would languish several more weeks in the prison until the charges were dismissed.
Robert Morris' Bank of North America leased the Hall from 1791 to 1793.
www.ushistory.org /carpentershall/history/robbery.htm   (1753 words)

  
 Bank of America | Newsroom | Press Kits   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bank of America has once again been recognized by Working Mother Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Companies for Working Mothers." The recognition marks the 15th year that the company has earned praise from the publication for its support of working mothers.
Bank of America is named Best U.S. Bank for the second year in a row by Euromoney magazine as part of the publication's 2003 Awards for Excellence.
Bank of America has retained its ranking as the No. 1 Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the nation by issuing 9,406 SBA loans to entrepreneurs during the October 2002 to September 2003 SBA fiscal year.
www.bankofamerica.com /newsroom/presskits/view.cfm?page=awardsandrecognition2   (1061 words)

  
 Bank of America | Newsroom | Bank of America receives North Carolina’s Leadership in Sustainable Energy Award | April ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bank of America has set a goal of reducing total annual energy use by 3% through energy efficiency-enhanced building operations and employee education throughout its entire portfolio of facilities, which includes more than 8 million square feet of space in North Carolina.
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small and middle market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk-management products and services.
Bank of America is the No. 1 overall Small Business Administration (SBA) lender in the United States and the No. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned small businesses.
www.bankofamerica.com /newsroom/press/press.cfm?PressID=press.20050404.3.htm&LOBID=12   (665 words)

  
 TURNER v. BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, 4 U.S. 8 (1799) -- US Supreme Court Cases from Justia & Oyez
BANK OF NORTH AMERICA, 4 U.S. TURNER v.
This was an action upon a promissory note, made in Philadelphia, by Stanley, the intestate, in favor of Biddle & Co., and indorsed by Biddle & Co. to the Bank of North America.
Bank of North America 4 U.S. on that part of the 11th section of the judicial act (1 U.S.Stat.
www.justia.us /us/4/8   (600 words)

  
 Allegiance Bank of North America Reports Record Operating Results for Year Ended and Quarter Ended December 31, 2004
The Bank's shares were listed for quotation on the OTC Bulletin Board; Net income for the fourth quarter 2004 was $150 thousand or $0.06 per share compared to $51 thousand or $0.02 per share for the fourth quarter of 2003.
To further support franchise growth, the Bank is scheduled to open its second office in March 2005 which should stimulate further deposit growth and improve its deposit mix by emphasizing lower cost core deposit generation.
In January 2005 the Bank issued 2,415,000 million shares of its common stock in a public offering underwritten by Ryan Beck & Co. and received net proceeds of $12.7 million Regulatory capital ratios are all well in excess of the "well-capitalized" threshold.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-18-2005/0003210729&EDATE=   (1051 words)

  
 A Virtual Tour of Downtown Hamilton - Bank of British North America   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The sophisticated structure was a combination of manager’s dwelling and the banking office, which was typical of banking houses at the time.
The Bank of British North America merged with the Bank of Montreal on October 18, 1918.
The Bank of British North America was the oldest continuous bank in Hamilton.
collections.ic.gc.ca /hamilton_tour/bankofbna.htm   (572 words)

  
 First Union National Bank   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Predecessor companies include the Bank of North America, the first bank proposed, chartered and incorporated in America in 1781 as well as the first bank in the country to open its doors in January of 1782.
It was the first bank in the country to link its branches by satellite for data transmission.
Wachovia Corporation is the fifth largest bank holding company in the United States based on assets and the third largest U.S. full-service brokerage firm based on client assets.
www.firstunion.com   (442 words)

  
 Fiserv Provides Technology for BMW Bank of North America
BMW Bank of North America, based in Salt Lake City, Utah, will offer consumer loans and leases, as well as money markets, certificates of deposit and other deposit accounts - with all but a handful of its business coming from electronic transactions.
The bank is designed to capitalize on the intense loyalty of BMW car and motorcycle owners.
BMW Bank of North America also will gain a call center and integrated servicing desktop that provides new account sales, customer servicing and contact management.
www.theautochannel.com /news/press/date/20000711/press020181.html   (429 words)

  
 Deutsche Bank - History / Chronicle / Becoming a global player / 1991 - Deutsche Bank North America Holding Corp.
At the end of January, Deutsche Bank announces the realignment of its management structure: strategic and operational tasks are separated, whereby the Group Board of Managing Directors, reduced from eight to five members, will concentrate on strategic management, control and risk management, as well as the allocation of resources.
This is part of a comprehensive transaction also involving the sale of Deutsche Bank's shares in the insurance company Deutscher Herold and all of its insurance activities in Italy, Spain and Portugal to Zurich Financial Services.
With the acquisition of Scudder, Deutsche Bank becomes the fourth-largest asset manager in the world with leading positions in Europe, Asia and America.
www.deutsche-bank.de /geschichte/en/html/global_player_2002.html   (232 words)

  
 eBay - british north america, Maps, Atlases, Globes, Books, Manuscripts items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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 News room overview
HSBC Bank, USA, North America, is walking the Earth Day talk this year.
The bank has taken a lead by making one of the largest ever commitments to renewable energy in North America.  The bank will meet 30 per cent of its needs for electricity through wind power.
Its US banking unit has now announced that it has offset a substantial quantity of its carbon emissions by purchasing 45,454 MWh of clean, wind energy certificates.  This purchase is one of the largest retail renewable energy purchases ever made in North America.
www.hsbc.com /hsbc/news_room;brochid=AEADBWAB5LH1VQFIYN1CGWQ?cp=/public/groupsite/news_room/2005_archive/hsbc_bank_usa_makes_landmark_renewable_energy_commitment.jhtml&isPc=true   (565 words)

  
 FDIC: Decisions on Bank Applications - BMW Bank of North America, Inc. (BMW)
That federal deposit insurance shall not become effective unless and until the applicant has been established as a state bank (not a member of the Federal Reserve System), that it has authority to conduct a banking business, and that its establishment and operation as a bank have been fully approved by the appropriate State Authority;
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1815), an application for federal deposit insurance has been filed for BMW, a proposed new Utah industrial loan company, to be located at 2735 East Parleys Way, Suite 301, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah.
Accordingly, based upon careful evaluation of all available facts and information, the Associate Director, acting under delegated authority, has concluded that approval of the application is warranted.
www.fdic.gov /regulations/laws/bankdecisions/DepIns/bmwbank.html   (565 words)

  
 HMBANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
HMBANA is the only professional membership association for milk banks in Canada, Mexico and the United States and as such sets the standards and guidelines for donor milk banking for those areas.
Facilitate the establishment of new donor milk banks in North America using HMBANA standards.
This website is designed to provide information on milk banking and how to contact a milk bank to donate milk or to order donor human milk.
www.hmbana.org   (198 words)

  
 Rafi Khan joins Deutsche Bank`s North America Structuring Team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Deutsche Bank is dedicated to excellence, constantly challenging the status quo to deliver superior solutions to our clients.
Deutsche Bank ranks among the global leaders in corporate banking and securities, transaction banking, asset management, and private wealth management, and has a significant private and business banking franchise in Germany and other selected countries in Continental Europe.
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is the investment banking and securities arm of Deutsche Bank AG in the United States.
www.deutsche-bank.de /presse/en/releases_1719.shtml   (413 words)

  
 South Trust
BTNB formed the first one-bank holding company in Alabama in 1968 and then a multi-bank holding company in 1972 before later assuming a regional identity in 1981 as SouthTrust Corporation.
Being a leader in banking and financial services is inherent to the heritage of today's organization.
Wachovia, through predecessor banks, traces its history to the Bank of North America—the first bank proposed, chartered and incorporated in America in 1781 and the first bank in the country to open its doors in January of 1782.
www.southtrust.com   (460 words)

  
 Allegiance Bank of North America Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Allegiance Bank of North America (OTC Bulletin Board: ABPA) (the "Company") announced that Ryan Beck & Co., Inc., the underwriter of its recently completed stock offering, has exercised its option to purchase an additional 315,000 shares of the Company's common stock to cover over-allotments.
Allegiance Bank of North America is a locally managed community bank located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
It offers a sophisticated package of services beyond traditional bank services, such as escrow account management, specialty real estate lending programs, internet banking and non-bank services including title insurance, real estate settlement services, financial planning, life and health insurance and retirement programs.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2005/0002942318&EDATE=   (241 words)

  
 Commission for Environmental Cooperation
The Secretariat of the CEC announced that it has initiated an independent study on the challenges and opportunities for green building in North America.
The CEC, with financial assistance from the World Bank, announced a North America-wide testing program to analyze the blood of first-time mothers for selected environmental chemicals.
Any person or nongovernmental organization may submit to the CEC allegations that a government is failing to enforce its environmental law effectively, catalyzing a process that can lead to the development of a factual record.
www.cec.org /home/index.cfm?varlan=english   (318 words)

  
 Article 3, Section 2, Clause 1: Turner v. Bank of North America
are no otherwise described, than as "using trade and merchandize in partnership together," at Philadelphia or North Carolina.
The error assigned, the only one insisted on, is, that it does not appear from the record, that Biddle and Co. the promisees, or any of them, are citizens of a state other than that of North Carolina, or aliens.
A circuit court however, is of limited jurisdiction; and has cognizance, not of cases generally, but only of a few specially circumstanced, amounting to a small proportion of the cases, which an unlimited jurisdiction would embrace.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu /founders/documents/a3_2_1s43.html   (193 words)

  
 Financials.com - Annual Reports, Stock Quotes and more
Allegiance Bank of North America Hold Annual Shareholders Meeting on June 8, 2005 Allegiance Bank of North America (BULLETIN BOARD: ABPA), held its annual shareholders meeting on June 8, 2005.
C. Andrew Cook, President and Chief Executive Officer, also announced that the Bank's new branch, located in the Old City section of Philadelphia which opened on April 21, 2005, had already generated $3.6 million of deposits as of May 31, 2005.
The Bank is continuing its branching strategy with plans to open a Loan Production Office in Frazer, PA followed by a new branch in King of Prussia, PA by the end of this year.
www.financials.com /info/story.cfm?StoryNum=1468911   (439 words)

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