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  2. Credit One Bank - Wikipedia

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    Credit One Bank, N.A., headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a bank specializing in credit cards for borrowers with low credit scores; credit limits for its cards are usually approximately $500. [ 2] Despite the similar names and "nearly identical" logos, Credit One is not affiliated with the much larger Capital One. [ 3]

  3. History of banking - Wikipedia

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    The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...

  4. List of bank failures in the United States (2008–present)

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    The 2007–2008 financial crisis led to many bank failures in the United States. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) closed 465 failed banks from 2008 to 2012. [2] In contrast, in the five years prior to 2008, only 10 banks failed. [2] [3] At the end of 2022, the US banking industry had a total of about $620 billion in unrealized ...

  5. Chase Bank - Wikipedia

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    Chase branches in the contiguous U.S. in 2020. The company also operates in Hawaii (not shown on the map).. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding company, JPMorgan Chase.

  6. List of recessions in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The 1815 panic was followed by several years of mild depression, and then a major financial crisis – the Panic of 1819, which featured widespread foreclosures, bank failures, unemployment, a collapse in real estate prices, and a slump in agriculture and manufacturing. [ 9] 1822–1823 recession. 1822–1823. ~1 year.

  7. History of central banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the First Bank of the United States (1791–1811) was chartered by Congress within the year and signed by George Washington soon after. The First Bank of the United States was modeled after the Bank of England and differed in many ways from today's central banks. For example, it was partly owned by foreigners, who shared in its ...

  8. Bank of America - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of America Corporation (often abbreviated BofA or BoA) is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. The bank was founded by the merger of NationsBank ...

  9. Great Southern Bank - Wikipedia

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    Great Southern Bank. Credit unions and financial co-operatives. Great Southern Bank (formerly Credit Union Australia or CUA) is one of Australia's largest customer-owned banks with corporate offices in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne. [7] It provided banking services to more than 400,000 Australians in 2023.