First Pennsylvania Bank

First Pennsylvania Bank was a bank based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1782, it was for centuries the oldest bank in the United States until it was acquired by CoreStates Financial Corporation in 1989.[1]

In the 1970s, First Pennsylvania officials attempted to turn their firm, then a "sedate regional bank", into a major national concern.[2] Aggressive and risky lending and investments turned the bank into Philadelphia's largest, but in 1980, led to huge losses and panicked depositors. The federal government gave the bank a $500 million bailout,[1] the first major federal bailout of a national bank.[2]

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References
  1. Fix, Janet L. (1989-09-19). "Corestates To Acquire 1st Pennsy Bigger Meridian Bid Is Rejected". Philadelphia. Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2013-06-12.
  2. White, Eugene N. (1992). The Comptroller and the Transformation of American Banking, 1960-1990. Darby , Pennsylvania: DIANE Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 9780788171642.
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