First Interstate Bancorp
Defunct American bank holding company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States that was taken over in 1996 by Wells Fargo. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company.[1]
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First Interstate Bank | |
Formerly |
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Company type | Public |
NYSE: I | |
Predecessor | Spun off from Transamerica Corporation in 1958 |
Founded | July 1, 1958; 65 years ago (1958-07-01) in Los Angeles, California |
Defunct | April 1, 1996; 28 years ago (1996-04-01) |
Fate | Acquired by Wells Fargo |
Successor | Wells Fargo First Interstate BancSystem |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
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The name (along with the company logo) has continued to be used in the banking world after the merger by First Interstate BancSystem who had been using the name under a franchise agreement since 1984.