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The Security Bank and Trust Company Building, also called the Key System Building, is an office building in Oakland, California. It was constructed in 1911 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1982. The renaissance Revival and baroque architecture building was designed by Frederick Meyer and Walter Reed. The six ...
The Bank of America Building, also called Oakland Bank Building and Oakland Bank of Savings, is a 69 m (226 ft) high-rise located in downtown Oakland, California.The building was originally constructed with nine floors, and the 18-story tower was annexed later.
Samuel Merritt (1822–1890) was a successful San Francisco physician and also the 13th mayor of Oakland, California from 1867 to 1869. In 1867, Merritt donated to the city of Oakland the wetlands now known as Lake Merritt .
Beneficial State Bank (formerly One PacificCoast Bank, FSB; and OneCalifornia Bank) is an Oakland, California-based community development bank.The bank was founded in 2007 by billionaire philanthropist and former presidential candidate Tom Steyer and his wife Kat Taylor, to provide loans and banking services to individuals in low wealth communities, including entrepreneurs and existing businesses.
In 2006, they agreed to acquisition of Golden West Financial and its thrift, World Savings, by Wachovia Bank, The acquisition gave Wachovia an additional 285-branch network spanning 10 states. Wachovia greatly raised its profile in California, where Golden West held $32 billion in deposits and operated 123 branches. [10]
California Bank & Trust (CB&T) is a full-service bank specializing in consumer, commercial and wealth management services headquartered in San Diego, California.With more than 80 branches located across California and assets totaling about $91 billion, CB&T is a subsidiary of Zions Bancorporation, one of the nation's top 50 bank holding companies.
In 1995, the company was acquired by UJB Financial Corporation, who had been doing business as United Jersey Bank. The combined bank continued to do business as Summit Bank after the merger. [3] In 1996, the company acquired B.M.J. Financial Corporation for $164.5 million in stock. [4] In 1997, the company acquired Collective Bancorp. [5] In ...
The city and its environs quickly grew with the railroads, becoming a major rail terminal in the late 1860s and 1870s. In 1868, the Central Pacific constructed the Oakland Long Wharf at Oakland Point, the site of today's Port of Oakland. [35] A number of horsecar and cable car lines were constructed in Oakland during the latter half of the 19th ...