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  2. Wachovia - Wikipedia

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    Wachovia was a diversified financial services company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before its acquisition by Wells Fargo and Company in 2008, Wachovia was the fourth-largest bank holding company in the United States, based on total assets. [3] Wachovia provided a broad range of banking, asset management, wealth management, and corporate ...

  3. List of bank mergers in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Wachovia: Westcorp Inc. (holding company for WFS Financial Inc and Western Financial Bank) Wachovia: $3.91 Billion [36] Wells Fargo: 2006 NewAlliance Bank: Cornerstone Bank NewAlliance Bank: NewAlliance Bank: 2006 Capital One Financial Corporation: North Fork Bank: Capital One Financial Corporation: $13.2 Billion [37] Capital One Financial ...

  4. Wachovia Securities - Wikipedia

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    Wachovia Securities grew through the mergers of multiple companies. Its oldest predecessor company, Leopold Cahn & Co. was founded in 1879. One of main Wachovia Securities' predecessor companies was founded in 1934 as the investment firm of J.C. Wheat & Co. Wheat fostered growth through mergers, including the 1971 merger with First Securities that created Wheat First Securities, Inc. and the ...

  5. History of Wells Fargo - Wikipedia

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    Acquisitions in 1999–2000. Continuing the Norwest tradition of making numerous smaller acquisitions each year, Wells Fargo acquired 13 companies during 1999 with total assets of $2.4 billion. The largest of these was the February purchase of Brownsville, Texas -based Mercantile Financial Enterprises, Inc., which had $779 million in assets.

  6. A. G. Edwards - Wikipedia

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    A.G. Edwards, Inc. was an American financial services holding company; its principal wholly owned subsidiary was A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., which operated as a full-service securities broker-dealer in the United States and Europe. The firm was acquired by Wachovia to be folded into Wachovia Securities; [1] Wachovia was subsequently acquired by ...

  7. Prudential Securities - Wikipedia

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    Prudential Securities traces its origins to the founding of the Leopold Cahn & Co. brokerage and investment bank in 1879. In 1891, the firm was reorganized as J.S. Bache & Co. after Jules Bache was brought into the partnership. In 1974, Bache merged with Halsey, Stuart & Co., a Chicago-based investment bank founded in 1911.

  8. Wells Fargo - Wikipedia

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    Map of Wells Fargo branches in August 2015 Wells Fargo branch in Berkeley, California A former Wachovia branch converted to Wells Fargo in the fall of 2011 in Durham, North Carolina American Express Co. early receipts (1853, 1869) Stagecoach with Christmas gifts at a Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco Wells Fargo & Co. Express building circa 1860, Stockton, California Mud wagon — Wells Fargo U ...

  9. Bank of America and Wells Fargo Are Not as Similar as You Think

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