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  2. List of largest banks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of New York Mellon: New York City: $434 8.5 $40.03 BK 14 State Street Corporation: Boston, Massachusetts: $338 8.0 $23.90 STT 15 BMO USA: Chicago, Illinois: $295 7.9 $68.12 BMO 16 American Express: New York City: $269 7.0 $136.52 AXP 17 HSBC Bank USA: New York City: $246 10.9 $155.81 HSBC 18 Citizens Financial Group: Providence, Rhode ...

  3. Public bank - Wikipedia

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    Public banks are owned and operated by governments, while credit unions are private entities collectively owned by their members. In the United States, federal law forbids credit unions from making commercial loans that exceed 12.25% of their total assets. This effectively prevents credit unions from operating as mainly credit-issuing ...

  4. Banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Reserve is the central bank of the United States. The central banking system of the United States, called the Federal Reserve system, was created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act, largely in response to a series of financial panics, particularly a severe panic in 1907.

  5. Federal Reserve Bank - Wikipedia

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    A Federal Reserve Bank is a regional bank of the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States. There are twelve in total, one for each of the twelve Federal Reserve Districts that were created by the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. [1] The banks are jointly responsible for implementing the monetary policy set forth by ...

  6. List of largest financial services companies by revenue

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    The following is a list of the world's largest publicly traded financial services companies, ordered by annual sales for the latest Fiscal Year that ended March 31, 2018 or prior (all public companies with sales of $20 billion or more are included, while privately held companies are not included).

  7. History of banking in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Second Bank of the United States opened in January 1817, six years after the First Bank of the United States lost its charter. The predominant reason that the Second Bank of the United States was chartered was that in the War of 1812, the U.S. experienced severe inflation and had difficulty in financing military operations. Subsequently ...

  8. Structure of the Federal Reserve System - Wikipedia

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    Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, [26] in which the distinction is made between Federal Reserve Banks, which are federally created instrumentalities, and the Board of Governors, which is a federal agency. As noted by many economic and legal scholars, the Federal Reserve System in the United States is not a single, independent entity.

  9. List of largest banks in North America - Wikipedia

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    JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in North America. List of the largest banks in North America by total assets as of 2023. [1] Information from 2023 S&P Global Market Intelligence, and all of the largest banks on the continent are based in two countries - the United States and Canada.