First Chicago Bank

First Chicago Bank

First Chicago Bank was a Chicago-based retail and commercial bank tracing its roots back to 1863. Over the years, the bank operated under several names including the First National Bank of Chicago and First Chicago NBD (following its 1995 merger with the National Bank of Detroit. In 1998, First Chicago NBD merged with Banc One Corporation to form Bank One Corporation, today a part of JPMorgan Chase.

History

Founding and early history

On July 1, 1863, banker Edmund Aiken and his partners invested $100,000 to found a new federally chartered bank that could take advantage of the National Banking Act of 1863, which allowed national banks to exist along with state-chartered institutions for the first time. The new bank known as First Chicago or The First, grew steadily in the 1860s, financing the Civil War. [http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2666.html First National Bank of Chicago] "Encyclopedia of Chicago"] [http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Bank-One-Corporation-Company-History.html History of Bank One] (FundingUniverse.com)]

The first merged with Union National Bank in 1900 and with the Metropolitan National Bank in 1902. In 1913, The First became a charter member of the Federal Reserve system. The First survived the depression, even acquiring Foreman State Banks in 1931 and was able to open its doors without regulatory delays following the National Bank Holiday of 1933.

In 1903, the First opened the First Trust and Savings Bank which provided savings accounts to individual customers. First Trust and Savings Bank merged with Union Trust Company in 1928 to become the First Union Trust and Savings Bank. During the Great Depression, the First would absorb First Union Trust and Savings Bank's customers and operations. The bank was active in the sale of War Bonds during World War II. During the 1950s and 1960s the First expanded both in the Midwestern US as well as abroad, opening offices in London (1959), Tokyo (1962) and later Beijing (1980).

First Chicago

In 1969 the bank was reorganized as the primary subsidiary of the new First Chicago Corporation, a newly formed bank holding company. First Chicago was used as a brand name starting in 1969 and the bank moved into a new skyscraper in the Loop in Chicago. The bank grew consistently through the early 1970s, however, the bank's growth undermined its underwriting standards. By the end of 1975 and the beginning of 1976, non-performing loans at First Chicago had reached twice the national average for commercial banks at roughly 11% of all loans. Efforts to fix the bank failed and the bank struggled through the end of the 1970s, suffering from highly speculative bets on interest rates.

New CEO Barry F. Sullivan, formerly with Chase Manhattan Bank, was able to turn around the bank in the early 1980s. Additionally First Chicago's private equity operations proved highly successful. The team, led by John Canning, Jr. would later spin out of First Chicago to form private equity firm Madison Dearborn. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5D8103CF934A35752C0A964958260 COMPANY NEWS; Fund Venture Begun in Chicago] (New York Times, 1992)] In 1987 First Chicago acquired First United Financial Services and Beneficial National Bank USA (renamed it FCC National Bank) to strengthen its credit card business In 1988, First Chicago acquired Gary-Wheaton Corp., a bank holding company.

Bank One

First Chicago once again began to suffer from the quality of its loan portfolio in the early 1990s and sought out a merger with the National Bank of Detroit, which at the time was the 18th largest bank in the US (First Chicago was the 10th largest bank). The $5 billion merger created the 7th largest bank in the US with $72 billion of assets, and was also a leader in the issuance of credit cards.In April 1998 First Chicago NBD announced a $30 billion merger with Banc One Corporation, which was also a leading issuer of credit cards through its First USA division.

Other notes

* Lyman J. GageSecretary of the Treasury under William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt was a former bank president, who ascended the organization after beginning as a cashier

* In 1882, The First became the first bank to open a women's banking department, to attract female customers.

* In 1899, The First established a corporate pension plan, the first bank to do so in the U.S.

ee also

*Bank One Corporation
*JPMorgan Chase
*Madison Dearborn

References

External links

* [http://www.jpmorganchase.com/pdfdoc/jpmc/about/history/shorthistory.pdf HISTORY OF JPMORGAN CHASE: 1799 To Present]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/19961222082147/http://www.fcnbd.com/ First Chicago NBD Corporation] (official website from Internet Archive)


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