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The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 establishes the present-day Federal Reserve System and brings all banks in the U.S. The Canton Bank of San Francisco was incorporated in 1907 to assist the Chinese community with financial resources to help rebuild the area following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and the devastating fire that followed. The bank was created to serve a community that others refuse to serve.

The Bank of Cherokee County was founded by a group of prominent members of the Cherokee tribe in Hulbert, Oklahoma. Its nine founders were active community builders and were involved in establishing numerous other institutions and organizations that formed the nucleus of a thriving business and residential district, anchored by what became known as "the Black Wall Street.

The Mechanics and Farmers Bank opened for business in 1907 in Durham, NC. Walker holds the distinction of being the first African-American woman to establish and serve as president of a bank in the U.S. Luke Penny Savings Bank was founded in 1903 by Maggie Lena Walker. By the time Rafael Carrión Pacheco took control of Popular in the 1920s, the bank was promoting innovative ways for lower classes to save, such as steel coin banks given to consumers who pledged to bring them back periodically so the money collected could be deposited into savings accounts. Just four years after it opened, its deposits had grown to over $300,000.īanco Popular started as the bank of the poor in Puerto Rico in 1893. The first bank organized and operated by African Americans was Capital Savings Bank in Washington, D.C. Thousands of African Americans were faced with financial ruin. The Freedman's Savings and Trust Company opened in March1865 and closed in June1874 because of mismanagement, abuse, fraud, and the economic climate of the day. Banks in New Orleans to provide a secure repository for black Civil War soldiers and formerly enslaved persons.
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The first military bank, the Free Labor Bank, was established by General N.P. This act creates the nation's dual banking system and gives banks the option of having a national charter. 1863Ĭongress passes the National Bank Act. The First Bank's charter expired in 1811. The Second Bank of the United States is chartered five years after Congress failed to renew the charter for the First Bank of the United States. Congress charters under Article One, Section 8 of the United States Constitution, after the Constitution replaces the Articles of Confederation as the foundation of American government. The Bank of North America is succeeded by the First Bank of the United States, which the U.S. During the American Revolution, the Bank of North America had a monopoly on currency before this time, private banks printed their own bank notes, backed by deposits of gold and/or silver. Congress passes an act that establishes the Bank of North America in Philadelphia. United States banking begins when the U.S. These mutual aid societies and fraternities served as a model for banks later formed in the black community. Among its main objectives were teaching thrift and saving to build wealth in the community. Richard Allen and Absalom Jones formed the Free African Society in Philadelphia, a mutual aid society designed to provide socioeconomic guidance to newly freed people. Minority Banking Timeline: No Styles - Partnership for Progress Launch Introduction Video
