Pdxrailtransit Wrote:
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> I was very surprised when I moved to Helena, and discovered there are still First Interstates in Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. So Wells Fargo didn't get all of them.
Yup.
"In 1984, the company entered into a franchise agreement with First Interstate Bancorp, a multi-state bank holding company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, to use the First Interstate Bank name and logo. In 1996, when First Interstate Bancorp was split up, selling its Midwestern USA branches to St. Louis-based Boatmen's Bancshares, which set the stage for it remaining west coast operations to be purchased by and merged into Wells Fargo. The Montana organization successfully negotiated to retain the well known First Interstate name and logo." [
en.wikipedia.org]
Google search [First Interstate]: [
www.google.com]
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www.firstinterstatebank.com]