Fascinating facts about Amadeo Peter Giannini inventor of the consumer
banking system in 1904 |
Amadeo Giannini |
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AT A GLANCE:
The son of immigrants loaned to immigrants when other bankers refused. He
built a vast Western banking empire, fueling California's growth, and
created a national system of branch banks to serve ordinary people. Most
bank customers today take for granted the things Giannini pioneered,
including home mortgages, auto loans and other installment credit. In 1930
he renamed his banking empire Bank of America. Source:
Who Made America: Innovators
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Amadeo
Peter Giannini |
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Criteria: |
First to invent.
Modern prototype. Entrepreneur. |
| Birth: |
May 6, 1870
in San Jose, California |
| Death: |
June 3,1949
in San Mateo, California |
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Nationality: |
American
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