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Time Period >>  Industrial South  1879 - 1913
Historical Event >>  NationsBank  1901

A group of real estate developers form a bank called the Southern States Trust. Its president is George Stephens. Through joining, or "merging" with other financial institutions, the bank's name will change several times. It will be the American Trust Company, American Commercial Bank, and North Carolina National Bank. Finally, it will emerge as a nation-wide leader: NationsBank.




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