First Interstate Bancorp

First Interstate Bancorp
First Interstate Bank
Formerly
  • Firstamerica Corporation (1958–1961)
  • Western Bancorporation (1961–1981)
Company typePublic
NYSE: I
PredecessorSpun off from Transamerica Corporation in 1958
FoundedJuly 1, 1958 (1958-07-01) in Los Angeles, California
DefunctApril 1, 1996 (1996-04-01) First Interstate BancSystem
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California

First Interstate Bancorp was a bank holding company based in the United States. Headquartered in Los Angeles, it was the nation's eighth largest banking company.

Although First Interstate Bancorp was taken over by Wells Fargo in 1996, the name (along with the company logo) has continued to be used in the banking world by First Interstate BancSystem, who has been using the name under a franchise agreement since 1984.

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