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The Rise and Decline of AP Giannini's Bank of America
Bank of America was founded by AP Giannini in the early 1920s. The bank became a money center bank doing all kinds of pathological third world lending during the 1970s and 1980s. This is obviously an epic story that could take up a whole podcast by itself, but let's focus on how Bank of America went from underbanked community to major financial institution.