First Interstate Bancorp

First Interstate Bancorp
Trade name	First Interstate Bank
Formerly	Firstamerica Corporation (1958–1961); Western Bancorporation (1961–1981);
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: I
Predecessor	Spun off from Transamerica Corporation in 1958
Founded	July 1, 1958 in Los Angeles, California
Defunct	April 1, 1996 First Interstate BancSystem
Headquarters	Los 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.^[1]

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.

^ Adelson, Andrea (1988-09-23). "First Interstate Plans To Spin Off 'Bad' Bank". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

[1] Adelson, Andrea (1988-09-23). "First Interstate Plans To Spin Off 'Bad' Bank". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-10-03.

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