Union Safe Deposit Bank

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The Union Safe Deposit Bank was founded in Stockton, California, United States in April 1897. [1] [2] It was purchased in 2004 by the Bank of the West, and all its branches were converted to Bank of the West on January 24, 2005.

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References

  1. Hillman, Raymond W; Covello, Leonard; Union Safe Deposit Bank (1981), Stockton through the decades, Union Safe Deposit Bank, retrieved 11 August 2018
  2. Fontana, Dominick (1996-08-02), "California bank goes to St. Paul for new CEO and president. (Joseph H. Johnson names executive at Union Safe Deposit Bank)(Brief Article)", American Banker, SourceMedia, Inc, 161 (147): 9 (1), ISSN   0002-7561