America: The Story Of Us

[Alex]

Originally Posted by katiesue

It's possible they bought out some other bank that was the first or second.

I'm looking at the "merger & acquisition" tree for my employer (not BofA) and the oldest company listed is The Bank of Manhattan Company founded in 1799. 49 predecessor companies were found before 1900. Maybe we could legally say "Founded more times before 1900 than you can shake a stick at."