Business-Bank
Freedom Bank of Finance (1969-2000)
In 1968, a group of businessmen in Portland, Oregon saw the recently founded Bank of Finance in Los Angeles, California as a model for their creating the first...
The (Los Angeles) Bank of Finance (1964-1981)
The Bank of Finance, the first state-chartered, black-owned commercial bank in Los Angeles, California, was founded in 1964. The bank was established by...
Liberty Bank Seattle Washington (1968-1988) and Liberty Bank Building
Liberty Bank was Washington State’s first primarily black-owned bank. It opened on May 31, 1968 in Seattle’s Central District (CD) at 24th...
The True Reformers Bank (1888-1910)
The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers in Richmond, Virginia was the first bank owned...
Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company (1865-1874)
The Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company, commonly referred to as The Freedmen’s Bank, was incorporated on March 3, 1865. It...
