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; 66 years ago in Los Angeles, California
Defunct	April 1, 1996; 28 years ago 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]

The name (along with the company logo) has continued to be used in the banking world after the merger by First Interstate BancSystem who had 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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