Bank One Corporation

Bank One Corporation
Trade name	Bank One
Formerly	First Banc Group (1968–1979); Banc One Corporation (1979–1998)
Company type	Public
Traded as	NYSE: ONE (1979–2004)
Industry	Banking
Founded	1968; 56 years ago
Defunct	July 1, 2004; 20 years ago
Fate	Acquired by JPMorgan Chase
Successor	JPMorgan Chase
Headquarters	Bank One Plaza, Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Key people	Jamie Dimon; John B. McCoy; Frank E. McKinney, Jr.;
Products	Financial services
Website	bankone.com

Bank One Corporation was an American bank founded in 1968 and at its peak the sixth-largest bank in the United States. It traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol ONE. The company merged with JPMorgan Chase & Co. on July 1, 2004, with its CEO Jamie Dimon taking the lead at the combined company. The company had its headquarters in the Bank One Plaza (now the Chase Tower) in the Chicago Loop in Chicago, Illinois,^[1] now the headquarters of Chase's retail banking division.

Bank One traces its roots to the merger of Illinois based First Chicago NBD, and Ohio-based First Banc Group (later Bank One), a holding company for the City National Bank in Columbus, Ohio.^[2]

^ "Contact Information." Bank One Corporation. April 10, 2001. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
^ Hyatt, Jim (January 27, 1971). "Small-Town Sophisticate: How Little Farmers Bank Went to the City And Discovered How to Swing at a Profit". The Wall Street Journal. p. 29. The bank, like an increasing number of small-town banks, went to the big city and joined a registered bank holding company, an arrangement with advantages to both sides. Such multi-bank holding companies usually involve a large metropolitan bank - in this case the City National Bank in Columbus - and a number of smaller banks in markets. The plan helps the big banks tap markets normally closed to them by restrictive state branch banking laws and gives the smaller banks needed expertise, management talent, and back-up lending ability. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.

[1] "Contact Information." Bank One Corporation. April 10, 2001. Retrieved on March 31, 2010.

[wsj-1971jan27-2] Hyatt, Jim (January 27, 1971). "Small-Town Sophisticate: How Little Farmers Bank Went to the City And Discovered How to Swing at a Profit". The Wall Street Journal. p. 29. The bank, like an increasing number of small-town banks, went to the big city and joined a registered bank holding company, an arrangement with advantages to both sides. Such multi-bank holding companies usually involve a large metropolitan bank - in this case the City National Bank in Columbus - and a number of smaller banks in markets. The plan helps the big banks tap markets normally closed to them by restrictive state branch banking laws and gives the smaller banks needed expertise, management talent, and back-up lending ability. Alternate Link(subscription required) via ProQuest.

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