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Bank of United States
Former American bank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bank of United States, founded by Joseph S. Marcus in 1913 at 77 Delancey Street in New York City,[1][2][3] was a New York City bank that failed in 1931. The bank run on its Bronx branch is said to have started the collapse of banking during the Great Depression.[4]
This article is about a commercial bank in New York that failed in 1930. For the central bank of the United States, see Federal Reserve. For federal and other private banks in the US, see Bank of the United States (disambiguation).
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