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The word bank teller came around in the fifteenth century with the original definition meaning " someone who counts "
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The first ever bank was was called the Bank of The United States in Philadelphia https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/first_bank_of_the_us
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A group of New York investors establish the Bank of Manhattan. The state of New York charters the bank.
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The Farmer's Exchange Bank in Rhode Island, fails. The first U.S. bank failure
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The Second Bank of the USA, which is the U.S. government's second attempt at a central bank, is established.
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The Second Bank of the United States calls its loans, a panic starts in the U.S., and many banks fail.
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Over 400 + banks start to appear and start operating in the US
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In the 1900s when banks are now popular entrepreneurs start to buy banks.
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Checks becomes a more common way of payment
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Now there are 9,018 state banks and 5,564 national banks.
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Congressman Carter Glass sponsors legislation to create a central bank.
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First National City Bank has $1 billion in assets.
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There are 17,583 state banks and 8,150 national banks.
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By 2004, three banks exceed a trillion dollars in assets. The number of banks decreases.
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In 2018, there were 4,708 banks in the United States.The number of such registered banks has been declining since 2002.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/184536/number-of-fdic-insured-us-commercial-bank-institutions/
