Orra Eugene Monnette (1873–1936) was an attorney, author and banker. Monnette was also the founder of the Bank of America, L.A.
Orra Eugene Monnette Founder Bank of America Los Angeles
Bronze plaque, dedicated to Orra E. Monnette, President of the Los Angeles Public Library system from 1915 to 1936. The plaque is on display in the Los Angeles Central Library rotunda and replaces an earlier bronze bust of Monnette lost in the Central Library fire.
The Bank of America Corporation is an American multinational investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, with investment banking and auxiliary headquarters in Manhattan. The bank was founded by the merger of NationsBank and Bank of America in 1998. It is the second-largest banking institution in the United States and the second-largest bank in the world by market capitalization, both after JPMorgan Chase. Bank of America is one of the Big Four banking institutions of the United States. It serves approximately 10.73% of all American bank deposits, in direct competition with JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and Wells Fargo. Its primary financial services revolve around commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking.
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Amadeo Giannini, 1927
Entrance to the Bank of America, San Francisco, California, 1943
The Bank of America Tower in 2015, seen from Bryant Park in Midtown Manhattan, the headquarters for the investment banking operations and serving as the bank's auxiliary headquarters.
