How Pierpont Morgan Saved the Gold Standard
In a breathtaking display of self-confidence, J.P. Morgan refilled the Treasury’s gold reserves and saved the monetary standard for four more decades.
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Podcast: How a Community Banker Helped Columbus Discover Modern Architecture
With just 44,000 residents, how did the town of Columbus, Indiana, become one of the nation’s leading architectural destinations — ranked sixth of all U.S. cities for architectural innovation and design? The answer: a community bank president named J. Irwin Miller.
Calvin Coolidge, Bank President
For Presidents Day, the ABA Banking Journal presents this selection from its archive, a reflection on the service of then-President Calvin Coolidge at a Massachusetts savings bank.
The Savings and Loan Disaster
Congress has sometimes shielded bankers from the consequences of bad policies. This has occasionally brought on disaster.
The Ordeal of Hetty Green
For five hours, she pleaded, she shouted and she threatened, while crowds out on Wall Street watched the drama through the bank’s big plate glass windows.
The Bank in the Background
As it marks its centennial, North Dakota’s public bank does its work through private-sector partnerships.
A New Kind of Branch Bank
In 1954 bank architecture joined the 20th century, with a revolutionary bank branch at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
England’s ‘Secret Weapon’: How a Bank Laid the Groundwork for the British Empire
It was the Bank of England and the British national debt that made Great Britain a superpower.
The Mismanagement of the Freedman’s Bank
An institution whose whole purpose had been to safeguard the money of the country’s poorest ended up destroying it.
Podcast: Welcome to America’s Smallest Financial Hub
In part one of a special two-part series on the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, co-host Evan Sparks takes listeners on a trip to America’s tiniest financial hub.