Firstar Corporation
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Firstar Corporation is one of the leading bank corporations in the US, headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It changed its name to U.S. Bancorp in 2001 and moved its headquarters to Minneapolis.
[edit] History
Firstar was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as First Wisconsin National Bank before. The company changed its name to Firstar in 1988.
Firstar expanded through as a series of mergers and buyouts including Banks of Iowa, Federated Bank, First Colonial Bankshares Corporation, and Investors Bank. In 1999, Firstar merged with Star Bank (formerly First National Cincinnati) of Cincinnati, Ohio), and then bought Mercantile Bancorporation of St. Louis, Missouri five months later.
On February 27, 2001, Firstar completed its buyout of U.S. Bancorp of Portland, Oregon and changed its name to U.S. Bancorp.
