I've been watching the silent bank run in France. Carefully watching to see if BNP Paribas was one of the banks affected. Why do I care?
Well, a few weeks ago I was watching TV when a Bank of the West commercial came on. At the very end in text it said " A PNB Paribas Company".
When the eff did France buy Bank of the West - I thought.
I might have not even noticed if I didn't have a slight affection for this bank. I've never done business with them, but as a kid my mom worked as a courier for them. In the old days, they had people to transport checks and other bank business from branch to branch.
Plus, even as a kid it was one of the few banks that still had those pneumatic tubes. Which is a piss poor reason to have an affection for a bank... but still - pneumatic tubes! I still love them to this day.
Bank of the West has been around forever. They apparently are also California's 5th largest bank. Who has also suddenly announced "significant job cuts".
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