Riggs Bank

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Riggs Bank was a historic Washington, D.C.–based financial institution long known as the “bank of presidents” for its prominent political and diplomatic clientele.

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Riggs Bank canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bank ⓘ
acquiredBy PNC Financial Services ⓘ
acquisitionDate 2005 ⓘ
architecturalStyleOfMainBuilding Beaux-Arts ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dissolved 2005 ⓘ
foundedBy George Washington Riggs ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1840 ⓘ
industry banking ⓘ
financial services ⓘ
investigatedBy Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ⓘ
U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations ⓘ
involvedIn Equatorial Guinea corruption scandal ⓘ
Saudi embassy accounts controversy ⓘ
knownFor handling accounts of foreign governments ⓘ
serving prominent political and diplomatic clients ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainBuilding Riggs National Bank building ⓘ
mainBuildingLocation Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. ⓘ
mainBuildingStatus listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
nickname bank of presidents ⓘ
notableClient Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower ⓘ
Harry S. Truman ⓘ
James A. Garfield ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
Woodrow Wilson ⓘ
foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
21st century ⓘ
originalName Corcoran & Riggs ⓘ
penalty record civil fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations at the time ⓘ
regionServed Washington metropolitan area ⓘ
regulatoryIssues Bank Secrecy Act violations ⓘ
money laundering violations ⓘ
renamedAs Riggs & Co. ⓘ
linked to: Corcoran & Riggs

Riggs National Bank ⓘ
servedClientele U.S. presidents ⓘ
diplomats ⓘ
foreign embassies ⓘ
political elites ⓘ
services commercial banking ⓘ
embassy banking ⓘ
private banking ⓘ
successor PNC Bank ⓘ

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Jonathan Bush → employer → Riggs Bank ⓘ