Organization Overview: LaSalle Bank

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LaSalle Bank Corporation was the holding company for LaSalle Bank N.A. and LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A. (formerly Standard Federal Bank). With $116 billion in assets, it was headquartered at 135 South LaSalle Street in Chicago, Illinois. LaSalle Bank Corporation was formerly an indirect subsidiary of Netherlands-based ABN AMRO Bank N.V., one of the world's largest banks, with total assets of EUR 986 billion, more than 3,000 locations in over 60 countries and a staff of more than 105,000. Bank of America acquired LaSalle Bank Corp. effective October 1, 2007 and officially adopted the Bank of America name on May 5, 2008. Founded in 1927 as National Builders Bank of Chicago, it changed its name to LaSalle National Bank in 1940. ABN acquired the bank in 1979. In a merger of co-owned banks,...