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10 unusual facts about Wachovia


Bank Secrecy Act

In 2011 the Observer reported that Wachovia, at one time a major US bank, was implicated in laundering money for Mexican drug lords, through its lax laundering controls, a violation of the Bank Secrecy Act.

Coy Privette

In one case, court documents show Summers was found with a man's Wachovia teller card.

Interstate 581

The southern end of I-581 offers views of the downtown Roanoke skyline, most prominently the Hotel Roanoke, the Wachovia Tower, the former Roanoke Shops of Norfolk Southern, the Norfolk Southern tower, and St. Andrews Catholic Church.

Jessica Stroup

Stroup was born in Anderson, South Carolina to Judith and Don Stroup, a senior vice president at Wachovia.

John Stumpf

In December 2008, he led one of the largest mergers in history with the purchase of Wachovia.

Our State

Among those first advertisers who did not leave the weekly magazine: Wachovia and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Paul Amen

After leaving Wake Forest, Amen retired from sports and begin a career at Wachovia Bank in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he rose to the rank of vice president.

Ron Wooten

Prior to joining Quintiles, Wooten worked for nine years with First Union Securities Corporation (now Wachovia Securities, Inc.) in Charlotte, North Carolina, most recently as a Managing Director of Investment Banking.

Tideway Systems

Tideway's customers included Dresdner Kleinwort, Linklaters, Wachovia, and numerous other Fortune 500 companies who use Foundation to automate and remove risk from their IT infrastructure.

WolfBlock

On March 23, 2009, the firm's partners voted for an orderly unwinding and dissolution of the firm, due in part to difficulties the firm was having in continuing its line of credit with Wachovia.


Brad S. Karp

His client list includes JPMorgan Chase, Wachovia, Morgan Stanley, Apollo Global Management, Merrill Lynch, Deloitte, MacAndrews & Forbes, ING, Bear Stearns, Ericsson, Hexion, Scottish Power and Eton Park in securities, commercial and regulatory matters.

Charles Peter McColough

Aside from building Xerox to the corporate empire it is today, McColough was treasurer of the Democratic National Committee between 1974 and 1976, was Chairman of United Way of America, and served on the Board of Trustees at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York Stock Exchange, Bank of New York, Wachovia, Citigroup, Knight Ridder, and Union Carbide Corporation.

Leslie Baker

Leslie M. Baker, Jr., president and chief executive officer of Wachovia Corporation

Moravian Church in North America

Combined Moravian arches were used to form the dome of the Wachovia Center (now called 100 North Main Street).

National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders

The organization was created in 1990 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C. Among the financial institutions that are NAAHL members are Bank of America, Bank of New York, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, Wachovia and Wells Fargo.

Robert Steel

Robert K. Steel (born 1951), President and CEO of Wachovia Corporation

Wilkes-Barre Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

The township has recently become a well-known commercial destination in northeastern Pennsylvania, adding the Wachovia Arena (now the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza) and several major shopping hubs, including the Arena Hub Plaza, Wilkes-Barre Township Commons, Highland Park Boulevard Plaza, and the Wyoming Valley Mall.