I. Introduction

• •Giannini as an inventor of modern American banking
• •Banking and the consumer society

II. Giannini's career

• •Youth



• •Bank of Italy (1904)



• •San Francisco Earthquake (1906)



• •Panic of 1907



• •Statewide expansion (1909)



• •National expansion (1919-1928)

• •Bank of America (1928)



• •Later years

III. Conclusion

• •Giannini as a businessman



• •Giannini's legacy
• •Banking for the average person
• •Banking as the basis for the U.S.'s international economic power