AOL Web Search

Bank of Boston Corporation, former American bank holding company that was acquired by Fleet Financial Group in 1999. The bank, one of the oldest in the United States, was originally chartered in 1784 as the Massachusetts Bank. In 1903 it merged with the First National Bank of Boston (established in 1859 as the Safety Fund Bank) and assumed the latter’s name, which it kept until 1970. Bank of ...

BankBoston was a bank based in Boston, Massachusetts, which was created by the 1996 merger of Bank of Boston and BayBank. One of its predecessor banks started in 1784, but the merged BankBoston was short-lived, being acquired by Fleet Bank in 1999. In 2005, FleetBoston was purchased by, and merged into, Bank of America of Charlotte, North Carolina.

BankBoston Corporation merged with Fleet Financial Group Inc to form FleetBoston Financial Corporation. The Company offered consumer, small business, and corporate banking in New England.

Merged into and subsequently operated as part of BankBoston, National Association (2558) in BOSTON, MA: 1997-10-31: Acquired Pacific National Bank of Nantucket in NANTUCKET, MA: 1998-05-21: Acquired Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank in PROVIDENCE, RI: 2000-03-01: Moved bank headquarters from BOSTON, MA to PROVIDENCE, RI: 2000-03-01