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Wilmington Trust company history timeline

1987

Wilmington Trust had cleared the way for this transaction in 1987, when it became the first bank outside of New York City approved by the New York Metals Exchange to store gold and silver bullion.

1989

The bank flourished in the 1980s under Taylor's direction. It continued to expand its loan program and held loans of $2 billion--more than two-thirds of its commercial assets--by 1989.

1990

In late 1990 Wilmington Trust bought the precious metal program of New York-based Citibank.

1992

In 1992 Wilmington Trust bought the Sussex Trust Company, a $400 million-asset bank with 20 branches in the southern part of Delaware.

1994

Wilmington Trust's mutual funds business stumbled in 1994, after taking some losses on risky investments.

1995

The head of Wilmington's subsidiary Rodney Square Management Corp. resigned in 1995, and the bank reorganized the unit.

1996

The firm acquired a 24 percent stake in a New York money management firm, Clemente Capital Inc., in April 1996.

2009

What Bush and others didn't know in 2009 was that the bank was scrambling to avert a catastrophe following the burst of the real estate bubble, court records say.

2010

By August 2010, Wilmington Trust had begun discussions with an unnamed financial institution about a potential capital investment.

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Founded
1985
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Headquarters
Wilmington, DE
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Founders
Thomas du Pont
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