Snap: Bye-bye Wachovia

By Lisa Provence |
Published online 12:10pm Thursday May 12th, 2011
and in print issue #1020 dated Thursday May 19th, 2011

The bank building long known as Jefferson National is losing its most recent moniker. Since Wells Fargo bought Wachovia during the 2008 financial turmoil, it's been inevitable that the West Coast bank's name would replace that of the North Carolina-born Wachovia on the Downtown Mall. The new Wells Fargo sign officially will be unveiled in August.

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1 comment

Betty May 19th, 2011 | 5:12pm

Serves Wachovia right. That is exactly the same thing they did to First National Bank of Atlanta many moons ago. That merger of equals was known as First Wachovia. A few short years later, the First was erased.

What goes around comes around! Bye-bye Walkovaya! Good riddance to North Carolina rubbish!