Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The Bank of North America was chartered in 1781 by the Continental Congress and opened on January 7, 1782 at the prodding of Finance Minister Robert Morris, and was rechartered in 1784. This was thus the first modern United States bank. It was succeeded by the First Bank of the United States. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.