Kyle Harrison
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Breaking the Bank (Gary Hector)
Breaking the Bank: The Decline of BankAmerica
- Author
- Gary Hector
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 363
- Recommended
- Once
Breaking the Bank (Gary Hector)
A reported account of how BankAmerica — for a time the largest bank in the world — lost its position across the 1970s and 1980s: the lending decisions, the technology and management failures, and the succession fights that culminated in the losses and boardroom upheaval of the mid-1980s.
Why it’s on the list: Bold on @mastersinvest’s 2025 list, meaning the curator rated it very good rather than merely read.
Where I saw it: @mastersinvest’s “2025 Reading … so far” list, August 20, 2025, where it appears in bold. The full 46-title list is transcribed on 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet).
Connections
- 2025 Reading So Far… (tweet) — the list this came from.