Zions Bancorporation is expected to receive $1.4 billion in bailout funds from the Department of the Treasury.

Zions is a financial services company providing a range of banking services, with operations primarily in Utah, California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Zions owns and operates eight commercial banks with over 500 branch offices. It was started in 1873 in the Utah Territory, which made it Utah's first chartered savings bank and trust company.

Zions is a very large regional bank that had recently been trying to financially rebound from a slew of bad real estate, development and construction loans.
 

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Bailout Bank Bio: Zions Bancorporation

 Last Updated March 13, 2009