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In the 1970s, First Pennsylvania officials attempted to turn their firm, then a "sedate regional bank", into a major national concern. Aggressive and risky lending and investments turned the bank into Philadelphia's largest, but in 1980, led to huge losses and panicked depositors. The federal government gave the bank a $500 million bailout, the first major federal bailout of a national bank.
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