Logo Quiz of the Day : 705

Hint: This bank was sold for $1.
Answer: Barings Bank
Barings Bank (1762 to 1995) was the oldest merchant bank in London until its collapse in 1995 after one of the bank's employees, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million ($1.3 billion) due to speculative investing, primarily in futures contracts, at the bank's Singapore office.

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