Riggs Bank
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Riggs Bank was a historic Washington, D.C.–based financial institution long known as the “bank of presidents” for its prominent political and diplomatic clientele.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Riggs Bank canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8517311 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riggs Bank Context triple: [Jonathan Bush, employer, Riggs Bank]
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A.
Jefferson Valley
Jefferson Valley is a residential hamlet within the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York.
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B.
Ten Mile Bank
Ten Mile Bank is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, situated along the River Great Ouse and known for its flat, fenland landscape.
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C.
Pole Bank
Pole Bank is the summit of the Long Mynd, a prominent hill in Shropshire, England, offering expansive views over the surrounding countryside.
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D.
Bruce Bank
Bruce Bank is a submarine elevation located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Scotia Plate, forming part of the complex seafloor topography of the Scotia Sea region.
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E.
Crocker National Bank
Crocker National Bank was a major California-based commercial bank historically controlled by the influential Crocker family before being acquired by larger banking institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Riggs Bank Target entity description: Riggs Bank was a historic Washington, D.C.–based financial institution long known as the “bank of presidents” for its prominent political and diplomatic clientele.
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A.
Jefferson Valley
Jefferson Valley is a residential hamlet within the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York.
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B.
Ten Mile Bank
Ten Mile Bank is a small rural village in Norfolk, England, situated along the River Great Ouse and known for its flat, fenland landscape.
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C.
Pole Bank
Pole Bank is the summit of the Long Mynd, a prominent hill in Shropshire, England, offering expansive views over the surrounding countryside.
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D.
Bruce Bank
Bruce Bank is a submarine elevation located in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Scotia Plate, forming part of the complex seafloor topography of the Scotia Sea region.
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E.
Crocker National Bank
Crocker National Bank was a major California-based commercial bank historically controlled by the influential Crocker family before being acquired by larger banking institutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | bank ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | PNC Financial Services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2005 ⓘ |
| architecturalStyleOfMainBuilding | Beaux-Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dissolved | 2005 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | George Washington Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| inception | 1840 ⓘ |
| industry |
banking
ⓘ
financial services ⓘ |
| investigatedBy |
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| involvedIn |
Equatorial Guinea corruption scandal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Saudi embassy accounts controversy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
handling accounts of foreign governments
ⓘ
serving prominent political and diplomatic clients ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mainBuilding | Riggs National Bank building NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainBuildingLocation | Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainBuildingStatus | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| nickname | bank of presidents ⓘ |
| notableClient |
Abraham Lincoln
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED ⓘ Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ James A. Garfield NERFINISHED ⓘ Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
19th century
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ |
| originalName | Corcoran & Riggs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| penalty | record civil fine for Bank Secrecy Act violations at the time ⓘ |
| regionServed | Washington metropolitan area ⓘ |
| regulatoryIssues |
Bank Secrecy Act violations
ⓘ
money laundering violations ⓘ |
| renamedAs |
Riggs & Co.
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Riggs National Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedClientele |
U.S. presidents
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
diplomats ⓘ foreign embassies ⓘ political elites ⓘ |
| services |
commercial banking
ⓘ
embassy banking ⓘ private banking ⓘ |
| successor | PNC Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Riggs Bank Description of subject: Riggs Bank was a historic Washington, D.C.–based financial institution long known as the “bank of presidents” for its prominent political and diplomatic clientele.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.