EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE JOHN W. ANDERSON Executive Vice President New Mexico Bankers Association BACK TO THE FUTURE AND ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL As you may know, the NMBA recently moved to a new office at 7801 Academy Rd. NE, Bldg. 2, Ste. 202, Albuquerque, NM 87109. We had leased our former office space for 20 years and accumulated an incredible amount of paper, files and memorabilia over the years. Overall, it’s been nice to get a bit of a fresh start. Sunwest Bank While going through articles I have saved, there was one in particular that caught my eye. It was concerning the conversion of Albuquerque National Bank to Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque. I love history, so I thought I would share some of the highlights of the article, if for no other reason than it demonstrates how profoundly times have changed. In 1983, Albuquerque National Bank, the state’s largest bank for 50 years, became Sunwest Bank of Albuquerque. With $1.7 billion in assets, Sunwest was double the size of its nearest competitor, First Interstate Bancorp. 6
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