Provident Loan Society

Founders include Robert W. De Forest, James Speyer, Otto T. Bannard, J. P. Morgan, Jacob H. Schiff, August Belmont, Jr. and Cornelius Vanderbilt II.

[3] In an uncertain economic environment amid foreclosures and bank failures, people sought cash from unregulated loan sharks and pawnbrokers.

[5] The contributors included Solomon Loeb, Alfred B. Mason, J. P. Morgan, Gustav Schwab, Jacob H. Schiff, James Speyer, Seth Low and Cornelius Vanderbilt II, among others.

Unlike the New York society, which remains a not-for-profit organization, the San Francisco association is now family-owned and operated.

In 2012, 66 Mint, an estate-jewelry business, was added, and a "Silicon Valley Diamond and Jewelry Buyers" location in Menlo Park, California was opened.

The society's former building on Houston St and Essex St was owned for a time by the artist Jasper Johns , who used it as a studio. It was then turned into a nightclub and lounge, which has since been closed.
The Provident loan branch on East 72nd Street
The San Francisco Provident Loan Association's building at 932 Mission Street in San Francisco