Early Modern

Founded in 1694 to raise money for King William IIIs war against France. The Bank of England is the ...

The worlds oldest central bank, founded in 1668 as Riksens Stnders Bank. Originally established to i...

The Bank of Amsterdam, founded in 1609, was the first true public bank. It accepted deposits of coin...

The largest bank in the United States by assets, with roots tracing to 1799. The Bank of the Manhatt...

One of the oldest British banks, tracing roots to 1690 when John Freame began trading as a goldsmith...

Founded in Birmingham in 1765 by John Taylor and Sampson Lloyd as a button manufacturing business th...

Britains oldest merchant bank, founded in 1762 by Francis Baring. The bank financed the Louisiana Pu...

Modern insurance began at Lloyds Coffee House in London around 1688, where merchants, ship owners, a...

The Hamburger Bank was founded in 1619 in Hamburg, modeled on the Bank of Amsterdam. It was a public...

The Wiener Stadtbank was founded in Vienna in 1703 as a municipal bank. It served the Habsburg monar...

The first savings bank was founded in Hamburg in 1778, designed to encourage thrift among working pe...

The first de facto central bank of the United States, chartered by the Continental Congress on Decem...

The Bank of Sweden, now Sveriges Riksbank, was founded by the Swedish parliament in 1668 after the f...

The first bank clearing house was established in London around 1770. Bankers met daily at the Five B...

The Rothschild banking dynasty was founded by Mayer Amschel Rothschild in Frankfurt in the 1760s. Ma...

The Warburg family of Hamburg established one of the most influential Jewish banking dynasties. The ...

Scotlands free banking era from 1716 to 1845 is considered by some economists as a model of successf...

Fractional reserve banking is the system where banks keep only a fraction of deposits as reserves, l...