Handbook on the History of European Banks
Aldershot. 1994
Editors
Sabine Freitag
Manfred Pohl
The growth of banking has had a significant impact on the economic development of the European industrial economies since the nineteenth century. The Handbook on the History of European Banks combines a comprehensive overview with extensive and detailed empirical analysis on the development of European banking and the subsequent impact of banks on national economies. This important reference work presents a breadth of detailed information and major insights into the history of banking in Europe, including specially commissioned chapters on the banking history of all the countries of the European Community, as well as Switzerland, Austria and Scandinavia.
Table of contents
Austria (Alice Teichova)
o Banking in Austria
o Oesterreichische Nationalbank
o Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft (BAWAG)
o Bank Austria AG
o Creditanstalt-Bankverein
o GiroCredit
o Osterreichische Postsparkasse (P.S.K.)
o Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG
Belgium (Helma Houtman-De Smedt)
o The banking system in Belgium through the centuries
o Banque Nationale de Belgique
o ASLK-CGER Bank
o Banque Bruxelles Lambert
o Le Credit Communal
o Generale de Banque/General Bank
o Kredietbank
Denmark (Hans Christian Johansen)
o Danish banking history
o Danmarks Nationalbank
o Den Danske Bank
o Sbn Bank
o Sparekassen Bikunen A/S
o Sparekassen Sydjylland
o Unibank
Finland (Antti Kuusterä)
o The Finnish banking system in broad outlinefrom the 1860s to the mid-1980s
o Bank of Finland
o Kansallis-Osake-Pankki
o Postipankki
o Union Bank of Finland
France (Alain Plessis)
o The history of banks in France
o Banque de France
o Banque de L’Indochine (1875-1975)
o Banque Nationale de Paris (1848-1991)
o Banque de Neuflize, Schlumberger, Mallet
o Banque OBC – Odier Bungener Courvoisier
o Banque Ottomane
o Caisse des Depots et Consignations
o Compagnie Financiere de Paribas
o Credit Agricole
o Credit Commercial de France
o Credit Foncier de France
o Creit Industriel d’Alsace et de Lorraine (CIAL)
o Credit Lyonnais
o Demachy
o Societe Generale
o Societe Generale Alsacienne de Banque
Germany (Richard Tilly)
o A short history of the German banking system
o Deutsche Bundesbank
o Allgemeine Deutsche Credit-Anstalt
o Baden-Württembergische Bank AG
o Bankhaus Lampe
o Bayerishce Hypotheken- und Wechsel Bank AG
o Bayerische Landesbank
o Bayerische Vereinsbank
o Berenberg Bank
o Berliner Bank AG
o Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank (BHF-Bank)
o Bremer Landesbank
o Commerzbank
o Delbruck & Co, Privatbankiers
o Deutsche Bank
o Deutsche Centralbodenkredit-Aktiengesellschaft
o Deutsche Girozentrale – Deutsche Kommunalbank-
o Deutsche Hypothekenbank Frankfurt AG
o Frankfurter Hypothekenbank AG
o Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa)
o Hamburgische Landesbank – Girozentrale
o Georg Hauck and Sohn Bankiers
o Hesse Newman & Co. (AG & Co.)
o Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau
o Landesbank Hessen-Thuringen Girozentrale
o Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz Girozentrale
o Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein Girozentrale
o Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
o B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. KGaA
o Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie
o Rheinische Hypothekenbank AG (RHEINHYP)
o SchmidtBank
o Schrode Munchmeyer Hengst & Co
o Sudwestdeutsche Genossenschafts-Zentralbank AG (SGZ-Bank)
o Sudwestdeutsche Landesbank (SudwestLB)
o Trinkaus & Burkhardt
o Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
o WGZ-Bank Westdeutsche Genossenschafts-Zentralbank eG
Greece (Margarita Dritsas)
o The structure of the Greek commercialbanking system, 1840-1980
o Bank of Greece
o Credit Bank
o National Bank of Greece
Iceland (Olafur Palmason)
o Banks in Iceland
Ireland
o Central Bank of Ireland
o AIB Group
o Bank of Ireland
Italy (Peter Hertner)
o Modern banking in Italy
o Banca d’Italia
o Banca d’America e d’Italia (BAI)
o Banca Commerciale Italiana
o Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura
o Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
o Banca Popolare di Novara
o Banca Popolare di Verona
o Banca Toscana
o Banco di Napoli
o Banco di Roma
o Banco S. Geminiano e S.Prospero SpA
o Banco di Santo Spirito
o Cassa di Risparmio delle Provincie Lombarde (CARIPLO)
o Credito Italiano
o Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino
o Mediobanca
o Monte dei Paschi di Siena
o Sicilcassa
Luxembourg (Jean-Paul Lehners)
o The history of banks in Luxemburg
o La Banque et Caisse d’Epargne de l’Etat, Luxembourg
o Banque Generale du Luxembourg
o Banque Internationale a Luxembourg
o Banque de Luxembourg
o Caisse Centrale Raiffeisen et Caisses Rurales Raiffeisen, Luxembourg
o Institut Montaire Luxembourgeois
The Netherlands (Johan de Vries)
o The Netherlands financial empire
o De Nederlandsche Bank
o ABN AMRO Bank
o H. Albert de Bary & Co.
o Bank Mees & Hope/MeesPierson
o GWK/CDK-Bank
o F. van Lanschot Bankiers
o Rabobank
Norway (Even Lange)
o The Norwegian system of banking institutions
o Norges Bank
o Landsbanken A/S
Portugal (Jaime Reis)
o Portuguese banking
o Banco de Portugal
o Banco Borges & Irmao
o Banco Espirito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa
o Banco Fonsecas e Burnay
o Banco Nacional Ultramarino, SA
o Banco Pinto & Sottomayor
o Banco Portugues do Atlantico
o Banco Totta e Acores
o Caixa Geral de Depositos
Spain (Gabriel Tortella)
o Spanish banking history, 1782 to the present
o Banco de Espana
o Argentaria
o Banco de Credito Agricola (BCA)
o Banco de Credito Industrial (BCI)
o Banco de Credito Local (BCL)
o Banco Exterior de Espana (BEX)
o Banco Hipotecario de Espana (BHE)
o Caja Postal
o Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
o Banco Central
o Banco Hispano Americano
o Banco Popular Espanol
o Banco Santander
o Banco Zaragozano
o Caixa de Catalunya
o Caixa Galicia
o Caja de Madrid
o Unicaja
Sweden (Ulf Olsson)
o Swedish commercial banking over 150 years
o Sveriges Riksbank
o Gota Bank
o Nordbanken (former PKbanken)
o Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken
o Svenska Handelsbanken
Switzerland/Leichtenstein (Youssef Cassis)
o Banks and banking in Switzerland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
o Swiss National Bank
o Bank for International Settlements
o Bank in Liechtenstein
o Bank Julius Baer
o Bank Leu
o Bank Sarasin & Cie
o Bank Vontobel
o Banque Cantonale Bernoise
o Banque Cantonale Vaudoise
o Banque Populaire Suisse
o BSI – Banca della Svlzzera Italiana
o Credit Suisse
o Darier, Hentsch & Cie
o Liechtensteinische Landesbank
o Lombard Odier & Cie
o Pictet & Cie
o Spar + Leihkasse in Bern
o Swiss Bank Corporation
o Union Bank of Switzerland
o Verwaltungs- und Privat-Bank AG
o Zurcher Kantonalbank
United Kingdom (Philip L. Cottrell)
o The historical development of modern banking within the United Kingdom
o Bank of England
o Bank of Scotland
o Barclays
o Barings Plc
o Coutts & Co.
o Guinness Mahon & Co. Ltd
o Hambros Plc
o Lloyds Bank Plc
o Midland Bank pIc
o Morgan Grenfell Group
o National Westminster Bank Plc
o Northern Bank Ltd
o NM Rothschild & Sons Limited
o Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
o Standard Chartered PLC
o TSB Group plc
o Union PLC
o S.G. Warburg & Co. Ltd
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