Banks and banking houses founded before 1700, from the Florentine family banks of the Renaissance to the first public exchange banks of the Dutch Republic. An organization belongs here when its cited article gives a founding or establishment date inside this span. It excludes organizations founded earlier or later, which sit in the neighboring groups of the same kind, and it does not turn on how large or long-lived an organization became.
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Wikipedia: Compagnia dei Bardi
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which became one of the major medieval "super-companies" of the 14th Century
Wikipedia: Medici Bank
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The Medici Bank (Italian: Banco dei Medici [ˈbaŋko dei ˈmɛːditʃi]) was a financial institution created by the Medici family in Italy during the 15th century (1397-1494).
Wikipedia: Bank of Amsterdam
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'Exchange Bank of Amsterdam') was an early bank, vouched for by the city of Amsterdam, and established in 1609.
Wikipedia: Bank of England
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Established in 1694 to act as the English Government's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's second oldest central bank, after Sweden's (1668).
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