Constantza
Banks
Author: ARDELEANU KONSTANTIN
History of banks
List
Year |
Bank name |
Owners |
Capital |
Branches |
1880 |
The National Bank |
The Romanian state, different shareholders |
12,000,000 lei (in 1908) |
The branch of Constanţa opened in 1894 |
1881 |
The House of Depositions, Consignments, and Economy |
The Romanian State |
– |
A branch at Constanţa |
1882 |
The Agricultural Credit |
Shareholders |
20,000,000 lei |
A branch at Constanţa |
1894 |
The Agricultural Bank |
Shareholders |
7,938,125 lei (in 1908) |
A branch at Constanţa |
1897 |
The General Bank of Romania |
Shareholders |
10,000,000 lei |
A branch at Constanţa |
1899 |
The Discount Bank of Constanţa |
Shareholders |
400,000 lei |
Based at Constanţa |
1904 |
The Marmorosch, Blank & Co. Bank |
Isac Marmorosch, M. Blank, with capitals from Hungarian and German banks |
12,500,000 lei (in 1912) |
A branch at Constanţa |
– |
The Bank of the Romanian Ploughman |
Shareholders |
200,000 lei |
Based at Constanţa |
1907 |
The Romanian Commercial Bank |
Shareholders, European capital |
12,000,000 lei (in 1908) |
A branch at Constanţa |
1882 |
The Agricultural Credit |
Shareholders |
20,000,000 lei |
A branch at Constanţa |
References
Archival sources:
Serviciul Judeţean Constanţa al Arhivelor Naţionale (The National Archives, Constanţa Branch), Primăria municipiului Constanţa (The Municipality of Constanţa), files starting with 1878.
Bibliography:
Anuarul Statistic al României, 1915–1916 [The Statistical Yearbook of Romania, 1915–1916] (Bucharest: Tipografia Regală F. Göbl Fii, 1919).
Axenciuc, Victor, Evoluţia economică a României. Cercetări statistico–istorice, 1859–1947, vol. III, Monedă – Credit – Comerţ – Finanţe publice [Romania’s Economic Evolution. Statistical–Historical Researches, 1859–1947, vol. III, Currency – Credit – Trade – Public Finance] (Bucharest: Editura Academiei Române, 2000).
Băicoianu, C. I., Istoria politicei noastre monetara şi a Băncii naţionale, 1880–1914 [The History of Our Monetary Policy and of the National Bank, 1880–1914], (Bucharest, Imprimeria Naţională, 1932).
Casias, B., Instituţiunile de credit. Rolul şi importanţa lor. Imprumutul naţional [The Credit Institutions. Their Role and Importance. The National Loan] (Bucharest: Tip. Idealul, 1918).
Dragomirescu, Toma, Istoricul băncilor din România şi al tuturor instituţiunilor de credit şi societăţi de asigurări, urmat de o statistică generală [The History of Banks in Romania and of All Credits Institutions and Insurance Companies, Followed by a General Statistics] (Bucharest: Speranţa, Institut de Arte Grafice, 1908).
Ionescu, M. D., Cercetări asupra oraşului Constanţa. Geografie şi istorie [Researches on the City of Constanţa. Geography and History] (Bucharest: Tipografia şi Fonderia de Litere Thoma Basilescu, 1897).
Ionescu, M. D., Dobrogia în pragul veacului al XX-lea. Geografia matematică, fisică, politică, economică şi militară [Dobrudja at the Beginning of the 20th Century] (Bucharest: Ateliere Grafice I. V. Socec, 1904).
Slăvescu, V., Băncile comerciale mijlocii din România [The Middle Commercial Banks in Romania] (Bucharest: Atelierele Grafice Universala, 1915).
Văleanu, O., “Instituțiunile de credit în Dobrogea” [Credit Institutions in Dobrudja], in vol. 1878–1928. Dobrogea. Cincizeci de ani de vieața românească [Dobrudja. Fifty Years of Romanian Life] (București: Cultura Națională, 1928).
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