Banca Generale
| Company type | Private company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Financial services |
| Founded | 1871 in Milan, Italy |
| Defunct | 1894 |
| Fate | Bankrupt |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Investment banking |
The Banca Generale (lit. 'General Bank') was a major Italian investment bank between its founding in 1871 and its bankruptcy in 1894.
History[edit]
The Banca Generale was founded in 1871 in Milan and started operations in 1872.[1]: 11 Together with the Credito Mobiliare, the Banca Generale dominated the Italian investment banking market in the 1870s and 1880s. and the two were the dominant financial institutions in Italy other than the country's six banks of issue.[2] The Banca Generale eventually went bankrupt on 18 January 1894.
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Carlo Brambilla & Giandomenico Piluso (February 2008), Italian investment and merchant banking up to 1914: Hybridising international models and practices, Università degli Studi di Torino
- ^ "Origins". Banca d'Italia.
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