WebThe European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is an international financial institution founded in 1991. As a multilateral developmental investment bank, the EBRD uses investment as a tool to build market economies.Initially focused on the countries of the former Eastern Bloc it expanded to support development in more than 30 countries …

WebA high-income economy is defined by the World Bank as a nation with a gross national income per capita of US$12,696 or more in 2020, calculated using the Atlas method. While the term "high-income" is often used interchangeably with "First World" and "developed country," the technical definitions of these terms differ.The term "first world" commonly …

WebJ.P. Morgan & Co. is a commercial and investment banking institution founded by J. P. Morgan in 1871. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, the company is now a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase, one of the largest banking institutions in the world.The company is sometimes referred to as the "House of Morgan " or simply "Morgan ".[citation …

WebAfriland First Bank is a full-service bank in Cameroon, with subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Liberia, South Sudan, São Tomé and Príncipe and Zambia.The bank was founded in Yaoundé in 1987 under the name of Caisse Commune d'Epargne et d'Investissement.It is the largest financial services group in …

WebA merchant bank is historically a bank dealing in commercial loans and investment. In modern British usage it is the same as an investment bank.Merchant banks were the first modern banks and evolved from medieval merchants who traded in commodities, particularly cloth merchants.Historically, merchant banks' purpose was to facilitate and/or …

WebHSBC Bank Egypt was established in 1982 as Hongkong Egyptian Bank with 40% HSBC ownership. In January 1994, the bank was renamed Egyptian British Bank under the same shareholding structure. The bank took the name HSBC Bank Egypt in April 2001 following an increase in shareholding by the HSBC Group's from 40% to 94.5% of its issued share …

WebThe Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) is a payment-integration initiative of the European Union for simplification of bank transfers denominated in euro.As of 2020, there were 36 members in SEPA, consisting of the 27 member states of the European Union, the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway …

WebThis list of the oldest banks includes financial institutions in continuous operation, operating with the same legal identity without interruption since their establishment until the present time.. Depending on the definition, the world's oldest bank is either Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena or Berenberg Bank.Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena was founded in its present …

WebThe bank's duties include, inter alia, the management of monetary and exchange policies, the regulation of banks and financial institutions, and the control of the national currency, the riel. The bank was established in 1954 after the Indochina Printing Institution closed when Cambodia obtained its independence from France.

WebCharles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (French: le Sage; Latin: Sapiens), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380. His reign marked an early high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory held by the English, and successfully reversed the military losses of his …