A linguistic approach to the History of Banking (Bachelor thesis)

Galariniotis, Nikolaos Asterios


INTRODUCTION The history of banking begins with the first prototype banks of merchants of the ancient world, which made grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This began around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples made loans and added two important innovations: they accepted deposits and changed money. Archaeology from this period in ancient China and India also shows evidence of money lending activity. Banking, in the modern sense of the word, can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, to the rich cities in the north such as Florence, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe. Perhaps the most famous Italian bank was the Medici bank, established by Giovanni Medici in 1397. The oldest bank still in existence is Monte dei Paschi di Siena, headquartered in Siena, Italy, which has been operating continuously since 1472. The development of banking spread from northern Italy throughout the Holy Roman Empire, and in the 15th and 16th century to northern Europe. This was followed by a number of important innovations that took place in Amsterdam during the Dutch Republic in the 17th century and in London in the 18th century. During the 20th century, developments in telecommunications and computing caused major changes to banks' operations and let banks dramatically increase in size and geographic spread. The financial crisis of 2007–2008 caused many bank failures, including some of the world's largest banks, and provoked much debate about bank regulation.
Institution and School/Department of submitter: Σχολή Διοίκησης & Οικονομίας/ Τμήμα Λογιστικής & Χρηματοοικονομικής
Subject classification: Banks and banking--History
Τράπεζες και τραπεζικές εργασίες--Ιστορία
Keywords: History of Banking;Τραπεζική ιστορία;Linguistic approach;Γλωσσική προσέγγιση
Description: Πτυχιακή εργασία--Σχολή Διοίκησης & Οικονομίας--Τμήμα Λογιστικής & Χρηματοοικονομικής,2015--7039
URI: http://195.251.240.227/jspui/handle/123456789/12774
Item type: bachelorThesis
General Description / Additional Comments: Πτυχιακή
Subject classification: Banks and banking--History
Τράπεζες και τραπεζικές εργασίες--Ιστορία
Item language: el
Item access scheme: account
Institution and School/Department of submitter: Σχολή Διοίκησης & Οικονομίας/ Τμήμα Λογιστικής & Χρηματοοικονομικής
Publication date: 2015-09-30
Bibliographic citation: <<Nikolaos Asterios Galariniotis>>, <<A linguistic approach to the History of Banking>>, <<Σχολή Διοίκησης & Οικονομίας/ Τμήμα Λογιστικής & Χρηματοοικονομικής>>, <<Τ.Ε.Ι. Θεσσαλονίκης>>, <<2015>>
Abstract: INTRODUCTION The history of banking begins with the first prototype banks of merchants of the ancient world, which made grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This began around 2000 BC in Assyria and Babylonia. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples made loans and added two important innovations: they accepted deposits and changed money. Archaeology from this period in ancient China and India also shows evidence of money lending activity. Banking, in the modern sense of the word, can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy, to the rich cities in the north such as Florence, Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th century Florence, establishing branches in many other parts of Europe. Perhaps the most famous Italian bank was the Medici bank, established by Giovanni Medici in 1397. The oldest bank still in existence is Monte dei Paschi di Siena, headquartered in Siena, Italy, which has been operating continuously since 1472. The development of banking spread from northern Italy throughout the Holy Roman Empire, and in the 15th and 16th century to northern Europe. This was followed by a number of important innovations that took place in Amsterdam during the Dutch Republic in the 17th century and in London in the 18th century. During the 20th century, developments in telecommunications and computing caused major changes to banks' operations and let banks dramatically increase in size and geographic spread. The financial crisis of 2007–2008 caused many bank failures, including some of the world's largest banks, and provoked much debate about bank regulation.
Table of contents: 1. Contents 2. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………………………5 3. Earliest forms of banking…………………………………………………………………………….6 3.1 Mesopotamia (around 2000 BC)………………………………………………………………………………...6 3.2 Egypt (18th century BC)………………………………………………………………………………………………7 3.3 Greek and Roman financiers (from the 4th century BC)……………………………………………..7 3.3.1 Greece……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 3.3.2 Greek Coinage…………………………………………………………………………………………………………...9 3.3.3 Rome………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………10 3.4 Oriental……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 3.4.1 Ancient India…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..11 3.4.2 China………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………11 4. Religion and banking…………………………………………………………………………………13 4.1 Judaism……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 4.2 Christianity……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….13 4.3 Islam………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….14 5. Bankers to Europe (13th - 14th century)…………………………………………………...15 6. The Fugger dynasty( 15th - 16th century)…………………………………………………16 7. Banks and cheques ( from the 16th century)……………………………………………..17 8. National banks: 17th - 18th century…………………………………………………………..18 9. 20th century………………………………………………………………………………………………19 10. 21th Century……………………………………………………………………………………………21 11. The History of Internet Banking………………………………………………………………22 12. Banking System by country……………………………………………………………………..24 12.1 Bank of England………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..24 12.2 American Banks…………………………………………………………………………………………………...…27 12.2.1 First Bank of the United States………………………………………………………………………….…...28 12.3 Banking in Germany……………………………………………………………………………………………….30 13. The European Central Bank………………………………………………………………….….32 13.1 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 13.2 History……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………32 14. Central bank…………………………………………………………………………………………….34 14.1 History…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….34 15. The Greek Banking System………………………………………………………………………36 16. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………….39 17. Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………40
Advisor name: Giouris, Theodoros
Examining committee: Giouris, Theodoros
Publishing department/division: Σχολή Διοίκησης & Οικονομίας/ Τμήμα Λογιστικής & Χρηματοοικονομικής
Publishing institution: teithe
Number of pages: 40
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