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In an exchange of e-mails, Ferguson told me the Banco di San Giorgio was "a hugely important institution, there is no doubt" .

It had agreed that $25m held at a bank in Macau, Banco Delta Asia, could be transferred to a North Korean account at the Bank of China.

Forbes said that in Angola, the president's daughter sits on the board of Banco BIC and is reported to own a 25% stake in the bank.

"The Banco di San Giorgio was a far more sophisticated institution than any other bank. That's why people trusted it. "

The Banco di San Giorgio gradually ended this state of affairs, through a creeping takeover of the republic.

Despite only one mention of the Banco di San Giorgio in The Ascent of Money, he includes ample reference to the pioneering role of Genoa.

The purpose of the meeting that spring day was to declare the Banco di San Giorgio open for business.

The money was frozen in 2005, after the United States alleged the Banco Delta Asia in Macao was tied to money laundering by North Korea.

The Banco di San Giorgio was not the first bank to be established in Europe.

Spain's Banco Santander released details of its planned initial public offering for its Brazilian subsidiary.

Venezuela has taken formal control of its third largest bank, the previously Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela.

Listed but state-controlled, Banco do Brazil is the country's biggest financial firm, with a fifth of total assets.

Santander was the big winner, securing ownership of Brazil's Banco Real.

"After the Banco di San Giorgio, a bank was an institution. "

Deutsche Bank AG and Banco Santander SA led financial shares lower as German Chancellor Angela Merkel's government rattled investors.

Banco Santander reached a settlement with the trustee seeking to recover money for clients of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme.

In 1905 , the Macau Government granted the Banco Nacional Ultramarino the exclusive right to issue banknotes in pataca denominations .

"The case [Felloni] is making is true of the Banco di San Giorgio and it is true for lots of other things, as well, " he says.

The genius of the Banco di San Giorgio, alas, could not guarantee its own permanence.

In November 2007, RBS and its partners, Fortis and Banco Santander, completed their acquisition of Dutch bank ABN Amro.

"The story of the Banco di San Giorgio is the story of banking in Europe, " he told me.

Then, it froze assets deposited in Banco Delta Asia, a Macao bank accused of helping North Korean leaders launder money.

For more on plans by the Banco Central do Brasil to raise interest rates, see this post on my website.

Given its origins, purpose and longevity, one would expect the Banco di San Giorgio to be more celebrated than it is.

It also monitors the Internet traffic generated when visiting websites related with Banco do Brasil.

Finance is handled by Banco Azteca, a Salinas company which specialises in lending to people with low incomes.

The delay resulted from the unresolved issue of the North's frozen assets in Banco Delta Asia.

Banco Efisa estimates construction costs for the airport, the design of which will be presented in Lisbon on Tuesday, to be 3 billion euros.

Like its domestic peers, Banco Espirito Santo controls a bank in oil-rich Angola, BES Angola.

Besides its extensive operations in the territory, BoC has a 50 per cent stake in Banco Tai Fung, which it rescued in the early 1980s.

"Before the Banco di San Giorgio, a bank was a wealthy person, " he says.

Felloni says the archival discoveries he has made will overturn this negative portrayal of the Banco di San Giorgio.

The sanctions are reminiscent of the freezing of $24m of North Korean assets in Banco Delta Asia, a Macao bank, in 2005.

Societe Generale SA and Banco Santander SA led banking shares lower.

But it is the legacy of the Banco di San Giorgio that is in dispute, not its historical location.

BES, Banco BPI and Banco Millennium BCP together have 170-odd branches in Angola, but made a staggering $440m of profit in 2009.

Banco CAM was seized in July. Others could follow.

Panic selling hit Portuguese banks, too, a Lisbon-based trader said, with Banco BPI shedding 7. 5%.

But the Banco di San Giorgio hardly gets a mention.

In Brazil, the Banco Central do Brasil has aggressively raised interest rates to 11. 75% starting in April 2010.

Banco Santander SA jumped 7. 7 percent, leading banking shares higher across Europe as Portugal sold 10-year bonds.

Banco Santander SA slumped 4. 3 percent, pacing a selloff in Spanish lenders.

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, Spain's second-largest lender, declined 2. 4 percent to 9. 74 euros.

Swaps on Banco Espirito rose to a record, while contracts on BBVA climbed to the highest level in more than four months.

Spain's Banco Santander rose 6 cents to $12. 46 in U. S. action.

Banco Santander SA, the biggest bank in Spain, rose 1. 8 percent to 9. 71 euros.

Banco Santander, the biggest, retreated 1. 8 percent to 9. 63 euros.

Banco Santander SA, Spain's largest bank, slid 1. 8 percent to 7. 46 euros.

Last year, the award for Sustainable Bank of the Year went to HSBC, while Banco ABN Amro Real of Brazil took the emerging markets title.

Banco Santander SA advanced 0. 3 percent to 9. 95 euros.

Banco Popolare surged 6. 3 percent to 3. 48 euros.

On February 2, 2006, banks in Japan voluntarily enforced sanctions on Banco Delta Asia identical to those imposed by the United States.

The state has dropped plans to buy Banco de Venezuela, a subsidiary of Spain's Grupo Santander, for $1. 2 billion, for example.

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