Banks in the Old Confederation and in Geneva (Before 1848)

Nils Herger
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Chapter Chapter 3 in Switzerland and its Banks, 2023, pp 29-45 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Switzerland was not a financially advanced country in Europe during the preindustrial age. Concurrently, the banking sector did not play an outstanding role during the period of the Old Confederation, i.e., the years before 1848. However, this did not imply that banking activities were completely absent in Switzerland before industrialisation. Above all, the private banks in Geneva were heavily involved in funding French government debt before the Revolution of 1789.

Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35904-0_3

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