Moments from History of Romanian Transylvanian Banks: “Pruna” Bank (S.A.), Hunedoara County Cover Image

Repere din istoricul creditului românesc: Banca „Pruna” S.A. Ilia (jud. Hunedoara)
Moments from History of Romanian Transylvanian Banks: “Pruna” Bank (S.A.), Hunedoara County

Author(s): Maria-Cristina Ploscă
Subject(s): Economy, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949)
Published by: Editura Altip
Keywords: Transylvanian Romanian banks; building societies; associations; Hunedoara county;

Summary/Abstract: The Romanian Transylvanian banks have appeared in the second half of the 19-th century. The first Transylvanian bank was founded in 1872 and its name was „Albina”. The Austro-Hungarian government passed a law regarding the conditions on how those building societies/associations to be founded, we’re reffering to Law no XXXVII/15 May 1875.Ilia, a small market town in Hunedoara county, was important in the second half of the 19th century, here were founded a few other building societis/banks like the following: „Progresul” Bank, „Ilia Murășană” Bank etc.„Pruna” Bank was founded in February 25th 1912, the information was mentioned in the Revista Economică magazine and registered in an yearbook preserved in National Archives. The bank functioned all the interwar period of time until 1948.

  • Issue Year: 2022
  • Issue No: 13
  • Page Range: 79-86
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian