References

1. ^ Macesich, George (30 June 2000). "Central Banking: The Early Years: Other Early Banks". Issues in Money and Banking. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers (Greenwood Publishing Group). p. 42. doi:10.1336/0275967778. ISBN 978-0-275-96777-2. http://books.google.com/books?id=k1OYMZ8OzMUC&pg=PA42. Retrieved on 2009-03-12. "The first state deposit bank was the Bank of St. George in Genoa, which was established in 1407."
2. ^ de Albuquerque, Martim (1855). Notes and Queries. London: George Bell. pp. 431. http://books.google.com/books?id=uIrWLegNZxUC&pg=PA431&lpg=PA431&dq=bank+italian+bench&source=web&ots=gp-um7BxxP&sig=r8eVJxS5-aLx3dmb_BmFxYuvW-U.
3. ^ Matyszak, Philip (2007). Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day. New York: Thames & Hudson. pp. 144. ISBN 050005147X.
4. ^ United Dominions Trust Ltd v Kirkwood, 1966, English Court of Appeal, 2 QB 431
5. ^ (Banking Ordinance, Section 2, Interpretation, Hong Kong) Note that in this case the definition is extended to include accepting any deposits repayable in less than 3 months, companies that accept deposits of greater than HK$100 000 for periods of greater than 3 months are regulated as deposit taking companies rather than as banks in Hong Kong).
6. ^ e.g. Tyree's Banking Law in New Zealand, A L Tyree, LexisNexis 2003, page 70.
7. ^ Statistics Department (2001). "Source Data for Monetary and Financial Statistics". Monetary and Financial Statistics: Compilation Guide. Washington D.C.: International Monetary Fund. p. 24. ISBN 9781589065840. http://books.google.com/books?id=a03zkw-5fcEC&pg=PT36. Retrieved on 2009-03-14.
8. ^ ^{a b} Banking 2008PDF (638 KB) charts 7–8, pages 3–4. International Financial Services, London (IFSL).
9. ^ "For Banks, Wads of Cash and Loads of Trouble" article by Eric Lipton and Andrew Martin in The New York Times July 3, 2009