Agenția (Sucursala) Timișoara a Băncii Naționale a României în perioada 1919–1946
The Timișoara Branch of the National Bank of Romania between 1919 and 1946

Summary/Abstract: Largely based on the documents retained in the National Bank of Romania (NBR) Archive, this research paper on Timișoara NBR Branch (Agency) provides information concerning the activity between 1919 and 1946 of one of the most important representative offices of the National Bank of Romania, focusing on: its establishment, staff involvement in the monetary union process of 1920−1921, the takeover of the former offices of the Austrian-Hungarian Bank and the works performed for the maintenance and refurbishment of this heritage building, details on the operations whereby the branch supported the local economy by way of cheap money, information on the clients (banks and industrial firms) who made use of the NBR discount, trends in bank operation volumes, explanations concerning the reasons for awarding the agency a branch status (in 1927). The overview of the activity of the most important branch of the National Bank of Romania in Banat is completed with information regarding the impact of the Great Economic Depression and the debt conversion laws on the operations of the branch and on local banking institutions and, last but not least, by details regarding the involvement of the NBR in local charity actions and details on the situation of the branch during the Second World War. At the same time, this concise monography also includes a list of the managers and most significant officials who performed their professional duties in the Timisoara NBR branch in the period concerned.

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