Bank Dyskontowy S.A. also known as Bank Diskontowy (English: ''Bank Discount''), and as Diskonto-Bank A.G. in
Germany was a Polish bank operating in the
interwar period
In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days), the end of the World War I, First World War to the beginning of the World War II, Second World War. The in ...
. The bank originated from
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz ( , , ; german: Bromberg) is a city in northern Poland, straddling the meeting of the River Vistula with its left-bank tributary, the Brda. With a city population of 339,053 as of December 2021 and an urban agglomeration with more ...
.
History
It was established in 1913 by local industrialists and landowners, including by
Witold Kukowski pl">:pl:Witold_Kukowski.html" ;"title="nowiki/>:pl:Witold_Kukowski">pl who became its CEO, principal shareholder and member of the supervisory board; Stefan Przanowski, who became its executive-chairman, principal shareholder and chairman of the supervisory board; and Emil Engwall, who became its principal shareholder, vice-chairman and its first capital investor. The bank was officially registered in 1914. In the years 1921-1927 it used the name Bank Diskontowy (
English: ''Bank Discount'').
From 1920, the bank maintained an operating branch in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...
at Langer Markt 18 (currently DÅ‚ugi Targ). The bank expanded and had branches in
Poznań,
Toruń,
Brodnica,
GrudziÄ…dz,
Åšwiecie,
Tczew,
Wejherowo,
Kartuzy, Kościerzyna,
Puck,
Starogard Gdański and
Warsaw, as well as several deposit banks (1924).
In 1927, Bank Diskontowy was discontinued and its assets were liquidated.
The bank was revived in the following year by, among other investors,
Ivar Kreuger who initiated Bank Diskontowy Warsaw.
Bibliography
* Wojciech Morawski: ''Słownik historyczny bankowości polskiej do 1939 roku.'', Muza S.A. Warszawa 1998, 208 s.
* ''książki adresowe''
Banks
Banks of Poland
Companies based in Warsaw
Companies related to the Engwall family
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