The ''Comptoirs d'Escompte'' or ''Comptoirs Nationaux d'Escompte'', literally "
ationaldiscount counters", were 65 local banks created in a hurry in March 1848 by the government of the
Second French Republic
The French Second Republic ( or ), officially the French Republic (), was the second republican government of France. It existed from 1848 until its dissolution in 1852.
Following the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the Battle of Waterlo ...
to maintain financial stability in the turmoil following the
February Revolution
The February Revolution (), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and sometimes as the March Revolution or February Coup was the first of Russian Revolution, two revolutions which took place in Russia ...
. Most of them disappeared when the government withdrew its support in May 1852, except the following:
* Comptoir d'escompte d'
Alès
Alès () is a Communes of France, commune and Subprefectures in France, subprefecture in the Gard Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania Regions of France, region in Southern France. Until 1926, i ...
(1848-?)
* Comptoir d'escompte d'
Angoulême
Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; ) is a small city in the southwestern French Departments of France, department of Charente, of which it is the Prefectures of France, prefecture.
Located on a plateau overlooking a meander of ...
(1848-1897?)
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Caen
Caen (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune inland from the northwestern coast of France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Calvados (department), Calvados. The city proper has 105,512 inha ...
(1848-1874)
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Colmar
Colmar (; ; or ) is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Alsace region of north-eastern France. The third-largest commune in Alsace (after Strasbourg and Mulhouse), it is the seat of the prefecture of the Haut-Rhin department ...
(1848-1884)
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Dôle
Dole (, sometimes pronounced ) is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern French Departments of France, department of Jura (department), Jura, of which it is a Subprefectures in France, subprefecture (''sous-préfecture'').
History
Dole ...
(1848-1892?)
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Lille
Lille (, ; ; ; ; ) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders. Positioned along the Deûle river, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Prefectures in F ...
(1848-1866), a predecessor entity of the
Crédit du Nord
() was a French retail banking network. It consisted of the following banks:
* , Toulouse, Aquitaine (oldest existing bank in France, founded in 1760)
* , Alsace, Lorraine
* , Savoy
* , Massif Central
* , Lyon
* , Limoges
* , Marseille
* itse ...
*
Comptoir d'escompte de Mulhouse (1848-1930), a predecessor entity of
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (; sometimes referred to as BNPP or BNP) is a French multinational universal bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Paris. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two of France's foremost financial instituti ...
*
Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris
The Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (; CNEP), from 1854 to 1889 Comptoir d'escompte de Paris (CEP), was a major French bank active from 1848 to 1966.
The CEP was created by decree on 10 March 1848 by the French Provisional Government, in ...
(1848-1966), another predecessor entity of
BNP Paribas
BNP Paribas (; sometimes referred to as BNPP or BNP) is a French multinational universal bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Paris. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two of France's foremost financial instituti ...
* (1848-1935), absorbed in 1935 by the
Crédit Industriel et Commercial
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines (; ; Alsatian: ''Màrkìrisch'') is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France.
Geography
Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines is located in the massif of the Vosges Mountains, where it occupie ...
(1848-1867?)
* Comptoir d'escompte de
Sablé (1848-1890s?)
The Comptoir d'escompte de
Bayeux
Bayeux (, ; ) is a commune in the Calvados department in Normandy in northwestern France.
Bayeux is the home of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is also known as the fir ...
was created a bit later in 1853, and went bankrupt in 1869.
See also
*
Banques départementales
The ''banques départementales'' were joint-stock Bank of issue, banks of issue that were created in major secondary trade hubs of France in the early 19th century, echoing the role that the Bank of France played in and around Paris. They were k ...
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Defunct banks of France
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