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THE BANK CAPITALISM OF YOUNG BENGAL 93
Of these the Banca de Credit is controlled
by the Oesterreichische Creditanstaltof Vienna,
Mendelssohn & Co. of Berlin, Kleinworth
Sons & Co. of London, Banque des Pays de I'Europe
Centrale of Paris and other foreign institutions.
Among the foreign interests -dominating the Banca Commerciale
we find the names of Banque de l' Union
Parisienne of Paris, Banque BeIge pour I' Etranger of
Brussels, etc.
Let us turn our eyes to another country of the Balkan
complex, namely, Bulgaria (pop. 7! millions). In 1928
the banking system 11 of Bulgaria comprised the following
items:
I. Government institutions:
1. The National Bank
2. The Agricultural Bank
3. The Central Co-operative Bank
II. People's Banks (co-operative): 164
III. Small Joint-Stock Banks: 119
IV. Large Joint-Stock Banks: 8
There were thus altogether some 291 institutions
-excluding the three official ones. The relative positions
of the last three categories can be seen in the following
table:
Banks
Capital
Deposita
I. People's Banks
2. Small jointstock
banks
3, Large jointstock
banks
542,000,000 levas
581,000,000 ..
•
426,000,000 "
1,195,000,000 levu
2,102,000,000 ..
4,461,000,000 ..
Total
1,549,000,000 levas
7,752,000,000
11 Joumal of the Bwgarilm Society for Political Economy No. 8, 1930"