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The F O R E I G N B A N K I N G FACILITIES A F F O R D E D byCONTINENTAL andCOMMERCIALB A N K SCHICAGOare important to American manufacturers,merchants and agriculturists —particularly those of the great MiddleWest — who believe in America's presentopportunities for commercial greatnessand who desire to profit by it.FOR years these facilities have kept pacevith the demands for foreign bankingservice. Under the pressure of new andincreasing demands they have been expandedand now include the completefacilities of the Mercantile Bank of theAmericas, the Asia Banking Corporationand the Foreign Bond and Share Company,in which a substantial ownershipinterest is held.dESE affiliations, together with long:stablished connections with 5000 foreignbanks, provide customers of theContinental and Commercial Banks withunusually prompt and convenient means for transacting banking businessnot only in the big commercial centers of Europe, the Americas and theOrient, but in the remotest places of trade throughout the world.Participation in financing foreign loans enables these banks to perform animportant fundamental service for increasing American Foreign TradeGreat BritainPeruHondurasDIRECT PERSONAL BANKING SERVICErendered inFrance Italy China Japan SpainCuba Colombia Venezuela Brazil NicaraguaEcuador Costa Rica Salvador Guatemala PhilippinesCONTINENTAL and COMMERCIAL NATIONAL BANK of ChicagoCONTINENTAL and COMMERCIAL TRUST AND SAVINGS BANKCHICAGO, U. S. A.60