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Events relating to banking
Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking
Florence becomes a centre of international finance, with the Bardi and Peruzzi families acting as bankers to Europe's rulers
Edward III of England, defaulting on his massive debts, drives the Florentine banking families of Bardi and Peruzzi into bankruptcy
Richard Hoare moves into Barn Elms, beginning a long period of close involvement of the famous banking family in the affairs of Barnes
The prime minister of Iceland, Geir Haarde, resigns after the collapse of his country's banking system