Some Important Ancient Banks

Name of the Bank	Place, Country	Establishment Year	Comments
Shansi Bank	China	600 B.C.	First bank in the world.
Bank of Venice	Italy	1157 A.D.	First government bank in the world.
Riks Bank of Sweden	Sweden	1656	First note issued and certified bank in the world.
Bank of England	UK	1694	World’s first central bank.
The Hindustan Bank	Calcutta, India	1700	First commercial bank in Indian sub continental.
Bank of Prusia	German	1765	First established bank in German.
Central Bank of India	India	1785	One of the oldest banks in India.
Bank of Calcutta	Calcutta, India	1806	First presidency bank in Calcutta, India.
Bank of France	France	1800	Central bank of France
Bank of Madras	Madras, India	1843	Third presidency bank in Madras, India.
Reichs Bank	German	1875	Central Bank of German
Bank of Japan	Japan	1882	Central Bank of Japan
Federal Reserve System	USA	1913	Central Bank of USA
Reserve Bank of India	India	1935	First central bank in India
Habib Bank Ltd.	Mumbai, India	1941	First Muslim Bank in India
Sate Bank of Pakistan	Pakistan	1948	Central Bank of Pakistan
The Natonal Bank of Pakistan	Pakistan	1949	First listed commercial bank in Pakistan.
Bangladesh Bank	Bangladesh	1971	Central Bank of Bangladesh