The Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale was a French bank established in 1901 to issue currency for the colonies of French West Africa.
Main office of the BAO in Dakar, c. 1904
Banque de l'Algérie
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The Banque de l'Algérie, from 1949 to 1958 Banque de l'Algérie et de la Tunisie, was a French bank created in 1851, that operated as the central bank for French Algeria and, from 1904, also for the French protectorate of Tunisia until Tunisian independence. Following Algerian independence in 1962, it was succeeded by the new state's Bank of Algeria, and its French operations were wound up in 1963.
Former head office of the Banque de l'Algérie in Algiers (1868-1962) at 8, boulevard Ernesto Che Guevara
Former Parisian seat of the Banque de l'Algérie (1900-1963) at 217, boulevard Saint-Germain
![Former Tunisian seat of the Banque de l'Algérie (1907-1958), later Tunis Administrative Court building [fr], at 10, rue de Rome in Tunis](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Ancien_si%C3%A8ge_du_Tribunal_administratif_Tunis_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3.jpg/500px-Ancien_si%C3%A8ge_du_Tribunal_administratif_Tunis_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AD%D9%83%D9%85%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3.jpg)
Former Tunisian seat of the Banque de l'Algérie (1907-1958), later Tunis Administrative Court building [fr], at 10, rue de Rome in Tunis
Former branch of the Banque de l'Algérie in Béjaïa