Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale
The Banque de l'Afrique Occidentale was a French bank established in 1901 to issue currency for the colonies of French West Africa.
Former BAO head office at 38, rue La Bruyère in Paris
Main office of the BAO in Dakar, c. 1904
Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris
The Comptoir national d'escompte de Paris (CNEP), from 1854 to 1889 Comptoir d'escompte de Paris (CEP), was a major French bank active from 1848 to 1966.
Mosaic medallions of the five continents on the new facade of the CEP headquarters building (early 1880s), signaling the bank's ambitions of worldwide expansion
Façade of the building used from 1906 as Brussels office of the CNEP, later remodeled, photographed in 2011
1918 patriotic poster by Auguste Leroux urging citizens to subscribe to a war loan through CNEP
National loan advert (1920) displaying the CNEP's Parisian headquarters building