Berenberg Bank
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Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, commonly known as Berenberg Bank and also branded as simply Berenberg, is a German multinational full-service private and merchant bank headquartered in Hamburg, Germ
Headquarters in Hamburg
Coat of arms of the Berenberg family (detail, 1710)
Cornelius Berenberg (1634–1711)
Johann Berenberg (1718–1772)
Barings Bank
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Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London. It was one of England's oldest merchant banks after Berenberg Bank, Barings' close collaborator and German representative. It was founded in 1
Berenberg Bank
…and Shanghai Banking Corporation (1865), Den Danske Landmandsbank (1871) and Svenska Handelsbanken (1871). Berenberg Bank had a close cooperation with Barings Bank of London and was Baring's representative in Germany. The Berenberg family and company had branches in Portugal, Italy and London from the 17th century…
1806–1807 painting of Sir Francis Baring (left), with his brother John and son-in-law Charles Wall by Sir Thomas Lawrence
A circular letter of credit issued by Baring Brothers in 1892 to US Senator George Hoar for £1000, a very large sum of money at the time.
Flatiron Building 1910