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The emergence of a private clientele for banks in the early eighteenth century: Hoare's Bank and some women customers 1
Author(s) -
LAURENCE ANNE
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.014
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1468-0289
pISSN - 0013-0117
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2008.00448.x
Subject(s) - kinship , politics , business , stock (firearms) , stock market , commerce , bank account , finance , law , political science , history , context (archaeology) , archaeology , payment
The records of Hoare's Bank and the correspondence of six of its women customers show how these women started to use the new banking services both for transferring money and for trading in the stock market. It is clear that alongside their use of the new facilities, older systems of money transfer remained important for customers. Much of the business of the bank and its customers, including their ventures into the stock market, took place within groups of people united by kinship, religion, and politics.