Bank Leu AG (pronounced "Loy," as in toy) was a Swiss private bank that existed from 1755 to 2007. Headquartered in Zürich, it was a subsidiary of Credit Suisse from 1990. In 2007, it was merged with that company's other private banking units as Clariden Leu. At the time, it was Switzerland's oldest bank.
The bank was founded in 1758 as Leu et Compagnie, named after its founder, Johann Jacob Leu, who later became mayor of Zürich. Originally a state-owned bank, it was privatized in 1798 after Napoleon conquered Switzerland; the bank's officials did not want its assets to be taken over by Napoleon's new client state, the Helvetic Republic. In 1854, it incorporated as Leu & Co. after more than a century as a limited partnership. It became a public limited company (German: Aktiengesellschaft) in 1969.
Despite having many distinguished customers over the years (at one point, it was Maria Theresa's banker), two major scandals in the 1980s eventually cost the bank its independence.
BankLeu AG (pronounced "Loy," as in toy) was a Swiss private bank that existed from 1755 to 2007. Headquartered in Zürich, it was a subsidiary of Credit...
The leu (Romanian pronunciation: [lew], plural lei [lej]; sign: L; ISO 4217 code: MDL) is the currency of Moldova. Like the Romanian leu, the Moldovan...
profits. Like most Swiss banks, BankLeu had a long tradition of secrecy. Additionally, the Bahamas had some of the strictest bank secrecy laws in the world;...
Clariden Leu was a Swiss private bank based in Zurich and Geneva Switzerland founded in 2007 by Clariden president Alex Hoffmann and Credit Suisse Group...
The Romanian leu (Romanian pronunciation: [lew], plural lei [lej]; ISO code: RON; numeric code: 946) is the currency of Romania. It is subdivided into...
della Svizzera Italiana (BSI) Bank Hofmann AG merged Clariden BankLeu Ltd merged Clariden Bank von Ernst & Cie AG merged Coutts & Co. Banque Edouard Constant...
Volksbank, Swiss American Securities Inc. (SASI), and BankLeu. The company was one of the least affected banks during the global financial crisis, but afterwards...
the capital city of Bucharest. The National Bank of Romania is responsible for the issue of the Romanian leu and as such it sets the monetary policy, holds...
emerged that BankLeu was involved in half of the purchases. Two of Guinness' directors signed under-the-table agreements in which BankLeu subsidiaries...
The current one leu banknote is the smallest circulating denomination of the Romanian leu. It is the same size as the 5 Euro banknote. The main color...
successive currencies in Romania known as the leu (plural lei). This article details the banknotes denominated in the leu and its subdivision the ban since 1917...
large banks that included Schweizerische Volksbank (Swiss Volksbank or Swiss Popular Bank) and BankLeu. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, the Union Bank of...
A nuclear fuel bank is reserve of low enriched uranium (LEU) for countries that need a backup source of LEU to fuel their nuclear reactors. Countries that...
at IMDb Divo, Jean-Paul (1969). Modern Greek coins, 1828-1968. Zürich: BankLeu. pp. 84 et seq. John Baibakis. "Βασιλεύς Παύλος". Coins mania (in Greek)...
of the Swiss office of Menatep SA, Menatep Finances SA, Valmet. and of BankLeu in Geneva, related to claims of fraud against the Russian company Avisma...
population below the poverty line. In 1993, a national currency, the Moldovan leu, was introduced to replace the Soviet rouble. The end of the planned economy...
The Coins of the Romanian leu have been issued since the introduction of the Romanian leu in 1867. In 1867, copper 1, 2, 5 and 10 bani were issued, with...
office bank employees who were accused in the banking fraud case, was dismissed. Banks portal Economy of Moldova Moldovan leu List of central banks Weidner...
184,065 people or 80.2% of those covered by the 2014 census on the right bank of the Dniester or Moldova (proper) identified Moldovan or Romanian as their...
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