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The first banknotes, printed in Paris by the Bank of France for the Banque de l'Indochine, arrived in Saigon on 8 January 1876, nearly a year after the bank's creation. They were quickly adopted by ethnic-Chinese traders in and around Saigon, who were familiar with banknotes from experience in Hong Kong or Singapore.
French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China), [a] [b] officially known as the Indochinese Union [c] [d] and after 1941 as the Indochinese Federation, [e] was a group of French dependent territories in Southeast Asia from 1887 to 1954.
Former BFC headquarters in Paris, 74 rue Saint-Lazare. The Franco-Chinese Bank, in French Banque Franco-Chinoise (BFC), full name Banque Franco-Chinoise pour le Commerce et l’Industrie (Chinese: 中法工商银行), was a French bank with operations in China and French Indochina, and later in the Indian Ocean and the French West Indies.
In late January, the French government and the Bank of France fostered a collective support package with contributions from the government of French Indochina (30 million Francs), the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (22 million), the Banque de l'Indochine (16 million), and other banks (Bankers Trust, Société Générale, Banque Française pour ...
Indochina Bank: 6 February 2009 LVMC Holdings [2] indochinabank.com: Booyoung Lao Bank September 2007 Booyoung Group [3] booyoungbank.com: Maruhan Japan Bank Lao MJB February 2013 Maruhan: maruhanjapanbanklao.com: Bank for Investment and Commerce BIC 22 June 2017 AIF Group biclaos.com: ST Bank 3 July 2009 ST Group stbanklaos.la: Subsidiary ...
From 1923, remainder stocks of the Indochinese office issues were used up in Indochina and Kouang Tchéou Wan, see below. The Indochinese Offices in France also sometimes opened sub-post offices within the area they served. For instance, the Canton office would eventually open six branches within the area it served.
French Indochina; 1954-1955: Kingdom of Cambodia State of Vietnam; 1954-1957: Kingdom of Laos; Issuance; Central bank: Banque de l'Indochine (until 1951) Institut d'Émission des États du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viet-nam (1952-1954) This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete.
On 31 July 1898 the president of France, Félix Faure, issued a decree that established a central bank for the entirety of French Indochina and that this bank would set the federal French Indochinese budget, on the same day the French president issued a decree that established a budget for the government of Tonkin. [16]