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The government created a monobank by bringing the only other commercial bank in the country, the Banco Popular de Angola (formerly Banco Comercial de Angola and now Banco de Poupança e Crédito), under the control of Banco Nacional and by merging its savings bank, the Caixa de Crédito.
The 32 agricultural banks that created the BCC and became its initial shareholders in 2014 were the 18 banks of the Cajamar Group as well as Caixa Albalat, Caja Rural de Almendralejo, Caja Rural de Utrera, Caja Rural de Baena, Caja Rural de Cañete de las Torres, Caja Rural de Nueva Carteya, Caja Rural de Adamuz, Caja Rural de Castilla-La ...
Société de Crédit Agricole [9] was created on 23 February 1885 at Salins-les-Bains in the district of Poligny in the Jura region. [8] It was the first of its kind in France. Drawing on this experience to promote lending to small family farms, the Act of 5 November 1894, which had the support of the Minister for Agriculture Jules Méline ...
The island of São Tomé was the main center of sugar production in the sixteenth century; it was overtaken by Brazil by 1600. [3] São Tomé is centred on a sixteenth-century cathedral, that was largely rebuilt in the 19th century. Another early building is Fort São Sebastião, built in 1566 and now the São Tomé National Museum.
A Caixa Geral de Depósitos building in Porto. 1876 — Caixa Geral de Depósitos was founded under the aegis of the Junta de Crédito Público. 1880 — Caixa Económica Portuguesa was founded as a savings bank for Portugal's poorer classes. 1885 — The two Caixas merged. 1896 — CGD was spun off from the Junta de Crédito Público.
As its name implies, Zambujeira do Mar is located along the western coast of the Alentejo, south of Cabo Sardão, an area cut by various valleys, cliffs and faults, interspersed by small beaches consisting of clear fine sands, such as Zambujeira, Alteirinhos, Nossa Senhora e Tonel. [3]
The equator lies immediately south of São Tomé Island, passing through an islet Ilhéu das Rolas. The Pico Cão Grande (Great Dog Peak) is a landmark volcanic plug peak, located at in southern São Tomé. It rises dramatically over 300 m (1,000 ft) above the surrounding terrain and the summit is 663 m (2,175 ft) above sea level.
The dobra (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈdɔβɾɐ]) is the currency of São Tomé and Príncipe.It is abbreviated Db and is divided into 100 cêntimos.The first dobra (STD) was introduced in 1977, replacing the escudo at par. Due to past inflation, on 1 January 2018 the dobra was redenominated at a rate of 1000 to 1, and given the new ISO 4217 currency code STN.