This paper focuses on the economic and societal impact of women in the Dutch financial sector during the period 1898-1940 by examining a dozen organisations in banking, insurance as well as brokerage, and by examining a dozen pioneering women with senior positions in finance. During this period,...

The 'sub-agentschap' of de Nederlandsche Bank did not figurate in the Bank Act 1863, but turned out to develop as a steppingstone between a correspondent and an agency of the Bank. This article considers the history of the office at Leyden, where between 1865 and 1969 a whole lifecycle of a...

This study analyses the relationship between wage payments, the persistent circulation of foreign coins and the shortage of national currency in Netherlands Limburg between 1839 and 1914. This region is of particular interest because of its complex political past, its geographical position and...

This study focuses on the development of the Archive of De Nederlandsche Bank since 1814. The records encompass the Bank's evolution from its origins as a discount bank to the present national central bank. The study pays attention to the way archiving was organised within the Bank through time....

This article surveys the history of the 'correspondentschap' Haarlem of the Dutch central Bank from its opening on January 1sr, 1865 till its closing down on the August 29th, 1969. It is written on request of the Vereniging Haerlem and will be published in its Jaarboek.

This paper focuses on the economic and societal impact of women in the Dutch financial sector during the period 1898-1940 by examining a dozen organisations in banking, insurance as well as brokerage, and by examining a dozen pioneering women with senior positions in finance. During this period,...

Interest in corporate culture is a late 20th century phenomenon. So far it seems tohave been of sole interest to business scientists and management consultants, although there is much to be learned from history as well. This paper explores what may be learned about the culture of financial...

This paper describes how banking supervision in the Netherlands has evolved over time. It concentrates on how legal and institutional arrangements and the practice of banking regulation and supervision have responded to developments in the financial environment since the Bank Act of 1948...

This paper describes how banking supervision in the Netherlands has evolved over time. It concentrates on how legal and institutional arrangements and the practice of banking regulation and supervision have responded to developments in the financial environment since the Bank Act of 1948...