Anglo-Czechoslovak and Prague Credit Bank

Anglo-Czechoslovak and Prague Credit Bank was a bank operating in Czechoslovakia during the interwar period. Available information indicates that it was established in 1922 through the merger of the Czechoslovak operations of Anglo-Austrian Bank with Prague Credit Bank. It became one of the significant institutions in the Czechoslovak financial system of the period. During the Second World War, the bank came under Nazi German control. After the war, it was nationalized and merged into other banks, ceasing to exist as an independent institution. Details of its branch network, financial scale, management, and the precise institutions into which it was merged remain unverified.

The bank was established in 1922 through the merger of the Czechoslovak operations of Anglo-Austrian Bank with Prague Credit Bank. It subsequently occupied a place in the Czechoslovak banking system during the interwar period. During the Second World War, it came under Nazi German control, changing the conditions under which it operated and was governed. After the war, the Czechoslovak banking sector was nationalized, and the bank was absorbed into other institutions rather than continuing as an independent banking brand. The exact date of its final disappearance, the receiving institution or institutions, and the full organizational sequence have not been verified.

• 1922

  Bank founded

  The operations in Czechoslovakia of the Anglo-Austrian Bank merged with the Prague Credit Bank to form the Anglo-Czechoslovak and Prague Credit Bank.

A major universal bank in interwar Czechoslovakia.