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Ivan M. Becić, PhD
Institute for Serbian Culture
Priština-Leposavić, Republic of Serbia

 

Dejan D. Antić, PhD
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Niš
Niš, Republic of Serbia

 

JOINT STOCK SAVINGS BANK OF NIŠ 1885-1941

Vol. XL, 1/2022, pp. 55–72
https://doi.org/10.29362/ist20veka.2022.1.bec.55-72

 

ABSTRACT/RESUME:

In the Kingdom of Serbia, a large number of local financial institutions operated at the end of the 19th century. The very first monetary organization in the south of Serbia was known as the Joint Stock Savings Bank and was founded in 1885. Like most banks, it was created to provide favorable loans, especially to its shareholders. The stockholders were mostly members of business companies and therefore the banks themselves were the owners of these companies and engaged in industrial affairs. The joint stock savings bank of the city of Niš was the holder of the Cotton Spinning manufacture and Mill. During World War I, this bank suffered heavy damage and after the end of the war it found itself in a disparate trading position. In due course, the management of the Joint Stock Bank of Niš realized that industrial jobs had become unprofitable and that was the main reason why it developed into a banking institution, in any way the leading source of income it had from short term discount loans and current accounts. So, for these reasons, the bank brought a constant dividend to its shareholders in the 1920s. The economic crisis not only restricted the money business but caused a complete collapse. The widespread circumstances of the economy in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia prevented more serious and successful business, so, the Joint Stock Saving Bank of Niš did not find itself in a situation where the claims of its creditors exceeded its ability to pay, and all its business was symbolic compared to the previous decade. Under these conditions, at the outbreak of World War II the Joint Stock Savings Bank of Niš had no choice but to stop trading.

 

KEYWORDS: Joint Stock Savings Bank of Niš, Discount, Dividend, Mill, Cotton Spinning Manufacture, Economic Crisis

 

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