Croatian Discount Bank

Former Head office on Ilica Street, Zagreb; later seat of the Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Former head office of the Croatian-Slavonian Land Mortgage Bank on Nikola Šubić Zrinski Square in Zagreb, from 1928 head office of Yugoslav United Bank,[1]: 165  and later the seat of the Croatian Foreign Ministry

The Croatian Discount Bank (Croatian: Hrvatska eskomptna banka) was a significant bank headquartered in Zagreb, which was conceived in 1864 and started opetrations on 16 November 1868.[1]: 90  It merged in 1928 with the Croatian-Slavonian Land Mortgage Bank (Croatian: Hrvatsko-slavonska zemaljska hipotekarna banka, est. 1892) to form the Yugoslav United Bank (Croatian: Jugoslavenska udružena banka, also Union banka).[1]: 160  The latter was rebranded Croatian United Bank (Croatian: Hrvatska udružena banka) under the Independent State of Croatia in 1941. Its liquidation by the Communist authorities was initiated in late 1945 and completed in 1949.[2]

  1. ^ a b c Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević (2018), The History of Money in Croatia 1527 – 1941, Zagreb: Croatian National Bank
  2. ^ "Hrvatska udružena banka d.d." Nacionalni arhivski informacijski sustav.