A evolução dos bancos argentinos no último quartel do século XIX: a influência dos bancos estrangeiros e a crise dos anos noventa

Resumo

This article aims to present a discussion on the evolution of Argentinian
banking during the last quarter of the nineteenth century, a period known
as the golden age of the export-led model. The work is divided into four
parts. In the first one, it describes the evolution of the first financial
institutions in Argentina, with emphasis on the creation of the Banco de Ia
Província de Buenos Aires and of the Banco Nacional. In the second one it
focuses on the first attempt to create a national currency in Argentina,
where the case of Bancos Garantidos is important. The third one deals
with the influence of private banks in Argentina, in which the Barings
Brothers is the most famous player in the largest financial crisis in the
period. The last part studies the banking crisis of the nineties and the
Monetary Reform implemented in 1899.