Early Chinese Banks
Chinese financial institutions were conducting all major banking functions, including the acceptance of deposits, the making of loans, issuing notes, money exchange, and long-distance remittance of money by the Song Dynasty (960-1279). In 1024, the first paper currency was issued by the state in Sichuan. The institutions of piaohao (票號) and qianzhuang (錢莊) more often cooperated than competed in China's financial market.
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