1·到了15世纪，热那亚的财政进入了十分危机的境地，因此自治区于1407年建立了一家私人银行以合并债务并将之称为“圣乔治银行”。
By the 15th century Genoa’s finances were in such a parlous state that in 1407 the municipality established a private bank to consolidate its debts and called it the Bank of Saint George.