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Krajská ľudová banka, Trnava
When it was established in 1911, this institution was called Sereďská ľudová banka, účastinná spoločnosť
(Sereď People’s Bank, joint-stock company) and it had its headquarters in Sereď. It opened a branch in Trnava a year later. It had a share capital of 50,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns (K) based on an issue of one thousand registered shares with a nominal value of K 50 each. The share capital was increased to K 150,000 in 1912; further increases took place in 1921, when the share capital was 300,000 Czechoslovak crowns (Kč) and in 1923, when it reached Kč 500,000.
(Sereď People’s Bank, joint-stock company) and it had its headquarters in Sereď. It opened a branch in Trnava a year later. It had a share capital of 50,000 Austro-Hungarian crowns (K) based on an issue of one thousand registered shares with a nominal value of K 50 each. The share capital was increased to K 150,000 in 1912; further increases took place in 1921, when the share capital was 300,000 Czechoslovak crowns (Kč) and in 1923, when it reached Kč 500,000.
The bank’s main activities were the taking of deposits, the provision of mortgage loans for real estate, the acceptance of claims secured by real estate, the issuing of guarantees for public contracts. Not the least important of its activities was providing advance payments on inheritance and arranging them. It participated in the establishment of factories and trading companies, engaged in the purchase and sale of securities, bought and sold real estate, and arranged the construction of buildings for subsequent sale or rental. Other activities included the purchase and sale of agricultural machinery, coal, wood and artificial fertilisers.
The bank’s founders included Ferdinand Juriga, Florián Tománek, Emil Skyčák, Jozef Godály, Štefan Páleník and Michal Sisák amongst others. The first chairman of the board of directors was a Roman-Catholic priest Florián Tománek; the vice-chairman was Štefan Páleník, the treasurer Emil Skyčák and the accountant Jozef Selecký. František Skyčák, a member of the national assembly, and Václav Kunz, the manager of the Bratislava branch of Úverná banka, Ružomberok, were members of the supervisory board.
The bank survived the First World War relatively unscathed but in the post-war years it found it difficult to meet the demand for credit. On 9 July 1930, an extraordinary general meeting was held at which the institution’s name was changed to Krajská ľudová banka, účastinný spolok v Trnave (Regional People’s Bank, joint-stock company in Trnava) and the company’s headquarters was relocated to Trnava, with the Sereď office becoming a branch. In the same year, Krajská ľudová banka v Trnave became an affiliate of Dunajská banka, Bratislava, and Florián Tománek became chairman of the administrative board.
In line with the Slovak state’s policy to consolidate banks, based on Decree of the Ministry of Finance of 22 December 1941, Krajská ľudová banka, Trnava, entered liquidation on 1 January 1942. The bank’s liquidation was to be overseen by Sedliacka banka, Bratislava, and the first team of liquidators were employees of Sedliacka banka: Jozef Rybár, Ján Havlík, Arnošt Bella, Andrej Pázmán, Andrej Čižmárik, František Kovár and Vojtech Líška. In 1947 new liquidators were appointed – Platon Paulíny Tóth, the director of Sedliacka banka, Jindřich Kotyk, Andrej Jablonka and Ladislav Styk. In 1948, the liquidation was entrusted to Slovenská banka, Bratislava. On 1 January 1949, Krajská ľudová banka was merged with Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka and its entry was deleted from the Companies Register in 1950, thus finalising its dissolution.
Unsorted archival documents on the bank’s activities were delivered to the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá in Marianka in 1956. A part of the fonds was processed and a register was made. In 1978 the fonds was transferred to the archives of Štátna banka československá at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and in 2003 it was relocated to the Národná banka Slovenska archives building at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava.
The fonds can be useful in research on the history of banking in Slovakia focussing on the economic activities of the Catholic part of the Slovak political spectrum. It also casts light on the concentration process in banking between 1939 and 1945. Some of the documents are written in Hungarian. The archival fonds was processed in the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska in 2016.
Last updated: Thursday, January 26, 2023