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In July, August and September the Archives are closed to the public.
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Maďarská všeobecná úverná banka, Budapest (Košice and Nové Zámky branches)
The Hungarian General Credit Bank, joint stock company (Magyar általános hitelbank) was established at Budapest in 1867 with share capital amounting to 15 million Austro-Hungarian guldens, which increased to 120 million Austro-Hungarian crowns (K) by 1916. The Bank was connected with the Rothschild group. It participated in the establishment of new industrial enterprises and held shares in them. It had two branches in the territory of present-day Slovakia – in Košice and Bratislava. Bertalan Baán was the manager of the Košice branch. The branch prospered. In 1918 it recorded a profit of K 356,000, deposits of K 28 million and a loan portfolio amounting to K 30 million.
In 1921, based on the Nostrification Law (Act No. 12/1920), which obliged financial institutions to be domiciled within Czechoslovakia, Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka (Slovak General Credit Bank) was established in Bratislava and took over the Hungarian General Credit Bank’s branches in Bratislava and Košice. Capital for its establishment was provided by the Bohemian Discount Bank (Česká eskomptná banka a úverný ústav), Prague, the Hungarian General Credit Bank and a syndicate of Slovak banks led by Americko-slovenská banka, Bratislava.
During the period between 1919 and 1940, Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka established several branches, including one in Nové Zámky. Nové Zámky was part of the territory ceded to Hungary following the Vienna Arbitration of 1938. The bank’s branch there was transferred to the Hungarian General Credit Bank.
After the Second World War, the Executive Authority for Finance appointed a national administration for the Nové Zámky branch of the Hungarian General Credit Bank on 28 February 1946. Its members were Rudolf Šalkovský, an officer from Sedliacka banka in Bratislava, and Matej Laurinc, an officer of the Nové Zámky branch of the Hungarian General Credit Bank. On 12 July 1946, however, the Executive Authority for Finance ordered the liquidation of the branch, appointing Rudolf Šalkovský as liquidator. The liquidator was recalled in 1947 and the process was entrusted to Ústredná likvidačná kancelária (Central Liquidation Office) in Bratislava. In 1949, Slovenská Tatra banka, Bratislava, took over the liquidation. The ordered liquidation was completed in 1951 with the conclusion, on 8 November 1951, of an agreement between the Nové Zámky branch of the Hungarian General Credit Bank and the Regional Institute of Štátna banka československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia) in Bratislava on the transfer of all assets and liabilities of the Nové Zámky branch to Štátna banka československá. The branch was deleted from the Companies Register of the Regional Court in Nitra on 28 December 1951.
Archival documents relating to the activity of the Nové Zámky branch were deposited in the corporate archives
of Štátna banka československá in Nitra and in 1962 they were transferred to the corporate archives in Marianka. The fonds was relocated to the Štátna banka československá archives building at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava in 1978. The fonds was moved to the Národná banka Slovenska archives building at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava in 2003. The archives holds 1.5 linear metres of documents on activities of the Nové Zámky branch in Hungarian and Slovak, mainly relating to the liquidation process from 1945 to 1951. Most older documents were probably lost during the Second World War.
of Štátna banka československá in Nitra and in 1962 they were transferred to the corporate archives in Marianka. The fonds was relocated to the Štátna banka československá archives building at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava in 1978. The fonds was moved to the Národná banka Slovenska archives building at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava in 2003. The archives holds 1.5 linear metres of documents on activities of the Nové Zámky branch in Hungarian and Slovak, mainly relating to the liquidation process from 1945 to 1951. Most older documents were probably lost during the Second World War.
A few documents also survive concerning the activity of the Košice branch of the Hungarian General Credit Bank
in the period 1908 – 1926. They also relate mainly to the branch’s liquidation. Surviving archival material was placed in the archives
of Štátna banka československá in Bratislava until 1965 when it was transferred to Štátna banka československá’s corporate archives in Košice. In 1995 the documents were transferred to the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and they are now stored in the building of the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava.
in the period 1908 – 1926. They also relate mainly to the branch’s liquidation. Surviving archival material was placed in the archives
of Štátna banka československá in Bratislava until 1965 when it was transferred to Štátna banka československá’s corporate archives in Košice. In 1995 the documents were transferred to the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and they are now stored in the building of the Archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava.
Processing of the archival fonds of the Košice and Nové Zámky branches of the Hungarian General Credit Bank was carried out in 2016. It can be of use in research on the conversion of foreign-owned institutions to banks domiciled in Czechoslovakia between 1918 and 1938.
Last updated: Friday, January 27, 2023