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Prvá prievidzská banka, Prievidza
Andrej Trúchly-Sitniansky, a teacher at the grammar school in Prievidza and local chaplain, is recognised as having initiated efforts to establish a Slovak credit institution in the Prievidza area. In 1871, together with other local nationalists, he issued an invitation for the public to subscribe to shares in a new credit institution. This invitation was taken up by Prievidza drapers and people from as far afield as Martin, Handlová and Nitrianske (then Nemecké) Pravno. The inaugural general meeting took place on 8 November 1871 and was chaired by Michal Juriš. The credit institution began operating as a joint-stock company in 1872 under the name Prievidzská sporiteľňa, účastinná spoločnosť (Prievidza Savings Bank, joint stock company, registered in Hungarian and German as Privigyei takarékpénztár, r. t., and Privitzer Sparkassa Aktien-Verein). Its name was changed to Prvá prievidzská banka, účastinná spoločnosť (First Prievidza Bank, joint-stock company) in 1922.
The initial share capital was 30,000 guldens in the form of 600 shares with a nominal value of 50 guldens. From 1902, the bank’s address was 114 Poštová Street in Prievidza. It was managed by the Kiss family for three generations. In 1905 it established its first branch in Nitrianske Pravno. Its manager was Ondrej Richter. The bank regularly increased its share capital, which reached 1 million Austro-Hungarian crowns (K) in 1912.
On 24 September 1912, the general meeting approved the takeover of Prievidzská ľudová banka. In exchange for the other institution’s 2,500 shares with a nominal value of K 200 each, the Prievidza Savings Bank issued 2,500 shares with a nominal value of K 100 in so-called “quarter-shares”. While the bank gained nearly K 2 million in deposits, it acquired a further K 4 million in paper and other claims. The board of directors was enlarged to 17 members, 6 of whom came from the bank that was taken over. The takeover also brought the bank an additional branch in Handlová. It was managed by Ondrej Meliško until 1930 and thereafter by Eugen Walitsek.
After the outbreak of the First World War, the bank was active in underwriting war loans, the losses from which caused it problems until 1928. On 5 May 1926, the general meeting approved the takeover of Žabokrecká okresná banka, which became the third branch of Prvá prievidzská banka. In the same year, Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka (Slovak General Credit Bank), Bratislava and Trnavská I. banka (Trnava First Bank), Trnava, bought stakes in the institution.
In 1930 Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka came under the influence of Banka československých légií (Bank of the Czechoslovak Legions, Legiobanka), Prague, and thus Prvá prievidzská banka became part of a large banking group. Officials from other banks in the group joined the governing bodies of the bank. In the same year, Erich Majunke took over the leadership of the bank after the death of Eugen Kiss.
In 1950 Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka took over the bank by universal succession and it was deleted from the Companies Register with retroactive effect from 1 January 1949. In 1951 all the assets of Slovenská všeobecná úverná banka were taken over by Štátna banka československá (State Bank of Czechoslovakia).
Archival documents relating to the activities of Prvá prievidzská banka were entered in the corporate archives of Štátna banka československá in Banská Bystrica. After 1990, the fonds was relocated to the archives of Národná banka Slovenska at 27 Krajná Street in Bratislava and it was moved to its archive building at 8 Cukrová Street in Bratislava in 2003. An initial register of the fonds was made in 1968 and this was expanded and revised in the archives of Národná banka Slovenska in 2016. The fonds consists mainly of books of minutes of the governing bodies and accounts ledgers, the oldest of which dates back to 1901.
Last updated: Friday, November 22, 2024