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The Banque Sino-Belge series of China Foreign Banks in the World Currency contains 18 distinct entries. The Sino-Belgian Bank (BSB) was incorporated on 5 March 1902 with a capital of 1,000,000 francs to launch the Chinese operations of the Société Générale pour favoriser l’industrie nationale (French:

The Banque Sino-Belge series of China Foreign Banks in the World Currency contains 18 distinct entries.

The Sino-Belgian Bank (BSB) was incorporated on 5 March 1902 with a capital of 1,000,000 francs to launch the Chinese operations of the Société Générale pour favoriser l’industrie nationale (French: General Company for the Promotion of National Industry; see Belgium B101). It opened its Shanghai branch in mid-June 1902, and shortly thereafter added branches in Beijing, Cairo, London, Paris, and Tianjin, and helped found the Banque du Congo Belge (French: Bank of the Belgian Congo; see Belgian Congo B201). The primary business of the bank in China was long-term loans to Chinese railways.

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