Banco del Giro

[1] An early proposal for a banco per Comune, a public municipal bank that would complement the operation of Venice's private banks, was made to the Venetian Senate by Senator Giovanni Dolfin in 1356.

[2] A comparable proposal was made again in 1374 by a committee headed by Michele Morosini.

[2]: 43  In 1587 the Republic founded the Banco della Piazza di Rialto to allow easy transactions' settlement without handling of metallic money.

The Banco del Giro was established in 1619 and its administration was entrusted to the Senate, which appointed the Depositario from among its members.

The bank ceased its activity in 1800, following the fall of the Republic, and was finally liquidated in 1806 under the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy.