Moscow Merchant Bank

The Moscow Merchant Bank (Russian: Московский купеческий банк) was a major bank in the Russian Empire, founded in 1866.

[2] The bank was founded in 1866 in Moscow in the form of a stock partnership by 77 local entrepreneurs led by Ivan A. Lyamin [ru], who became its chairman.

The bank's charter was approved by Alexander II on 1 June 1866.

The bank financed mainly textile enterprises in the Central Industrial Region and, in the late 19th century, was for some time the second largest in assets among private-sector banks in Russia.

At the start of the 20th century it was still third-largest, and the largest one not headquartered in Saint Petersburg.