A History of the Banking Sector Name University Affiliation A History of the Banking Sector The banking industry is among the oldest businesses in the United States. The system has since developed from the colonial era where people gave each other credit and loans from merchants and banks in Great Britain. The first bank, the Bank of New York, was formed in 1784. Thousands of banks have since been formed. Their most significant economic functions are to operate a payment system and act as financial intermediaries, lend and invest the money deposited (Rothbard, 2002). The banking system through its transformation ov
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