Bank van Lening

Last updated February 06, 2026

A Bank van Lening is a Dutch term for an early type of bank that functioned similarly to a Mount of Piety (Dutch: Berg van Barmhartigheid). It was usually called the "lommerd".^[1]^[2]

Examples were:

References

↑ "UBC". history.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-05.
↑ de Vicq, Amaury; van Bochove, Christiaan (2024-05-08). "Lending a hand: help banks in the Netherlands, 1848–1898". European Review of Economic History. 28 (2): 163–192. doi:10.1093/ereh/head015. ISSN 1361-4916.

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[1] "UBC". history.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-05.

[2] Vicq, Amaury; van Bochove, Christiaan (2024-05-08). "Lending a hand: help banks in the Netherlands, 1848–1898". European Review of Economic History. 28 (2): 163–192. doi:10.1093/ereh/head015. ISSN 1361-4916.

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