The Origins and Evolution of Deposit Banking Activities – Analysis of the Literature
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Publication date: 30.09.2021
Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 23 (3)/ 2021, pp. 128-145
https://doi.org/10.4467/22996834FLR.21.025.14445Authors
The Origins and Evolution of Deposit Banking Activities – Analysis of the Literature
The current norms governing deposit banking activities are the result of a centuries-old evolution of the construct of bank account, the legal nature of bank account, the subject of deposit, and banking institutions themselves. Different civilizations and cultures have contributed to the shaping of deposit activities. The aim of the article is to present and discuss, from a historical-legal point of view, the origin and unfolding of deposit banking activities over time: from antiquity, through the Middle Ages, the early modern period, to modern times. The deliberations are set against a broader financial and legal backdrop to include the transformation of economic power that accompanies deposit activities, expressed in the form of: commodity money, bullion, paper money, and funds. The picture of evolution is completed by the emerging institutions of supervision, capital requirements or deposit guarantee schemes, constituting a series of normative solutions adopted due to the need to provide a framework for deposit activities that would prioritize the security of the depositor. The study, due to its historical-legal character within the scope of detailed sciences, does not aim at applying the conclusions in legal practice or in the theoretical-legal dimension. It serves to collect and show the already acquired historical-legal knowledge about the foundations of contemporary normative solutions of bank deposit activities. In order to achieve the research goal, the study uses the research method of critical literature review. Thus, a reference was made to scientific historical-legal and historical studies, from the point of view of a selected research problem, which has not been elaborated in a cross-sectional manner so far.
Information: Financial Law Review, 2021, Issue 23 (3)/ 2021, pp. 128-145
Article type: Original article
Department of Financial Law, Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Gdansk
Published at: 30.09.2021
Article status: Open
Licence: CC BY-NC-ND
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