Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine)

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Anglo-Palestine Bank was a Zionist-founded financial institution that functioned as the de facto central bank and primary issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine before the establishment of the Bank of Israel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Zionist institution
commercial bank
issuing bank
collaboratedWith Jewish Agency for Palestine
World Zionist Organization
country Mandatory Palestine
currencyRole acted as issuing institution for Jewish community currency instruments before Bank of Israel
founded 1902
foundedAs subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust
foundedBy Jewish Colonial Trust
Zionism
surface form: Zionist movement
foundedIn London, England
surface form: London
headquartersLocation Jaffa
Tel Aviv
historicalContext British Mandate for Palestine
late Ottoman Empire period in Palestine
industry financial services
issued Anglo-Palestine Bank banknotes
Palestine pound banknotes for the Jewish community
Palestine pound notes bearing its name in Hebrew and English
legalForm joint-stock company
mainClientele Yishuv
surface form: Yishuv (Jewish community in Palestine)
notableFor issuing banknotes used by the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
role in pre-state Jewish economic development
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine
Ottoman Palestine
Israel
surface form: State of Israel
preceded Bank of Israel as central monetary institution for the Jewish community
predecessorOf Bank Leumi
provided credit to Jewish farmers in Palestine
credit to Jewish industrial enterprises in Palestine
credit to Jewish municipalities in Palestine
regulated banking services for the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
renamedAs Bank Leumi
surface form: Bank Leumi Le-Israel
renamedIn 1950
role de facto central bank of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
primary issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine for the Jewish community
sector banking
servedAs financial arm of the Zionist movement in Palestine
key institution in building the economic infrastructure of the future State of Israel
servedCommunity Jewish Yishuv in Mandatory Palestine
surface form: Jewish Yishuv under the British Mandate
statusAfter1948 major commercial bank in the State of Israel
supported Jewish settlement in Palestine
agricultural colonies in Palestine
urban development in Jewish towns in Palestine

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Bank of Israel predecessor Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine)
BOI predecessor Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency in Mandatory Palestine)
subject surface form: Bank of Israel
this entity surface form: Anglo-Palestine Bank (as issuer of currency)