“Historic” banks:
– Banco di San Giorgio (the first bank – founded in 1406 in Genoa)
– Monte dei Paschi di Siena (founded in 1472)
– Banca del monte di Lucca (founded in 1489)
– Tavola Pecuniaria of Palermo (founded in 1552)
– Compagnia di San Paolo (founded in 1563)
– Cassa depositi di Napoli (founded in 1584)
– Berenberg of Hamburg (founded in 1590)
– Stockholms Banco (founded in 1657)
– Child & Co of London (founded in 1664)
– C. Hoare of London (founded in 1672)
– Coutts of London (founded in 1692)
– The Bank of Scotland (founded in 1695)
– Bank of New York (founded in 1784)
– The Bank of the Manhattan Company (founded in 1799)
– N M Rothschild of London (founded in 1811)
– Banco delle due Sicilie (founded in 1816)
[source http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banca]