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Pamilihan
Ni M. Evagelista
First Philippine Trade
DID YOU KNOW…
...that Mexican gold or silver currency
brought in via the galleon trade between Manila and Acapulco (in Mexico)
became an accepted means to facilitate commodity exchange in the Islands?
.
…that foreign trading firms engaged in the
wholesale-retail business in the Philippines, also functioned as commission
merchants, and later served in a limited capacity as merchant bankers in the
absence of a regular bank?
.
…that American trading firms in the
Philippines during the Spanish regime gave short-term advances to
crop-growers at interest, and accepted funds from customers, also at
interest?
.
…that the first bank in the Philippines,
originally called El Banco Español
Filipino de Isabel 2, was
established in Manila on August 1, 1851 but actual operations began in 1852?
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