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:
- Stadsbank van Lening, Amsterdam
- Bank van Lening, Haarlem
- Stadsleenbank Delft
References
- UBC history.ubc.ca, retrieved 2026-02-05^
- Amaury de Vicq. Lending a hand: help banks in the Netherlands, 1848–1898 European Review of Economic History, 2024-05-08^