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Niederösterreichische Escompte-Gesellschaft
Defunct Austrian bank / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Niederösterreichische Escompte-Gesellschaft or Niederösterreichischen Escomptegesellschaft (lit. 'Lower Austrian Discount Company') was a significant Austrian bank, created in Vienna in 1853. In 1934, the sounder parts of its business were merged with Creditanstalt and Wiener Bankverein to form Creditanstalt-Bankverein, a predecessor entity of Bank Austria (since 2005 part of UniCredit).
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