Banks, Anonymous Societies.
The Republic counts with a great many banks and anonymous societies, that make easier all commercial transactions.
The emission banks are: The London and River Plate Bank, that on December 31, 1891, had an active capital of $8,911,000; the Italian Uruguay Bank, with an active capital of $7,714,521; the Spain and River Plate Bank, with $4,614,752; the Italo-Oriental, with $10,432,276, and the other banks called National Bank, English and River Plate Bank, which actually are in liquidation, being the active of the first bank, 31st December, 1890, $61,630,320, and that of the second, $15,298,406.
Among the discounting banks, there are the Commercial Bank, the French Bank, the South America British Bank, the Anglo-Argentine Bank.
The principal anonymous societies are; The "Credito Real Uruguayo," the "Industrial," the "Cobranzas, locacion y Anticipos," the "Agencia de Tierras," the "Colonization y Fomento del Uruguay," the "Caja de Credito Uruguayo," the "Auxiliar de Credito y Alquileres," the "Co-operativa de Consumo," the "Caja Nacional Uruguaya," the "Edificadora de Montevideo," the "Mercantil del Plata," the "Vegas Uruguayas," the "Viticola Uruguaya," the "Viticola Saltena" and many others that represent important capitals.