Commercial moneylenders already operated alongside the bond market (they were known as banchieri) but the Bank of Saint George was the first institution in Genoa that could be called a bank.

• 商业放贷者已伴随债券市场（这些放贷者被人们称为银行家）一道经营运作，但是圣乔治银行才是第一个在热那亚能被称为银行的机构。