The European Association for Banking History (EABH) e.V. was founded in 1990 in Frankfurt, Germany by Manfred Pohl, as a forum for research into the history of banking, insurance and finance. Members consist of close to 100 European and international banking, insurance and financial institutions, amongst them most of the European Central Banks.
OBJECTIVES
EABH is a European network that acts as a bridge between bankers, financiers, academics and archivists. EABH
supports research into all aspects of banking, insurance and financial
history, from the earliest innovations in the middle-ages, to
developments since the industrial revolution and in the present. What
drives the Association is the concept that the better our knowledge and
understanding of past precedents in the field of banking and finance,
the better equipped we are to make sound decisions today. For this
reason the EABH encourages a genuine broadening of public
understanding about how and why banks and financial institutions support
and shape our economy and society.
ACTIVITIES
The Association supports the preservation of historical documents
relating to banking and finance, promotes banking and financial
archives, and supports the exchange of experience on best practices
relating to banking and financial archives management, inter alia
through the organisation of seminars and collaboration with scientific
institutions. The EABH maintains a European network of
professionals and academics, with the aim of strengthening the
understanding of banking and finance in Europe. EABH members
profit from trainings, conferences and proceeding publications which
offer an opportunity to learn from the past in order to deal
successfully with the challenges of the present. EABH promotes
the art of the archivist and in so doing supports the circulation of
sound information and new research findings in the field. The EABH offers assistance to its corporate members, advising
on their archives´ organisation and development plans as well as on
staff training.