Roger Nougaret successively directed the historical archive departments of several French banking groups. He is a member of the Association for the History of BNP Paribas and of the Comité des Travaux historiques et scienti_ ques (École des chartes/Paris Sciences Lettres).Hubert Bonin is a researcher in modern economic history at Sciences Po Bordeaux and at Bordeaux School of Economics Research Centre at Bordeaux University. He is a specialist of the history of services and moreover of French banking history.He has co-guided a dozen of research programs about companies, their strategies and practices. He is involved in projects about investment banking from the Paris market-place, merchant and trade banking in China, French banking, and entrepreneurship and European business.

• A few thoughts on Haute Banque – Introductory speech: The legacy of Geneva’s private bankers – General Introduction: The Haute Banque between history, myth, and resilience – The roots of the Haute Banque – From history to present times: Issues of path dependency – Panel discussion: Incubators of banking innovation – Concluding remarks – Index (People and Companies) – About the authors.

Roger Nougaret successively directed the historical archive departments of several French banking groups. He is a member of the Association for the History of BNP Paribas and of the Comité des Travaux historiques et scienti_ ques (École des chartes/Paris Sciences Lettres).Hubert Bonin is a researcher in modern economic history at Sciences Po Bordeaux and at Bordeaux School of Economics Research Centre at Bordeaux University. He is a specialist of the history of services and moreover of French banking history.He has co-guided a dozen of research programs about companies, their strategies and practices. He is involved in projects about investment banking from the Paris market-place, merchant and trade banking in China, French banking, and entrepreneurship and European business.

• A few thoughts on Haute Banque – Introductory speech: The legacy of Geneva’s private bankers – General Introduction: The Haute Banque between history, myth, and resilience – The roots of the Haute Banque – From history to present times: Issues of path dependency – Panel discussion: Incubators of banking innovation – Concluding remarks – Index (People and Companies) – About the authors.

Roger Nougaret successively directed the historical archive departments of several French banking groups. He is a member of the Association for the History of BNP Paribas and of the Comité des Travaux historiques et scienti_ ques (École des chartes/Paris Sciences Lettres).Hubert Bonin is a researcher in modern economic history at Sciences Po Bordeaux and at Bordeaux School of Economics Research Centre at Bordeaux University. He is a specialist of the history of services and moreover of French banking history.He has co-guided a dozen of research programs about companies, their strategies and practices. He is involved in projects about investment banking from the Paris market-place, merchant and trade banking in China, French banking, and entrepreneurship and European business.

• A few thoughts on Haute Banque – Introductory speech: The legacy of Geneva’s private bankers – General Introduction: The Haute Banque between history, myth, and resilience – The roots of the Haute Banque – From history to present times: Issues of path dependency – Panel discussion: Incubators of banking innovation – Concluding remarks – Index (People and Companies) – About the authors.