History A-Level

Banking and insurance

What Banking and insurance means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

Definition of Banking and insurance

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Evolving practices among goldsmiths, scriveners and merchants offering deposits, loans and bills of exchange, while marine and fire insurance spread risk.

Pearson Edexcel · Economy, trade and empire, 1625–88 (study guide)

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Economy, trade and empire, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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