Ljubljana Credit Bank

The bank was established in 1900 by Živnostenská Banka on the advice of Ljubljana's Czech-friendly mayor Ivan Hribar, in line with Živnostenská's strategy of expansion into the Slavic-speaking parts of the Habsburg monarchy. By the founding assembly held on on the bank's original premises on Špitalska street, Hribar was elected president and Josip Spitalsky, then head of Živnostenská's branch in Vienna, became vice president. Živnostenská Banka held half of the equity capital. The bank soon opened its first branch in Split. LKB survived the turmoil of World War I and remained controlled by Živnostenská Banka. By 1924, it had foreign branches in Trieste and Gorizia, and domestic ones in Brežice, Celje, Črnomelj, Kranj, Maribor, Metković, Novi Sad, Ptuj, Sarajevo, and Split.) and the Cooperative Business Bank (). In 1927, it merged with Trgovska banka, thus forming the largest bank in Slovenia and the fourth-largest in all of Yugoslavia. Operations that were not terminated were consolidated into the National Bank of Yugoslavia and State Investment Bank, itself merged into the National Bank in 1952. ==Head office building==

In 1920, the bank started construction of a new head office building designed by Czech architect with sculptures by Franc Berneker, prominently located on (then named Tyrševa Cesta). The building was completed in 1923. It was taken over by the National Bank following LKB's liquidation. In 1991 it was the seat of the newly established Bank of Slovenia. File:Postcard of Ljubljana 1928.jpg|Main facade of the LKB building, 1928 postcard File:Postcard of Ljubljana, Bank of Slovenia (2).jpg|Angle of the LKB building, 1920s postcard ==See also==