為ため銀ぎん

noun

exchange bank

Historical term for a bank that specialized in foreign exchange and trade finance, particularly during Japan's early modern and Meiji periods.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、為ため銀ぎんは貿ぼう易えき金きん融ゆうの中ちゅう心しん的てきな役やく割わりを果はたした。

  In the Meiji period, exchange banks played a central role in trade finance.