Banking/Timelines
1244 Genoa's Leccacorvo bank[1]
1609 Amsterdam Wisselbank founded[2] - the first central bank.
1694 Formation of the Bank of England[3]
1863 US National Bank Act sets minimum reserve ratios
1913 US National Reserve Act creates the Federal Reserve System
1933 US The Glass-Steagall Act [4]
1980 US Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act[5]
1986 UK Building Societies Act [20][21] and stock exchange "Big Bang"[22].
1988 Basel I[6] (The Basel Capital Accord)
1989 US Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act[7]
1999 US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act - repealed the Glass Steagall Act of 1933, and introduced other changes including expanding the Federal Home Loan Bank System.
2002 US Sarbanes-Oxley Act[8][9]
2006 Basel II[10] (Revised International Capital Framework)
2009 UK Banking Act 2009[39] and Special Resolution Regime[40] Walker Review of bank and financial system governance[41]