Pawnbroking

Bridging the Short Term Loan Gap

Bridging the Short Term Loan Gap

Central London pawnbrokers, Suttons and Robertsons, have a long history of taking good care of the precious items that are left with them in return for securely fixed loan lending, but they reveal...

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Bridging the Short Term Loan Gap

What Does Lombard Mean?

The term Lombard banking dates right back to the Middles Ages when it referred to a type of pawnshop. Lombard takes its name from the well-to-do region of Lombardy, in North Italy, where the...

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Bridging the Short Term Loan Gap

The House of Medici in a Nutshell

The House of Medici is one of the great houses of old Italy. Like the Borgias, we usually have an understanding of what went along with being a Medici, but only a few of us would be able to sum it...

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Lombard Around the World

Lombard Around the World

The beating heart of the UK’s financial hub sees Lombard Street run from the Bank junction, down the side of the Bank of England. It is home to 1 Lombard Street, the Square Mile’s most established restaurants.

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History of Pawnbroking in London

History of Pawnbroking in London

Lending money against your goods has been practised in many ancient countries, such as China, ancient Greece Europe. It helped many bank families in Italy gain dominance was one of the first...

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How to Get a Good Deal From a Pawnbroker

How to Get a Good Deal From a Pawnbroker

When it comes to pawnbrokers, not all are created equal, many will specialise in things you have no interest in, you want to go to a pawn shop with a luxury experience. The reason we spend so much...

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Why Collectors Love Pawnbrokers

Why Collectors Love Pawnbrokers

  When I think of the word ‘Collector’, I imagine back when I was a teen, everyone had sports trading cards, there were shops that sold them, they had all sorts of signed gear for sale. Like-wise...

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Why Entrepreneurs Love Pawnbrokers

Why Entrepreneurs Love Pawnbrokers

The new breed of entrepreneurs is turning to an unexpected source of fast finance. Many business people often find they need a quick, high-value loan, for sometimes as short as a few days or weeks...

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The Best Emergency Loan

The Best Emergency Loan

Sometimes in life, a real money emergency does pop up. It might be the car has broken down needs a new part, the house is flooded, the fridge is broken, or those U2 tickets just cost a lot more than...

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The Best Short Term Loan

The Best Short Term Loan

The implications of the great bank crash of 2008 still reverberate around the world – while some long-standing financial institutions crumbled to the ground, others clung on for dear life. The...

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