| 1252 | First minting of a successful gold coin (florin) in the West since the fall of Rome |
| 1275 | Marco Polo leaves for China |
| 1342 | Failure of Bardi and Peruzzi banks (Florence) |
| 1397 | Founding of the Medici bank |
| 1401 | Taula founded in Barcelona |
| 1407 | Bank of St. George founded in Genoa |
| 1451 | Fall of Jacques Coeur |