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The Banco della Piazza di Rialto, sometimes referred to as Banco di Rialto, was the first public bank of the Republic of Venice, operating on the eponymous Rialto Square. It was in activity from 1587 to 1637, when it succumbed to the competition from the Banco del Giro, a separate public institution that had been established in 1619.