Continental Bank was a bank in China. It specialized in savings, warehouses, trusts and real estate

Real estate

In general use, esp. North American, 'real estate' is taken to mean "Property consisting of land and the buildings on it, along with its natural resources such as crops, minerals, or water; immovable property of this nature; an interest vested in this; an item of real property; buildings or...

 business. It was founded in Tianjin

Tianjin

' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...

 in 1919 by Mr. Feng Guozhang

Feng Guozhang

Féng Guózhāng, was a key Beiyang Army general and politician in early republican China. He held the office of Vice-President and then President of the Republic of China...

, the acting president of Republic of China and Mr. Tan Lisun, the former Nanjing

Nanjing

' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions...

 director of Bank of China

Bank of China

Bank of China Limited is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China...

. Half-month later, a Beijing branch was also established. In 1942, its headquarter was moved to Shanghai. In 1952, it was closed down.

Tha bank, together with Yien Yieh Commercial Bank

Yien Yieh Commercial Bank

Yien Yieh Commercial Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in Beijing in 1915 by Mr. Zhang Zhenfang , the cousin of Yuan Shikai, to specialize salt industry with official funds under government supervision...

, Kincheng Banking Corporation

Kincheng Banking Corporation

Kincheng Banking Corporation or Kincheng Bank was a bank in Hong Kong. It was established in Tianjin in 1917 by Mr. Zhou Zuomin , Mr. Ni Sichong and Mr. Wang Zhilong...

 and China & South Sea Bank, are called "Four Northern Banks

Four Northern Banks

Four Northern Banks referred to the four most capitalized commercial banks in the north of the Yangtze River in the Republic of China in the 1920s, in contrast to the Three Southern Banks of Southern China....

", which were the four most capitalized

Market capitalization

Market capitalization is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding of a publicly traded company...

 commercial banks in Northern China

North China

thumb|250px|Northern [[People's Republic of China]] region.Northern China or North China is a geographical region of China. The heartland of North China is the North China Plain....

in the 1920s.