Talk:Lombard banking

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This article contradicts itself. Near the beginning it claims that Lombards were not trusted, and a few paragraphs down it claims that they were. Cjwilks 12:29, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

The term was sometimes used in a derogatory sense as townspeople often accused lombards of usury. The lombards were never very popular for this reason and often had trouble with local governments.

This Italian 'Lombard' pawn shop method became famous and had a name for reliability and honesty.

Okay then I will add a template to the top of the page. The sunder king 12:21, 20 August 2007 (UTC)