Insurance, banking operations; financial affairs; monetary affairs; real estate affairs; savings banks, raising and investment of capital, financial consulting, management and placement of funds; stock exchange quotations, securities brokerage; financial sponsorship; provident funds; credit bureaux, financing services, loans (finance) in particular real estate credit and consumer lending; leasing, loans against pledge; warranties (guarantees); real estate management; portfolio management; issuing of travellers' cheques and letters of credit, issuing of payment orders; factoring; financial transactions, banking, financial and monetary operations performed online via national and international communications networks; issuing of credit cards; money exchange operations, safe deposits, cheque verification, electronic funds transfer