Sometimes we forget it The Vatican is his own country, With their own state and financial institutions. We are surprised when we fall like that Government With their respective branches, they have a bank The Institute of Religious Works (IOR), Generally called Pango Vaticano. This body has been installed Pope Pius XII, World War IIAt the same time at the same time.
In contrast to being like the current bank, IOR There is no profit, It does not offer money or make investments.
Interestingly, the Vatican Bank is not just booking a small Roman location to the best Catholic company. In fact, he is Almost 19,000 users y Manages about 7,000 million eurosCouncils, religious, diplomatic departure from the Staff of the city of Vatican and from the holy point of view. This bank is a son Defamation amrosianIn bankruptcy and illegal funding for parties and relationships with mafia.
Vatican Bank ATM
It is located in the rooms of the Vatican Only ior ATMIt has recently received an Iban and entered the known area that can help with bank transfers. However, even though its only existence is interesting, the most significant thing is that in its amenities Chance to act in LatinThe same language, in other parts of the world, is thought to have been dead for centuries.
Even in things that act differently in the small Vatican country Adding Latin as an official language. Also, although Italian is used in the face of daily communication, the Latin characters, documents and religious rituals continue, so his cashier has that curious activity.
The defenders have won a small war for the restoration of Latin as a life and modern language: their language (Flunges only about 2,000 people) It happens everyday as an ATM.
How does the Vatican cashier act?
As a “normal” cashier, we can choose between different languages that the user can function in the first window of the screen: Italian, French, German, English, Spanish and Latin. To choose the latter, register “Insert a Skate, please don’t know your account” “Insert the card” in SpanishI will jump on the screen.
So we will continue to know this process as we know, but besides This language is a little easily dominated Can complete the activity. In addition, the cashier does not offer any receipt, the bank cards are not even the user’s name because a law is called ‘Vatican Wisdom’.
Current Chairman of the Religious Work Institute (IOR), Jean-Baptist de Frasu, The man who was appointed in July 2014, behind this curious cashier, then led the company’s reforms and modernization. Especially to prevent the presence of the Vatican, under any circumstances, a point Cash and tax evasion.