The English and French Bank Limited was a financial institution founded at the beginning of the 20th century, illustrating the economic cooperation between British and French capital in a context of strong expansion of international trade. This bank was intended to facilitate commercial and financial operations between the two countries, as well as to support investments abroad, particularly in the colonies and developing regions. Active during a period marked by major economic changes and by the tensions preceding the First World War, it forms part of the history of international financial institutions that have since disappeared or been absorbed. Today, The English and French Bank Limited is known to collectors through its old certificates, sought after in scripophily for their graphic elegance and historical interest, witnesses to a key era of financial globalization.