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The story of the bank, episode by episode

Each episode starts from a document: the deed, the decree, the certificate, the judgment. The cover asks the question; the video shows the paper. The videos are in Portuguese. The full documents are in the archive of Verdadeira História da Barra (in Portuguese).

Cover of episode 43 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who can dispute whether a company exists? @bcmativos

Episode 43 · 2024 · the latest

Who can dispute whether a company exists?

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  1. Cover of episode 42 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What fits inside a case that is already over? @bcmativos Ep. 42 · 2024 What fits inside a case that is already over?
  2. Cover of episode 41 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who decides whether a company exists? @bcmativos Ep. 41 · 2024 Who decides whether a company exists?
  3. Cover of episode 40 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What happens to a closed case? @bcmativos Ep. 40 · 2022 What happens to a closed case?
  4. Cover of episode 39 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What does an accusation reveal about the one who writes it? @bcmativos Ep. 39 · 2019 What does an accusation reveal about the one who writes it?
  5. Cover of episode 38 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What is an act that decides nothing but is obeyed? @bcmativos Ep. 38 · 2021 What is an act that decides nothing but is obeyed?
  6. Cover of episode 37 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Can a case that has ended still give orders? @bcmativos Ep. 37 · 2018 Can a case that has ended still give orders?
  7. Cover of episode 36 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What defendant agrees to lose eight hectares? @bcmativos Ep. 36 · 2005 What defendant agrees to lose eight hectares?
  8. Cover of episode 35 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: With what authority did he sign for the Bank? @bcmativos Ep. 35 · 2017 With what authority did he sign for the Bank?
  9. Cover of episode 34 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: In what year is a company from 1890 born? @bcmativos Ep. 34 · 2018 In what year is a company from 1890 born?
  10. Cover of episode 33 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: When does a bank stop being a bank? @bcmativos Ep. 33 · 2017 When does a bank stop being a bank?
  11. Cover of episode 32 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: How many years can a registration sit idle? @bcmativos Ep. 32 · 2017 How many years can a registration sit idle?
  12. Cover of episode 31 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What exactly did that judgment decide? @bcmativos Ep. 31 · 2017 What exactly did that judgment decide?
  13. Cover of episode 30 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What if the case was already open? @bcmativos Ep. 30 · 2005 What if the case was already open?
  14. Cover of episode 29 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What if the question is in the wrong room? @bcmativos Ep. 29 · 2024 What if the question is in the wrong room?
  15. Cover of episode 28 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Six knocked at the door. Six were turned away. @bcmativos Ep. 28 · 2022 Six knocked at the door. Six were turned away.
  16. Cover of episode 27 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: A judge removed a claimant. And nothing moved. @bcmativos Ep. 27 · 2015 A judge removed a claimant. And nothing moved.
  17. Cover of episode 26 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: How do you sell a credit that no one had? @bcmativos Ep. 26 · 2005 How do you sell a credit that no one had?
  18. Cover of episode 25 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who showed up to receive that land? @bcmativos Ep. 25 · 2006 Who showed up to receive that land?
  19. Cover of episode 24 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: A judge ordered the land returned. It took nine years. @bcmativos Ep. 24 · 1997 A judge ordered the land returned. It took nine years.
  20. Cover of episode 23 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Is there an account with no one to collect it? @bcmativos Ep. 23 · 1990 Is there an account with no one to collect it?
  21. Cover of episode 22 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Can you join a lawsuit without being a party to it? @bcmativos Ep. 22 · 1971 Can you join a lawsuit without being a party to it?
  22. Cover of episode 21 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Can an extinct company be liquidated? @bcmativos Ep. 21 · 2005 Can an extinct company be liquidated?
  23. Cover of episode 20 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Two handwritten words. Fifteen months. @bcmativos Ep. 20 · 1965 Two handwritten words. Fifteen months.
  24. Cover of episode 19 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who could sign for the bank in 1964? @bcmativos Ep. 19 · 1946 Who could sign for the bank in 1964?
  25. Cover of episode 18 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who was on the other side of the table? @bcmativos Ep. 18 · 1964 Who was on the other side of the table?
  26. Cover of episode 17 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: A decree. An empty chair. Sixteen days. @bcmativos Ep. 17 · 1960 A decree. An empty chair. Sixteen days.
  27. Cover of episode 16 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: A dead man. A property record. An Olympic golf course. @bcmativos Ep. 16 · 2016 A dead man. A property record. An Olympic golf course.
  28. Cover of episode 15 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Two deeds. One day. The names switch places. @bcmativos Ep. 15 · 1968 Two deeds. One day. The names switch places.
  29. Cover of episode 14 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: It reopened the door. And demanded the key. @bcmativos Ep. 14 · 1981 It reopened the door. And demanded the key.
  30. Cover of episode 13 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Two hundred and eight pages. Zero mentions. @bcmativos Ep. 13 · 1979 Two hundred and eight pages. Zero mentions.
  31. Cover of episode 12 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: The seller. The buyer. The same name. @bcmativos Ep. 12 · 2007 The seller. The buyer. The same name.
  32. Cover of episode 11 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Nine private individuals. An extinct bank. None of them could. @bcmativos Ep. 11 · 1964 Nine private individuals. An extinct bank. None of them could.
  33. Cover of episode 10 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: In 1953 the State closed the last door. And no one noticed. @bcmativos Ep. 10 · 1953 In 1953 the State closed the last door. And no one noticed.
  34. Cover of episode 9 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: The law said who could speak for the bank. And no one went. @bcmativos Ep. 09 · 1946 The law said who could speak for the bank. And no one went.
  35. Cover of episode 8 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: The plan existed. Why did it never reach the registry? @bcmativos Ep. 08 · 1939 The plan existed. Why did it never reach the registry?
  36. Cover of episode 7 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: How does one plot of land answer to two registry offices at once? @bcmativos Ep. 07 · 1917 How does one plot of land answer to two registry offices at once?
  37. Cover of episode 6 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Why couldn’t the owner of one-sixth of Rio sell? @bcmativos Ep. 06 · 1919 Why couldn’t the owner of one-sixth of Rio sell?
  38. Cover of episode 5 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Why does a bank ask for its own liquidation in 1901? @bcmativos Ep. 05 · 1901 Why does a bank ask for its own liquidation in 1901?
  39. Cover of episode 4 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Did the people living on those lands before Barra own them? @bcmativos Ep. 04 · 1847 Did the people living on those lands before Barra own them?
  40. Cover of episode 3 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Is there a day when that land stopped belonging to no one? @bcmativos Ep. 03 · 1594 Is there a day when that land stopped belonging to no one?
  41. Cover of episode 2 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: Who paid a thousand contos de réis for Barra da Tijuca? @bcmativos Ep. 02 · 1891 Who paid a thousand contos de réis for Barra da Tijuca?
  42. Cover of episode 1 of the Banco de Crédito Móvel series: What does an 1890 bank have to do with Barra da Tijuca? @bcmativos Ep. 01 · 1964 What does an 1890 bank have to do with Barra da Tijuca?