The conduct of banking business and all other types of financial services in all branches and departments with respect to customers of any kind, regardless of their place of residence, including borrowing, collection and acceptance of funds; purchase, custody, sale and trading of shares, government securities, participations, secured bonds, floating charges on the company's assets, rent values, medium-term notes, bonds, securities and investment instruments of all kinds; lending and advancing of funds, securities and real estate; discounting, buying and selling and trading of bills, promissory notes, coupons, drafts, bills of lading, option certificates, (mostly) sight drafts, commercial paper, interim certificates and other instruments and securities; issuance and granting of letters of credit and traveler's checks; buying and selling and trading of precious metals and coins; negotiation of credits and loans; receipt of funds and other assets and real estate for deposit or custody or other purposes and related activities as set forth in the Memorandum of Association.