Another group of scholars believe thatVan der Burse started the first stock market. He would gather many wealthy businessmen, who owned businesses and parts of businesses, in any one of his many homes.They would gather and trade parts of companies for other parts of different companies. These trading sessions were to be known as "Bruges Bourse." This idea caught on in a few cities like Amsterdam and Ghent. In the 14th century bankers would trade differentpromissory notes from different governments especially in cities like Pisa, Verona, Genoa and Florence.