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.