Banking
Age Available	Castle Age
Building	Market
Cost	200 Food, 100 Gold
Stats	Tribute Fee reduced to 0%
Available To	All civilisations

Banking is a Technology that can be researched at the Market. This technology removes the tribute fee, allowing players to tribute resources freely without penalty. To research this technology you must first research Coinage. Researching Banking is highly recommended when giving other players resources.

Economic Technologies (Age of Empires II)
Town Center: I: Loom II: Wheelbarrow III: Hand Cart Lumber Camp: II: Double-Bit Axe III: Bow Saw IV: Two-Man Saw Mill: II: Horse Collar III: Heavy Plow IV: Crop Rotation Mining Camp: II: Gold Mining • Stone Mining III: Gold Shaft Mining • Stone Shaft Mining Market: II: Cartography • Coinage III: Banking • Caravan IV: Guilds Castle: IV: Conscription • Sappers • Spies • Treason (Regicide)