The growth of mutual trust among merchants facilitated the growth of sales on credit and led to new developments in finance, such as the bill of exchange, a device that made the long, slow, and very dangerous shipment of coins unnecessary.

　　结构分析：

　　复合句，包含that引导的定语从句。

　　句子分析：

　　The growth of mutual trust among merchants facilitated the growth of sales on credit and led to new developments in finance 本句中，the growth 主语，of mutual trust among merchants为主语的定语。facilitated 谓语1，the growth of sales 宾语，on credit 为sales的定语。led to 谓语2，new developments为宾语，in finance为宾语的定语。

　　本部分意思： 商家之间信任的加强促进了信贷销售的增长，促使金融业取得了新发展。

　　such as the bill of exchange, 举例说明有哪些 developments, a device作the bill of exchange的同位语，that定语从句修饰a device，made 是谓语，the long, slow, and very dangerous shipment of coins 为宾语，unnecessary 作宾补。

　　本部分意思：如汇票，它使得耗时、缓慢且十分危险的硬币运输变得不再必要。

　　参考翻译：

　　商家之间信任的加强促进了信贷销售的增长，促使金融业取得了新发展，如汇票，它使得耗时、缓慢且十分危险的硬币运输变得不再必要。