List of banks in the United Kingdom
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[edit] Independent British banks
The table shows the main independent British banks, in order of market capitalisation. The list is quite short as British banking has been highly consolidated since the early 20th century. Unlike some other major economies, the UK does not have a major stratum of independent local banks. The list has shrunk further during 2008: Northern Rock was nationalised by the UK Government, followed by Bradford & Bingley; Alliance & Leicester has been acquired by Santander, who own Abbey; Lloyds TSB plc announced, on 18 September 2008, a confirmed agreement to take over HBOS plc[1][2][3].
Bank | Headquarters | Market value
(£bn) |
Assets
(£bn) |
Assets
($bn) |
---|---|---|---|---|
HSBC Bank | London | 60.84 | 1,319.65 | 2,348.98 |
Standard Chartered | London | 13.39 | 184.63 | 328.65 |
Barclays Bank | London | 7.23 | 2,050.00 | |
Lloyds Banking Group†† | London | 5.57 | ||
Royal Bank of Scotland Group† | Edinburgh | 4.58 | 1,900.00 | |
Co-operative Bank | Manchester | — | 39.00 | 71.33 |
Note: Market values retrieved at end of 20 January 2009 from Times Online[4]. Assets listed as of 2 April 2008, apart from Barclays which are listed as of 10 February 2009,[5] Royal Bank of Scotland which are listed as of 4 February 2009[6] and Co-operative Bank which are listed as of[update] 31 December 2004, and are listed in billions of pounds sterling and U.S. dollars.[7] Also note that market values have been highly volatile in 2008, due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis.
- † The UK Government owns a controlling stake of 70% of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS)'s ordinary shares, however the bank itself remains nominally independent of Government[8]
- †† The UK Government owns a controlling stake of 65% of the Lloyds Banking Group, with the bank remaining in the private sector[9].
There are however a small number of independent specialist or local banks. They are all just a small fraction of the size of the smallest of the banks in the table above: Airdrie Savings Bank, C. Hoare & Co, Close Brothers Group, Julian Hodge Bank, N M Rothschild & Sons, Raphaels Bank, Ruffler Bank. There is also a government-run savings bank called National Savings and Investments.
The other main class of consumer financial service organisation in the United Kingdom is the building society, but the building society sector is much smaller than it used to be as many major building societies demutualised in the 1980s and 1990s. Halifax (now part of Lloyds Banking Group) and Abbey (now owned by Santander) were the two largest building societies. The remaining building societies which demutualised have all subsequently been acquired, either through nationalisation or acquisition by other banks. See building society for a list of the largest remaining building societies. Only the Nationwide is large enough to appear in the table above if it were a bank.
[edit] Other British banking brands owned by British companies
- Bank of Scotland: owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Birmingham Midshires: owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Cheltenham & Gloucester: owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Coutts & Co: a subsidiary of NatWest, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
- first direct: telephone and internet banking brand owned by HSBC.
- Halifax: owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Harrods Bank: owned by Harrods, a department store in London.
- Intelligent Finance: telephone and internet banking brand owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Lloyds TSB: owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- NatWest: owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
- Reliance Bank: owned by the The Salvation Army.
- Royal Bank of Scotland: owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
- Sainsbury's Bank: 50% owned by British supermarket company Sainsbury's and 50% owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
- Smile: telephone and internet banking brand owned by The Co-operative Bank.
- Tesco Personal Finance: owned by British supermarket company Tesco.
- Ulster Bank: a subsidiary of NatWest, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
- The Woolwich: owned by Barclays.
[edit] Nationalised banks controlled by HM Government
National Savings and Investments (NS&I), originally founded in 1861, helps the UK Government gain additional finance, other than taxation, at lower rates than borrowing direct from the markets.
Northern Rock was nationalised in February 2008 after the first run on a bank in more than a century.
On 29 September 2008, the Treasury announced that Bradford & Bingley was to be partially nationalised with the savings book and branch network sold to Abbey, which is part of Grupo Santander, following talks on the day before.
[edit] UK banking brands owned by foreign banks
- Abbey and its online division Cahoot: owned by Banco Santander.
- Alliance & Leicester: owned by Banco Santander; to be managed as a separate entity from Abbey, at least in the short term.
- Allied Irish Bank (GB): owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland.
- Bank of Ireland: based in the Republic of Ireland. One of the leading banks in Northern Ireland, and present in Great Britain to a lesser extent.
- Bradford & Bingley: nationalised in September 2008, with the savings book and this aspect of the brand sold to Abbey.
- Clydesdale Bank: owned by National Australia Bank.
- Egg Banking plc: established by the British insurance company Prudential plc, and sold to Citigroup for £575m in January 2007.
- First Trust Bank: owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland.
- Northern Bank: owned by Danske Bank of Denmark.
- Yorkshire Bank: owned by National Australia Bank.
[edit] Foreign banks in the United Kingdom
Overseas consumer banking brands which are available in the UK. Virtually all of the world's leading banks have investment and commercial banking offices in the City of London.
[edit] Banks incorporated outside the EEA authorised to accept deposits through a branch in the United Kingdom
- Absa Bank Ltd
- American Express Bank Ltd
- Arab National Bank
- Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd
- Banco do Brasil SA
- Bangkok Bank Public Company Ltd
- Bank Hapoalim BM
- Bank Melli Iran
- Bank of America NA
- Bank of Baroda
- Bank of Ceylon
- Bank of China
- Bank of East Asia Ltd, The
- Bank of India
- Bank of Montreal
- Bank of New York, The
- Bank of Nova Scotia, The
- Bank of Taiwan Limited
- Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ Limited, The
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Canara Bank
- Chang Hwa Commercial Bank Ltd
- Chiba Bank Ltd, The
- CIMB Bank Berhad
- Citibank NA
- Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- Credit Suisse
- Deutsche Bank Trust Americas, London Branch
- DBS Bank Ltd
- Emirates Bank International PJSC
- First Commercial Bank
- Gulf International Bank BSC
- Habib Bank AG
- Habib Bank Ltd
- Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd, The
- HSBC Bank USA NA
- Hua Nan Commercial Bank Ltd UBS AG
- IBB (Islamic Bank of Britain)
- ICICI Bank
- Industrial Bank of Korea United Overseas Bank Ltd
- Israel Discount Bank Ltd
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Korea Development Bank, The
- Korea Exchange Bank
- Macquarie Bank Ltd
- Malayan Banking Berhad
- Mashreqbank PSC
- Mega International Commercial Bank Co. Ltd
- Mellon Bank, NA
- Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
- Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Limited
- Mizuho Corporate Bank Ltd
- Nacional Financiera SNC
- National Australia Bank Ltd
- National Bank of Abu Dhabi
- National Bank of Canada
- National Bank of Dubai PJSC, The
- Nedbank Ltd
- Norinchukin Bank, The
- Northern Trust Company, The
- Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd
- Pt Bank Negara Indonesia (Persero) TBK
- Qatar National Bank SAQ
- Rafidain Bank (Provisional Liquidator Appointed)
- Riyad Bank
- RBC Dexia Investor Services Trust
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Samba Financial Group
- Shanghai Commercial Bank Ltd
- Shinhan Bank Company Limited
- State Bank of India
- State Street Bank and Trust Company
- Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co Ltd, The
- Syndicate Bank
- Toronto-Dominion Bank, The
- Turkiye Is Bankasi AS
- Union Bancaire Privée, UBP
- United National Bank Ltd
- Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
- Westpac Banking Corporation
- Woori Bank
- T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.
- United Bank for Africa
[edit] Banks incorporated in the EEA entitled to accept deposits through a branch in the United Kingdom
- ABN Amro Mellon Global Securities Services BV
- ABN AMRO Bank NV
- Allfunds Bank SA
- Allied Irish Bank plc
- Alpha Bank AE
- Anglo Irish Bank Corporation plc
- Banca di Roma SpA
- Banca d'Intermediazione Mobiliare IMI SpA
- Banca March SA
- Banca Monte Dei Paschi Di Siena SpA
- Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA
- Banca Popolare di Lodi
- Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA
- Banco De CajaSeville Plc
- Banco de Sabadell
- Banco Espírito Santo SA
- Banco Itau Europa
- Banco Popolare di Verona & Novara
- Banco Santander SA
- Banco Santander Totta SA
- Bank Insinger de Beaufort NV
- Bank of Cyprus Public Company Ltd
- Bank of Ireland, The
- Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Ltd
- Banque AIG
- Banque Transatlantique SA
- Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG
- Bayerische Landesbank
- BLOM BANK France
- BNP Paribas
- BNP Paribas Private Bank
- BNP Paribas Securities Services
- Byblos Bank Europe SA
- Caixa Geral de Depósitos SA
- Caja de Ahorros del Mediterraneo
- Calyon Natixis
- Commerzbank AG
- Confederacion Espanola de Cajas de Ahorros
- Crédit Agricole SA
- Crédit Industriel et Commercial Piraeus Bank SA
- Crédit Lyonnais
- Danske Bank A/S
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Deutsche Postbank AG
- Dexia Bank Belgium SA
- Dexia Banque Internationale à Luxembourg SA
- Dexia Credit Local SA (Dexia Public Finance Bank SA)
- DnB NOR Bank ASA
- Svenska Handelsbanken AB (PUBL)
- Dresdner Bank AG Sygma Banque
- DZ Bank AG, Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
- EFG Eurobank Ergasias AE
- Emporiki Bank of Greece SA
- Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG
- Eurohypo AG
- FIMAT International Banque
- Fortis Bank SA/NV
- GE Corporate Finance Bank SAS
- Glitnir Banki hf
- HSH Nordbank AG
- Hypo Public Finance Bank
- Hypo Real Estate Bank International AG
- ING Direct NV
- ING Bank NV
- Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
- Irish Nationwide Building Society
- IXIS Corporate & Investment Bank
- Jyske Bank A/S
- Kas Bank NV
- KBC Bank NV
- Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
- Landesbank Berlin Girozentrale
- Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
- Landsbanki Islands hf
- Lehman Brothers Bankhaus AG
- Marfin Popular Bank Public Company Ltd
- Merrill Lynch International Bank Limited
- National Bank of Greece SA
- Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale
- Nordea Bank Finland plc
- Rabobank International (Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank Ba)
- Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG
- SEB AG
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL)
- Société Générale
- State Street Bank GmbH
- TD Waterhouse Bank NV
- Triodosbank NV
- Ulster Bank Ireland Ltd
- Ukio Bankas AB
- UniCredito Italiano SpA
- Westdeutsche ImmobilienBank AG
- Western Union International Bank GmbH
- WestLB AG
[edit] Foreign banks incorporated in the United Kingdom
- Bank of New York Mellon Europe
- Bank of Philippine Islands (Europe)
- Citibank International
- Credem Bank
- Credit Suisse International
- Credit Suisse (UK)
- DB UK Bank
- ICICI Bank UK (inc. HiSAVE sub-brand)
- JP Morgan Europe
- JP Morgan International Bank
- Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
- Mizuho International
- Philippine National Bank (Europe)
- Sun Bank
- United National Bank
[edit] References
- ^ "Lloyds TSB confirms deal to take over HBOS". 2008-09-18. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/18/business/EU-Britain-HBOS.php. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
- ^ "Recommended acquisition of HBOS plc by Lloyds TSB Group plc" (PDF). Lloyds TSB. 2008-09-17. http://www.investorrelations.lloydstsb.com/media/pdf_irmc/ir/2008/2008Aug_LTSB_Acquires_HBOS.pdf. Retrieved on 2008-09-18.
- ^ BBC News: HBOS confirms Lloyds merger talks; Guardian: Banking crisis: Lloyds TSB in talks to buy HBOS
- ^ Type company name into "Quote Search" box.
- ^ http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5697765.ece Times Online
- ^ http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/01/19/51341/rbs-et-mon-droit-hm-deficits/ FT.com
- ^ the Forbes Global 2000 list, April 2008.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7836882.stm
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7929957.stm
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Consequences of Abbey's potential of Alliance and Leicester
- BBA - British Bankers' Association - BBA Member Banks
- Complete List of Banks in United Kingdom
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