Independent British banks
The table shows the main independent British banks. 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 strata of
independent local banks.
Bank Headquarters Assets (£m) Assets ($m)
HSBC London 662,710 1,267,777
Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh 583,467 1,124,108
Barclays Bank London 522,089 1,005,857
HBOS Edinburgh 442,881 853,255
Lloyds TSB London 279,843 539,146
Standard Chartered London 73,543 141,688
Alliance & Leicester Leicester 49,967 96,266
Northern Rock Newcastle upon Tyne 42,790 82,439
Co-operative Bank Manchester 39,000 71,327
Bradford & Bingley Bingley 35,458 68,313
Note: Assets listed as as of December 31, 2004, and are listed in millions of
pounds sterling and U.S. dollars.
There are however a small number of independent specialist or local banks. There
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. There is also a government-run savings bank
called National Savings and Investments.
The other main class of consumer financial service organization in the United
Kingdom is the building society, but the building society sector is much smaller
than it used to be as most major building societies de-mutualized in the 1980s
and 1990s. Halifax (now part of HBOS) and Abbey National (now foreign owned)
were the two largest building societies. Of the banks listed in the table above,
Alliance & Leicester, Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley are former building
societies. Several other building societies were taken over after they
demutualised. See the building society article 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.
Other British banking brands owned by British companies
Bank of Scotland: merged with Halifax to form HBOS, but still trades under the
Bank of Scotland name.
Birmingham Midshires: owned by HBOS.
Cahoot: owned by Abbey National.
Coutts & Co: owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Egg Banking plc is owned by the British insurance company Prudential plc,
purchase by Citigroup for £575mm announced 29 January 2007.
Halifax: merged with the Bank of Scotland to form HBOS but still trades under
the Halifax name.
Harrods Bank: owned by Harrods.
Intelligent Finance: telephone and internet banking brand owned by HBOS.
NatWest: owned by Royal Bank of Scotland.
Sainsbury's Bank: 55% owned by British supermarket company Sainsbury's and 45%
owned by HBOS.
Smile: telephone and internet banking brand owned by the Co-Operative Bank.
Tesco Personal Finance: a 50:50 joint venture between British supermarket
company Tesco and the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Ulster Bank: owned by Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Woolwich: owned by Barclays.
British banking brands owned by foreign banks
Abbey: owned by Grupo Santander of Spain. It was Britain's sixth largest bank by
assets when it was taken over in 2004.
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.
Clydesdale Bank: owned by National Australia Bank.
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.
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.
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
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
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
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Westpac Banking Corporation
Woori Bank
Zurich TC Ziraat Bankasi AS
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 Sabadell
Banco Espírito Santo SA
Banco Itau Europa
Banco Popolare di Verona & Novara
Banco Santander Central Hispano 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
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