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British Business Bank plc ( BBB) is a state-owned economic development bank established by the UK Government. Its aim is to increase the supply of credit to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as well as providing business advice services. It is structured as a public limited company and is owned by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT ...
Banking in the United Kingdom. Banking in the United Kingdom can be considered to have started in the Kingdom of England in the 17th century. The first activity in what later came to be known as banking was by goldsmiths who, after the dissolution of English monasteries by Henry VIII, began to accumulate significant stocks of gold. [1]
Website. metrobankonline .co .uk. Metro Bank PLC is a retail and commercial bank operating in the United Kingdom, founded by Anthony Thomson and Vernon Hill in 2010. [2] At its launch it was the first new high street bank to launch in the United Kingdom in over 150 years. [4] It is listed on the London Stock Exchange .
On 13 September the BBC reported that Northern Rock had been granted emergency financial support by the Bank of England in its role as lender of last resort. This triggered the first run on a UK bank in 150 years, that was ended only when HM Treasury announced, on 20 September, that the UK government would guarantee all existing Northern Rock retail deposits.
Santander UK plc ( UK: / ˌsæntənˈdɛər, - tæn -/, US: / ˌsɑːntɑːnˈdɛər /) [3] is a British bank, wholly owned by the Spanish Santander Group. Santander UK plc manages its affairs autonomously, with its own local management team, responsible solely for its performance. Santander UK is one of the leading personal financial services ...
Online banking, also known as internet banking, virtual banking, web banking or home banking, is a system that enables customers of a bank or other financial institution to conduct a range of financial transactions through the financial institution's website or mobile app. Since the early 2000s this has become the most common way that customers access their bank accounts.
Mark Joseph Carney OC (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian economist and banker who was the governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. He is chairman, and head of impact investing at Brookfield Asset Management since 2020, and was named chairman of Bloomberg Inc., parent company of Bloomberg L.P. , in 2023.
Citibank (UK), owned by Citigroup of the United States. ICBC (London) plc, by Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. ICICI Bank (UK), owned by ICICI Bank of India. Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank), owned by Danske Bank of Denmark. Habib Bank UK, owned by Habib Bank of Pakistan.