List of banks in the United Kingdom

This article is about banks operating in the United Kingdom. For the development of the banking industry, see Banking in the United Kingdom.

1 Independent British banks
2 Other British banking brands owned by British companies
3 British banking brands owned by foreign banks
4 Foreign banks in the United Kingdom
5 See also
6 External links

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 stratum of independent local banks.

Bank Headquarters Assets (£m) Assets ($m) HSBC Bank London662,710 1,267,777 Royal Bank of Scotland Edinburgh583,467 1,124,108 Barclays Bank London522,089 1,005,857 HBOS Edinburgh442,881 853,255 Lloyds TSB London279,843 539,146 Standard Chartered London73,543 141,688 Alliance & Leicester Leicester49,967 96,266 Northern Rock Newcastle upon Tyne42,790 82,439 Co-operative Bank Manchester39,000 71,327 Bradford & Bingley Bingley35,458 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 organisation 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 demutualised 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.
Coutts & Co: a subsidiary of NatWest, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Egg Banking plc was established by the British insurance company Prudential plc, and sold to Citigroup for £575m in January 2007.
first direct: telephone and internet banking brand owned by HSBC.
Halifax: merged with the Bank of Scotland to form HBOS but still trades under the Halifax name.
Harrods Bank: owned by Harrods, a department store in London.
Intelligent Finance: telephone and internet banking brand owned by HBOS.
National Westminster Bank: now owned by Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
Reliance Bank: owned by the The Salvation Army.
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: a subsidiary of NatWest, owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
The Woolwich: owned by Barclays.

British banking brands owned by foreign banks

Abbey and its online subsidiary Cahoot: owned by Banco Santander of Spain. It was Britain's sixth largest bank by assets when it was taken over in 2004.
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.
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, 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
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
Wachovia Bank, National Association
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Westpac Banking Corporation
Woori Bank
T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S.

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 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

Foreign banks incorporated in the United Kingdom

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Bank of New York Europe
Bank of Philippine Islands (Europe)
Citibank International
Credit Suisse International
Credit Suisse (UK)
DB UK Bank
ICICI Bank UK
JP Morgan Europe
JP Morgan International Bank
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International
Mizuho International
Philippine National Bank (Europe)
United National Bank

External links

v • d • eBank chains in the United Kingdom Commercial banks: Abbey National • Airdrie Savings Bank • Alliance & Leicester • Allied Irish Bank • Anglo Irish Bank • Bank of Scotland • Barclays Bank • Bank of Ireland • Birmingham Midshires • Bradford & Bingley • Bristol and West • Cahoot • Cheltenham & Gloucester • Clydesdale Bank • The Co-operative Bank • Egg • first direct • First Trust Bank • Halifax • HSBC • Intelligent Finance • Islamic Bank of Britain • Julian Hodge Bank • Lloyds TSB • National Westminster Bank • Northern Bank • Reliance Bank • Royal Bank of Scotland • Sainsbury's Bank • Smile • Standard Chartered Bank • Tesco Personal Finance • Ulster Bank • Yorkshire Bank Private banks: Adam and Company • Arbuthnot Latham & Co • Coutts & Co • Drummonds Bank • Harrods BankState-owned banks: National Savings and Investments • Northern Rock

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