The Midland.
The Midland Bank which was destined to become the largest bank in the country and, indeed, at one time the largest bank in the world, was founded in Birmingham in 1836, as the......
Remarkabl E Progress
Ix view of the fact that the National Provincial Bank celebrates its centenary in the coming year, and because the details of its origin and progress apply to the progress of......
Extension Of Banking Activities.
The years following 1846 were characterized by con- siderable activity in commercial enterprise, and there can be no question that this period of prosperity was due in no small......
Barclays.
Barclays Bank falls into the rank of those institutions whose early beginnings are veiled by the newer title. More, perhaps, almost than any of the other banks, Barclays is the......
Growth In Profits.
At one time and after the absorption of the Union Bank of England the Bank bore the somewhat unwieldy title of National Provincial and Union Bank of England Limited,- but in......
Lloyds.
As in the case of Barclays so with Lloyds, the business was founded on some of the most important of the old private banks of the country and especially those in the Birmingham......
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