High Street bank is a term that originated here in the UK. It is used to refer to larger retail banks, usually with hundreds of branch locations in towns and cities across the country. These larger banks also usually have a varied portfolio of products including personal banking, business banking and sometimes even private banking.
High Street Banks
About Virgin Money
Virgin Money is a bank and financial services company based in the UK. Originally launched as Virgin Direct Personal Financial Services in 1995, its second incarnation...
About Barclays Bank
Barclays is a British multinational investment bank and financial services company. It was founded in 1690 and is headquartered in London.
Barclays originated...
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About Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Bank is a British retail and commercial bank. One of the ‘Big Four’ clearing banks, it was founded in Birmingham in 1765. It is the largest retail bank...
About Santander
Santander UK is a British bank. Though it is a British company and autonomously managed, it is entirely owned by the Spanish Santander Group.
Santander is one...
About HSBC Bank
HSBC is a British banking and financial services company. It is the largest bank in Europe and the seventh largest bank in the world. The bank originated in Hong Kong...
About Halifax
Formerly known as Halifax Building Society, Halifax is a British bank. It is named after the town in West Yorkshire where it was founded in 1853 as a building...
About The Co-operative Bank
Based in Manchester, United Kingdom, the Co-operative Bank is a large retail and commercial bank. It is the seventh biggest lender in Britain and the majority...
About Metro Bank
Metro Bank is a retail bank based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 2010 by Vernon Hill and Anthony Thomson, it is the first new high street bank to open in the...
Part of one of the world’s biggest supermarket chains, Tesco Finance was launched back in 1997. The Head Office is based in Edinburgh, and although there were bricks and mortar branches...
About RBS
RBS, or Royal Bank of Scotland, is a retail banking subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. The Group’s other retail subsidiaries are NatWest and Ulster Bank....
About Habib Bank AG Zurich
Based in Zurich, Habib Bank is a Swiss commercial bank. It was established in 1967 and aims to marry traditional banking with modern, international...
About TSB
TSB is a UK-based retail and commercial bank. It is a subsidiary of the Sabadell Group. The TSB we know today came to be in 2013, formed from Lloyds TSB Scotland PLC...
About Bank of Scotland
Bank of Scotland is a commercial clearing bank based in Edinburgh. Not to be confused with Royal Bank of Scotland, it was established in 1695 and is one...
About FCE Bank
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About Sainsbury’s Bank
Sainsbury’s Bank is a British bank owned by the Sainsbury’s supermarket chain. It was the first supermarket bank to open in the UK. It is headquartered in Edinburgh...
About Bank of Ireland
The Bank of Ireland is an Irish commercial bank. It is one of the ‘Big Four’ of Irish banks and was established by Royal Charter in 1783.
The Bank of Ireland...
About Clydesdale Bank
Clydesdale Bank is a Scottish commercial bank founded in Glasgow in 1838. Independent until 1920 when it was purchased by Midland Bank, it is the smallest...
About Ulster Bank
Ulster Bank is one of the ‘Big Four’ Irish banks and is registered in both Northern Ireland (as Ulster Bank Limited) and the Republic of Ireland (as Ulster...
About United National Bank
United National Bank, trading as United Bank Limited, is a commercial bank based in Pakistan and founded in 1959 and nationalised in 1974.
Since its establishment,...
About HBL Bank UK
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About National Bank of Egypt
Egypt’s oldest and largest bank, the National Bank of Egypt was founded in 1898. It is one of the biggest banking companies in Africa and the Middle...
About Diamond Bank
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