Top 20 Banks

About Cambridge & Counties Bank Cambridge & Counties Bank, launched in June 2012 and based in the United Kingdom, is unique amongst UK banks. This is because 50% of the bank is owned by Cambridge University college Trinity Hall, and 50% by the...

An online-only bank, Tandem is based in London and offers customers a different approach to traditional banking. The focus of their website is on helping people manage their finances better and make the most of their money. The interactive app notifies...

About Bank of Communications Bank of Communications, sometimes shortened to BoCom or BoComm, is one of China’s largest banks. It was one of the first Chinese banks to issue bank notes. Founded in 1908, Bank of Communications opened its first overseas...

About Ahli United Bank Ahli United Bank is a bank headquartered in Manama, Bahrain. It is the largest bank in the country. Formerly known as the United Bank of Kuwait, what is now Ahli United Bank was established in 1966 with the goal of expanding...

About Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, or ADIB, is an Islamic bank based in the city of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Established in 1997, all ADIB banking operations are compliant with Sharia law. ADIB also has an international...

About Bank of Cyprus Bank of Cyprus was founded in 1899 as the Nicosia Savings Bank, is a Cypriot bank. It was the first Cypriot bank; before then, all other banks in Cyprus were foreign-owned. The bank became a public company and was renamed Bank of...

About Adam & Company Founded in 1983, Adam and Company is a division of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), catering for private banking customers with services including investment management and financial planning. The bank is based in Edinburgh...

Last updated:  About Atom Bank Atom Bank is a digital-only financial company and ‘challenger bank’ established in Durham in 2014. Challenger banks are smaller, newer retail banks set up to compete with, and offer an alternative...

About Hodge Bank Established in 1987, Hodge Bank is named after Sir Julian Hodge. It is the only UK bank to be headquartered in Wales, with its head office based in Cardiff. The bank also has a subsidiary company, Hodge Lifetime, founded in 1965. While...

About Ghana International Bank Ghana International Bank was founded in 1959 as Ghana Commercial Bank, two years after Ghana was granted independence from Britain. Setting up its first branch in Cheapside, London, the bank was established to finance...

About Unity Trust Bank Unity Trust Bank was founded in 1984. It is a highly specialised bank providing products and services to trade unions, charities and not-for-profits based in the UK – its remit was expanded to include ‘profit with purpose’ companies....

About Al Rayan Bank Al Rayan Bank PLC, formerly Islamic Bank of Britain, is a commercial bank established in 2004. The bank welcomes people of all faiths but claims to be the first fully Sharia-compliant bank in Britain. Al Rayan is seeing a surge...

About Bank Mandiri Bank Mandiri, or PT Bank Mandiri, is the largest bank in Indonesia in terms of assets, loans and deposits. It is headquartered in Jakarta. It was founded in 1998 and provides general banking services including: Corporate, commercial...

About Bank of Ceylon Bank of Ceylon is a major commercial bank based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Government-owned, the bank has hundreds of branches throughout the country plus branches in Male, Chennai, and Seychelles alongside a subsidiary in London. The...

About FCMB Bank FCMB, also known as First City Monument Bank, is a Nigerian bank headquartered in Lagos. The bank was originally founded as City Securities Limited by Olove Subomi M Balogun, a Yoruba tribal leader, in 1977 and was...

About Union Bank of India Union Bank of India was founded in November 1919 in Mumbai. Inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi, the bank had expanded to four branches, in Saurashtra and Mumbai, by the time India was given independence in 1947. The bank then expanded...

About Arbuthnot Latham & Co Arbuthnot Latham & Co is a British private bank based in the City of London. Part of the Arbuthnot Banking Group, it provides private banking, wealth planning and investment management services to commercial customers...

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 is not, and never has been, the Irish central bank but has performed...

About Gatehouse Bank Gatehouse Bank, formerly known as Milestone Savings, is a UK challenger bank based in London. Founded in 2008, the bank is Sharia compliant. The Milestone Capital PCC programme, founded in 2009, helps banks to raise funds from...

About Bank Leumi Headquartered in Israel, Bank Leumi was founded in 1902 as the Anglo Palestine Company, a subsidiary of the Jewish Colonial Trust. This trust was founded by members of the Zionist movement in an effort to promote the infrastructure...