Five London Banks Gain Control of British Banking
Five major London banks Barclay's Lloyd's Midland Westminster and National Provincial are rapidly expanding influence from their City offices. They operate about 800 branches in London and 6,450 in Great Britain, targeting small depositors with $5 accounts.
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National banks total billions across banking system
The latest figures show national banks amounting to 18,347,837,000 with 1,608 savings banks holding 8,489,855,000 in the larger banks that make up the sector.
London private banks fall to five great institutions
The piece notes the five big banks now dominate, with New York Clearing House deposits reaching 5.2 billion and total deposits in the five banks at 7.49 billion. Coxs Bank is cited as the latest historic London lender absorbed, and the Bank of England holds 558.8 million with ten branches.
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