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The National Westminster Bank, Castle Street, Liverpool, England is a Grade II* listed building. [1] A typical 19th-century bank building of early renaissance style with closely spaced classically styled windows and a heavily moulded cornice. It was built between 1898 and 1901 for Parr's Bank, having been designed by Richard Norman Shaw. [2]
In 2016, area code 614 was overlaid with 380 in the Columbus/Central Ohio area for the same reason. In 2020, 326 was added as an all services overlay for 937. Area code 283 was added as an overlay for 513 on April 28, 2023. [2] [3] Area code 436 went into service on March 1, 2024, as an overlay of 440. [4]
These banks provide retail services to the general public. Retail banks are usually known as High street banks as they traditionally had multiple branch locations in the cities and towns across the UK. However 40% of branches closed between 2012 and 2022 . [8] Four British retail banks have never had a physical branch presence.
A new overlay area code, 437, started operation on March 25, 2013. [6] [7] That effectively allocates 24 million numbers to a city of 2.5 million people. Area code 942 is scheduled for addition to the 416/647/437 overlay on April 26, 2025. [8] Area code 387 has been reserved for Toronto's future use.
As promised, branches were opened in a number of local towns, not forgetting the important branch in Liverpool, thereby justifying the bank’s lengthy title; by 1833 there were 17 branches. Acquisitions reinforced the branch openings, the first being in 1844 – the Nantwich and Cheshire Bank, founded five years earlier
In 1978, the National Bank of North America's 141 branches were acquired by National Westminster Bank Ltd. for US$429 million. [3] A Delaware-registered holding company, NatWest Holdings, Inc., was formed to facilitate the purchase and, by 1986, net income had more than tripled to US$54.5 million. [ 4 ]
The Canadian operation provided domestic and international banking services through its branches in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary and Vancouver. It was chartered in 1982 and acquired by Hongkong Bank of Canada, a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings, pursuant to statutory amalgamation agreements in 1998. [1] At the time, net assets were CAN$107m. [2]
Child & Co (a branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland), part of NatWest Group; Coutts & Co (a subsidiary of National Westminster Bank), part of NatWest Group; Deutsche Bank; Drummonds Bank (a branch of The Royal Bank of Scotland), part of NatWest Group; Duncan Lawrie; First Trust Bank, part of Allied Irish Banks; Habib Bank AG Zurich; ICICI Bank ...