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Loan accounts There is a distinct line of authority which indicates that where one of the accounts is a loan account then the bank cannot exercise its rights to combine accounts (Obed Tashabya v DFCU Bank). Most of the authorities relating to this are older cases, [9] but the rule was applied more recently in Fraser v Oystertec plc [2006] 1 ...
Under the Bank of England Act 1998 section 1, the bank's executive body, the "Court of Directors" is "appointed by Her Majesty", which in effect is the prime minister. [7] This includes the Governor of the Bank of England (currently Andrew Bailey) and up to 14 directors in total (currently there are 12, 9 men and 3 women [8]). [9]
The Banking Act 2009 (c. 1) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that entered into force in part on the 21 February 2009 in order, amongst other things, to replace the Banking (Special Provisions) Act 2008.
Tournier v National Provincial and Union Bank of England [1924] 1 KB 461 was a landmark legal case in the United Kingdom.The lead decision was given by Bankes LJ.. It established the conditions under which banks owed confidentiality to their clients, allowing four circumstances wherein banks were not required to guard privacy: where compelled by (1) law, (2) public duty, (3) the interest of ...
Sealing of the Bank of England Charter (1694), by Lady Jane Lindsay, 1905. The royal charter of the Bank of England was granted on 27 July 1694, three months after the passing of the Act. [citation needed] In the end the £1.2 million was raised in 12 days; 1,268 people subscribed.
The Bank of England Acts 1694 to 1892 is the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Bank of England Act 1694 (5 & 6 Will. & Mar. c. 20) The Bank of England Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 20) The Bank of England Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 7) The Bank of England Act 1709 (8 Ann. c. 1) The Bank of England Act 1716 (3 Geo. 1. c. 8) The Bank of ...
Bank Act of 1844. The Bank Charter Act 1844 (7 & 8 Vict. c. 32), sometimes referred to as the Peel Banking Act of 1844, was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed under the government of Robert Peel, which restricted the powers of British banks and gave exclusive note-issuing powers to the central Bank of England.
Landmark developments include the inception of U.S. federal banking supervision with the establishment of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in 1862; the creation of the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as the first major deposit guarantee and bank resolution authority in 1934; the creation of the Belgian Banking Commission ...