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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]
National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company, [3] [4] trading as NatWest, [5] is a major retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom based in London, England. It was established in 1968 by the merger of National Provincial Bank and Westminster Bank.
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.
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.
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 Royal Bank of Scotland International, trading as NatWest International, RBS International, Coutts Crown Dependencies and Isle of Man Bank, is the offshore banking arm of NatWest Group. It provides a range of services to personal, business, commercial, corporate and financial intermediary customers from its base in the Channel Islands.
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 ...
In 1904, the bank moved to its current premises at 440, The Strand. In 1914, Coutts took over the bank of Robarts, Lubbock & Co. in the city, obtaining a branch office and a clearing house seat in the process. In 1919, Coutts merged with the National Provincial & Union Bank of England but retaining the Coutts & Co. name and board of directors.