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  2. Bank of England - Wikipedia

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    As provincial banking companies merged to form larger banks, they lost their right to issue notes, and the English private banknote eventually disappeared, leaving the bank with a monopoly of note issues in England and Wales. The last private bank to issue its own banknotes in England and Wales was Fox, Fowler and Company in 1921. [118]

  3. List of banks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. The Big Four ... England: EFG Private Bank Limited EFG International: Switzerland: Europe Arab Bank plc

  4. United Kingdom banking law - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England acts as the UK's central bank, influencing interest rates paid by private banks, to achieve targets in inflation, growth and employment.. The Bank of England was originally established as a corporation with private shareholders under the Bank of England Act 1694, [1] to raise money for war with Louis XIV, King of France.

  5. Bank of England Act 1946 - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6.c. 27) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which came into force on 14 February 1946. The act brought all of the stock of the Bank of England into public ownership on the "appointed date" (1 March 1946).

  6. List of oldest banks in continuous operation - Wikipedia

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    Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena is today a large Italian retail bank, while Berenberg Bank is primarily involved in investment banking and private banking for wealthy customers; in any event Berenberg Bank is the world's oldest merchant bank or investment bank. The world's oldest central bank is the Sveriges Riksbank, which was founded in 1668.

  7. United Kingdom enterprise law - Wikipedia

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    The Bank of England acts as the UK's central bank, influencing interest rates paid by private banks, to achieve targets in inflation, growth and employment. The Bank of England provides finance and support to, and may influence interest rates of the private banks through monetary policy.

  8. Bank for International Settlements - Wikipedia

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    BIS shares traded on stock markets, which made the bank an unusual organization: an international organization (in the technical sense of public international law), yet allowed for private shareholders. Many central banks had similarly started as such private institutions; for example, the Bank of England was privately owned until 1946.

  9. Brown Shipley - Wikipedia

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    Brown Shipley is a member of Quintet Private Bank. It is headquartered in London's Moorgate, behind the Bank of England. Brown Shipley offers wealth planning, investment management and lending services for private, corporate and institutional clients. Effective January 2022, the CEO is Calum Brewster. [1]