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The table shows the main independent British retail banks, in order of market capitalization. The list is quite short as British banking has been highly consolidated since the early 20th century. Unlike some other major economies, the UK does not have a major stratum of independent local banks. The list shrank further during 2008: Northern Rock was nationalized by the UK Government, followed by Bradford & Bingley; Alliance & Leicester was acquired by Santander, who own Abbey; Lloyds TSB plc announced, on 18 September 2008, a confirmed agreement to take over HBOS plc[1][2][3].
| Bank | Headquarters | Market value (£bn) As of 24 February 2011 |
Assets (£bn) As of 31 December 2008 |
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| HSBC | Canary Wharf | 122.4[4] | 1,736 |
| Royal Bank of Scotland Group† | Edinburgh | 49.9[5] | 2,508 |
| Lloyds Banking Group†† | City of London | 44.3[6] | 1,195 |
| Barclays | Canary Wharf | 38.3[7] | 2,320 |
| Standard Chartered | City of London | 37.1[8] | 299 |
Note: Market capitalisation listed as of 24 February 2011. Assets listed as of 31 December 2008,[9][10]
The retail and commercial banking markets are dominated by Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland Group and Spanish-owned Santander (most of these companies operate more than one banking brand in the UK). The fifth major UK-based bank, Standard Chartered, operates primarily in Asia and Africa.
There are a number of banking businesses owned by retail groups, such as:
There are a small number of independent specialist or local banks. A full list is maintained by the FSA http://www.fsa.gov.uk/pubs/list_banks/2012/mar12.pdf this link is to the March 2012 version, the file name changes which each monthly revision and the directory with each calendar year.
Many of these are just a small fraction of the size of the smallest of the banks in the table above. These include: Airdrie Savings Bank, Aldermore, Arbuthnot Latham, C. Hoare & Co, CAF Bank (a bank for charities provided by Charities Aid Foundation), Charity Bank (a bank which is also a charity and supports other charities), Close Brothers Group, Duncan Lawrie Bank, Julian Hodge Bank, N M Rothschild & Sons, Raphaels Bank, Secure Trust Bank, Unity Trust Bank (a bank supporting social enterprise). There is also a government-run savings bank called National Savings and Investments.
The other main class of consumer financial service organisation in the United Kingdom is the building society, but the building society sector is much smaller than it used to be as many major building societies demutualised in the 1980s and 1990s and there has also been ongoing consolidation via mergers between societies. Halifax (now part of Lloyds Banking Group)and Abbey (now owned by Santander) were the two largest building societies. The remaining building societies which demutualised have all subsequently lost their independence, either through nationalisation or acquisition by other banks. See Building society for a list of the remaining building societies. Out of the remaining building societies, only Nationwide would be large enough to appear in the above table if it were a bank.
The banks run by the Government are;
National Savings And Investments (NS&I) Northern Rock
Bradford and Bingley
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