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Website. www .pnbindia .in. Punjab National Bank (abbreviated as PNB) is an Indian government public sector bank based in New Delhi. [5] It was founded in May 1894 and is the second-largest public sector bank in India in terms of its business volumes, with over 180 million customers, 12,248 branches, and 13,000+ ATMs.
Jan van Riebeeck, first Commander of the Dutch East India Company colony Groot Constantia, the oldest wine estate in South Africa, was founded in 1685 by Simon van der Stel. The South African wine industry (New World wine) is among the lasting legacy of the VOC era. The recorded economic history of South Africa began with the VOC period.
BNP Paribas (sometimes referred to as BNPP or BNP) is a multinational universal bank and financial services holding company headquartered in Paris. It was founded in 2000 from the merger of two of France's foremost financial institutions, Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) and Paribas. [5] It also incorporates many other major institutions from ...
The Philippine National Bank ( PNB, Filipino: Bangko Nasyonal ng Pilipinas; [3] Spanish: Banco Nacional Filipino; [4] Hokkien Chinese: 菲律賓國家銀行; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hui-li̍p-pin Kok-ka Gûn-hâng) is one of the largest banks in the Philippines. It was established by the Philippine government on July 22, 1916, during the American Era .
The FirstRand Group was established in 1998, by the merger of First National Bank of South Africa, Rand Merchant Bank and Momentum Insurance & Asset Management. FirstRand is listed as a "locally controlled bank" by the South African Reserve Bank , the national banking regulator. [8]
Orania. / 29.817°S 24.400°E / -29.817; 24.400. Orania ( Afrikaans pronunciation: [ʊəˈrɑːnia]) is an Afrikaner nationalist, [3] [4] South African town founded by Afrikaners. [5] It is located along the Orange River in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape province. [6]
FNB stadium is a multi-purpose venue and hosted its first rugby union match in 2010, the Tri Nations match between South Africa and New Zealand, won by the latter. The attendance was 94,713 which is listed as the third highest rugby attendance ever in the Southern Hemisphere and a record attendance for the redeveloped stadium, until it was ...
However, the Treaty of Vereeniging established the framework of South African limited independence as the Union of South Africa. British colonization [ edit ] At the tip of the continent, the British found an established colony with 25,000 slaves, 20,000 white colonists, 15,000 Khoisan, and 1,000 freed black slaves.