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  2. Standard Bank - Wikipedia

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    54,767 (2016) Website. www .standardbank .com. Standard Bank Group Limited [2] is a major South African bank and financial services group. It is Africa 's biggest lender by assets. [3] The company's corporate headquarters, Standard Bank Centre, is situated in Simmonds Street, Johannesburg.

  3. List of banks in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    UK banking brands owned by foreign banks. Allied Irish Bank (GB) and First Trust Bank, owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland. Al Rayan Bank, owned by Masraf Al Rayan of Qatar. Axis Bank UK, owned by Axis Bank of India. Bank of Ceylon (UK), owned by Bank of Ceylon of Sri Lanka.

  4. Online banking - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Online banking, also known as internet banking, virtual banking, web banking or home banking, is a system that enables customers of a bank or other financial institution to conduct a range of financial transactions through the financial institution's website or mobile app. Since the early 2000s this has become the most common way that ...

  5. DBS Bank - Wikipedia

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    Chairman Peter Seah announced that a special board committee had been set up to investigate the incident and that external experts would be brought in to assist the bank. On 5 May 2023, DBS's online banking and payment services, as well as its ATM services, were disrupted from about noon until about 3.10pm.

  6. Financial institution - Wikipedia

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    A financial institution, sometimes called a banking institution, is a business entity that provides service as an intermediary for different types of financial monetary transactions. Broadly speaking, there are three major types of financial institution: [1] [2] Investment institution – investment bank, underwriter, and other different types ...

  7. Banking in India - Wikipedia

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    The Reserve Bank of India, India's central banking authority, was established in April 1935, but was nationalized on 1 January 1949 under the terms of the Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948 (RBI, 2005b). [31] In 1949, the Banking Regulation Act was enacted, which empowered the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to regulate ...

  8. Standard Chartered - Wikipedia

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    Standard Chartered PLC is a British multinational bank with operations in consumer, corporate and institutional banking, and treasury services. Despite being headquartered in the United Kingdom, it does not conduct retail banking in the UK, and around 90% of its profits come from Asia, Africa, and the Middle East .

  9. History of banking - Wikipedia

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    The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...