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announced that it would re-establish the Bank of Wales as a savings provider. Its savings products were only available through a selected panel of life assurance companies. As of June 2021, these products are no longer available.
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in 1986 and ceased trading under the Welsh brand in 2002. It is now a trading name used by Bank of Scotland plc, a subsidiary of
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From the outset Sir Julian Hodge wanted the company to be called the Bank of Wales, but the compromise title
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in 1971. The company provided commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses in Wales.
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in December 1986. By the year 2000 it had seven regional offices and assets of over £460 million.
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in 1986 and ceased trading under the Welsh brand in 2002. In 2009
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Private
Finance
Financial services
Parent
Lloyds Banking Group
www.bankofwales.co.uk
Welsh
Bank of Scotland plc
Lloyds Banking Group
Sir Julian Hodge
Welsh
Bank of England
central bank
St Mary Street
Welsh Development Agency
Bank of Scotland
Geraint Talfan Davies
Institute of Welsh Affairs
banking crisis
Lloyds Banking Group
Banks portal
Julian Hodge Bank
Sir Alun Talfan Davies
Viscount Tonypandy

James Callaghan
prime minister
United Kingdom

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