United Dominions Trust Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Continental Guaranty Corp
- Continental Guaranty Corp Ltd
- Commercial Investment Trust
- Bank of England
- TSB Bank
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Financial services
Credit, hire purchase, leasing, etc, services
Notes:
Hire purchase and finance company established in 1919 as the London subsidiary of Continental Guaranty Corp, New York. J Gibson Jarvie was important in its foundation and early management. Specialised in motor car finance, especially USA exports. Incorporated 1922 as Continental Guaranty Corp Ltd. 1923 sold to British investors. 1925 renamed United Dominion Trust Ltd. 1926 acquired by Commercial Investment Trust, New York, but bought back by UK investors, 1928-29. 1930 Bank of England acquired a substantial interest which was sold in late 1930s. 1934 established Credit for Industry Ltd to finance small businesses. c1950 acquired London Produce House Ltd. Damaged by the Secondary Banking Crisis of 1970s and in 1987 acquired by TSB Bank
Publications:
- Bank of England, industrial regeneration and hire purchase between the wars by Bowden, Sue, & Michael Collins
- Competition and collusion in the finance sector in the postwar period by Bowden, Sue
- Credit for the Canning Industry by Unknown
- History and Development of United Dominions Trust Ltd by Unknown
- Jealous monopolists? British banks and responses to the MacMillan Gap during the 1930s by Scott, Peter, & Lucy A Newton
- Secondary Banking Crisis, 1973-75. Its causes and course by Reid, Margaret
- 'United Dominions Trust' in R Nelson with D Clutterbuck (eds), Turnaround. How twenty well known companies came back from the brink by McCrickard, Don
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Continental Guaranty Corp
- Continental Guaranty Corp Ltd
- Commercial Investment Trust
- Bank of England
- TSB Bank
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Financial services Credit, hire purchase, leasing, etc, services
Notes:
Hire purchase and finance company established in 1919 as the London subsidiary of Continental Guaranty Corp, New York. J Gibson Jarvie was important in its foundation and early management. Specialised in motor car finance, especially USA exports. Incorporated 1922 as Continental Guaranty Corp Ltd. 1923 sold to British investors. 1925 renamed United Dominion Trust Ltd. 1926 acquired by Commercial Investment Trust, New York, but bought back by UK investors, 1928-29. 1930 Bank of England acquired a substantial interest which was sold in late 1930s. 1934 established Credit for Industry Ltd to finance small businesses. c1950 acquired London Produce House Ltd. Damaged by the Secondary Banking Crisis of 1970s and in 1987 acquired by TSB BankPublications:
- Bank of England, industrial regeneration and hire purchase between the wars by Bowden, Sue, & Michael Collins
- Competition and collusion in the finance sector in the postwar period by Bowden, Sue
- Credit for the Canning Industry by Unknown
- History and Development of United Dominions Trust Ltd by Unknown
- Jealous monopolists? British banks and responses to the MacMillan Gap during the 1930s by Scott, Peter, & Lucy A Newton
- Secondary Banking Crisis, 1973-75. Its causes and course by Reid, Margaret
- 'United Dominions Trust' in R Nelson with D Clutterbuck (eds), Turnaround. How twenty well known companies came back from the brink by McCrickard, Don