Barclays Bank (Dominion Colonial & Overseas)
Other Business Names:
- Colonial Bank
- Anglo Egyptian Bank Ltd
- National Bank of South Africa
- Barclays Bank International Ltd
- Barclays Bank (DCO)
- Barclays Bank
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Egypt
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- South Africa
- West Indies
Sectors:
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Financial services
International banking services
Notes:
Established by Barclays Bank Ltd in 1925 in order to merge its overseas banking interests developed through acquistion of Colonial Bank, Anglo Egyptian Bank Ltd and National Bank of South Africa. By late 1930s, largest British owned overseas bank. 1954 renamed Barclays Bank (DCO). Early 1970s absorbed into Barclays Group, trading as Barclays Bank International Ltd which in 1984 was completely merged with Barclays' domestic banking operations
Publications:
- Accounting and control in Barclays Bank (DCO). The lending to Africa episode by Uche, Chibuike Ugochukwu
- Bank in Battledress; being the story of Barclays Bank (DCO) during the Second World War by Unknown
- Banking Centenary. Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Overseas), 1836-1936 by Unknown
- Barclays and South Africa by Bailey, Martin
- Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 1926-1962 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- Barclays Bank Ltd, 1926-1969. Some recollections by Tuke, Anthony W, & Richard J H Gillman
- Barclays. The business of banking, 1690-1996 by Ackrill, Margaret, & Leslie Hannah
- British Multinational Banking, 1830-1990 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Business of decolonization. British business strategies in the Gold Coast by Stockwell, Sarah
- Collusion and competition in colonial economies. Banking in British West Africa, 1916-60 by Austin, Gareth, & Chibuike U Uche
- Competition between Barclays Bank (DCO) and the Canadian banks in the West Indies, 1926-45 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- DCO Story. A history of banking in many countries, 1925-1971 by Crossley, Julian, & John Blandford
- Decolonizing Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanization in Nigeria, 1945-69 by Decker, Stephanie
- Depression to Decolonization. Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 1926-1962 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- 'From the Anglo Egyptian Bank to Barclays (DCO). A century of overseas banking' in M Davids et al (eds), Proceedings of the Conference on Business History by Saul, Samir
- Global banks and Latin American dictators, 1974-1982 by Altamura, Carlo E
- ‘Cultivating the African’. Barclays DCO and the decolonisation of business strategy in Kenya, 1950-78 by Morris, James
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Colonial Bank
- Anglo Egyptian Bank Ltd
- National Bank of South Africa
- Barclays Bank International Ltd
- Barclays Bank (DCO)
- Barclays Bank
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Egypt
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- South Africa
- West Indies
Sectors:
- Financial services International banking services
Notes:
Established by Barclays Bank Ltd in 1925 in order to merge its overseas banking interests developed through acquistion of Colonial Bank, Anglo Egyptian Bank Ltd and National Bank of South Africa. By late 1930s, largest British owned overseas bank. 1954 renamed Barclays Bank (DCO). Early 1970s absorbed into Barclays Group, trading as Barclays Bank International Ltd which in 1984 was completely merged with Barclays' domestic banking operationsPublications:
- Accounting and control in Barclays Bank (DCO). The lending to Africa episode by Uche, Chibuike Ugochukwu
- Bank in Battledress; being the story of Barclays Bank (DCO) during the Second World War by Unknown
- Banking Centenary. Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Overseas), 1836-1936 by Unknown
- Barclays and South Africa by Bailey, Martin
- Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 1926-1962 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- Barclays Bank Ltd, 1926-1969. Some recollections by Tuke, Anthony W, & Richard J H Gillman
- Barclays. The business of banking, 1690-1996 by Ackrill, Margaret, & Leslie Hannah
- British Multinational Banking, 1830-1990 by Jones, Geoffrey
- Business of decolonization. British business strategies in the Gold Coast by Stockwell, Sarah
- Collusion and competition in colonial economies. Banking in British West Africa, 1916-60 by Austin, Gareth, & Chibuike U Uche
- Competition between Barclays Bank (DCO) and the Canadian banks in the West Indies, 1926-45 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- DCO Story. A history of banking in many countries, 1925-1971 by Crossley, Julian, & John Blandford
- Decolonizing Barclays Bank DCO? Corporate Africanization in Nigeria, 1945-69 by Decker, Stephanie
- Depression to Decolonization. Barclays Bank (DCO) in the West Indies, 1926-1962 by Monteith, Kathleen E A
- 'From the Anglo Egyptian Bank to Barclays (DCO). A century of overseas banking' in M Davids et al (eds), Proceedings of the Conference on Business History by Saul, Samir
- Global banks and Latin American dictators, 1974-1982 by Altamura, Carlo E
- ‘Cultivating the African’. Barclays DCO and the decolonisation of business strategy in Kenya, 1950-78 by Morris, James