British Multinational Banking, 1830-1990

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Seminal history of multinational banking by British owned banks from its beginning in 1830. Chapters are: British multinational banking in perspective'; 'Foundations, markets and strategies; 'Crisis and expansion'; 'Banks and governments'; 'War and depression'; 'Banking strategies in the interwar years';'British government, the Bank of England and multinational banking'; 'Grand designs'; 'Banking strategies in the post war world'; 'Rise and fall of globalisation'. Extensive appendices provide a mass of financial data and other information about each of c25 banks. They include 'Corporate biographies' being short historical sketches re individual British international banks [pp403-13]; 'British multinational banks. Total assets, market capitalization and foreign branches and affiliates' as per bank for bench mark years 1860, 1890, 1913, 1928, 1938, 1955, 1970 and 1990 [pp391-402]; 'Geographical distribution of branches of British multinational banks, 1860-1970'; 'Performance, profitability and worth of a sample of British multinational banks, 1890-1975' x 24 banks [pp418-88]. The banks are: Anglo Egyptian Bank; Bank of Australasia; Australia & New Zealand Bank [ANZ]; Bank of British North America; Bank of British West Africa; Bank of Mauritius; Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial & Overseas); Chartered Bank of India, Australia & China; Colonial Bank; Eastern Bank; English, Scottish & Australian Bank; Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp; Imperial Bank of Persia and British Bank of the Middle East; Ionian Bank; Lloyds & National Provincial Foreign Bank; London & Brazilian Bank; London Tarapaca Bank and Anglo South American Bank; London & River Plate Bank; Bank of London & South America [BOLSA]; Mercantile Bank; National Bank of India and National & Grindlays Bank; National Bank of New Zealand; P&O Banking Corp; Standard Bank of South Africa; Standard Chartered Bank