Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions
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Commonwealth banknote-issuing institutions also British Empire Paper Currency Issuers comprises a list of public, private, state-owned banks and other government bodies and Currency Boards who issued legal tender: banknote
Banknote
A banknote is a kind of negotiable instrument, a promissory note made by a bank payable to the bearer on demand, used as money, and in many jurisdictions is legal tender. In addition to coins, banknotes make up the cash or bearer forms of all modern fiat money...

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Cape of Good Hope
Cape of Good Hope
The Cape of Good Hope is a rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa.There is a misconception that the Cape of Good Hope is the southern tip of Africa, because it was once believed to be the dividing point between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. In fact, the...

  • African Banking Corporation
    African Banking Corporation
    African Banking Corporation was a British Overseas Bank, that is, it had a headquarters in London but all its branches were overseas. Unusually, it was a consortium bank , rather than being owned by individuals...

  • Agricultural Bank of Queenstown
  • The Bank of Africa Limited
  • Bank of South Africa
  • Beaufort Bank
  • Cape Commercial Bank
  • Cape of Good Hope Bank (First)
  • Cape of Good Hope Bank (Second)
  • Colesburg Bank
  • Commercial Bank of Port Elizabeth
  • Fort Beaufort and Victoria Bank
  • Frontier Commercial and Agricultural Bank
  • George Divisional Bank
  • Graaf Reinet Bank
  • London and South African Bank
  • Malmesbury Agricultural and Commercial Bank
  • Montagu Bank
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Oriental Bank Corporation
    Oriental Bank Corporation
    The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....

  • Paarl Bank
  • Port Elizabeth Bank
  • Queenstown Bank
  • Somerset East Bank
  • South African Bank
  • South African Central Bank
  • The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
  • Stellenbosch Bank
  • Stellenbosch District Bank
  • Swellendam Bank
  • Wellington Bank
  • Western Province Bank
  • Worcester Commercial Bank

Cape Province
Cape Province
The Province of the Cape of Good Hope was a province in the Union of South Africa and subsequently the Republic of South Africa...

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • The Bank of Africa Limited
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony
Lagos Colony was a British colonial possession centered on the port of Lagos in what is now southern Nigeria. Lagos was annexed on 6 August 1861 and declared a colony on 5 March 1862....

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • The Bank of British West Africa Limited

Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...

  • Bank of Mauritius
    Bank of Mauritius
    The Bank of Mauritius is the central bank of the Republic of Mauritius. It was established in September 1967 as the central bank of Mauritius. It was modelled on the Bank of England and was, in effect, set up with the assistance of senior officers of the Bank of England.Amongst its...

  • Colonial Bank of Mauritius Bourbon and Dependencies
  • Mauritius Bank
  • Mauritius Commercial Bank
    Mauritius Commercial Bank
    Mauritius Commercial Bank , founded in 1838, is the oldest and largest banking institution of Mauritius. It is also the oldest banking institution south of the Sahara and one of the oldest banks of the Commonwealth to have preserved its original name...

  • The Oriental Bank Corporation
    Oriental Bank Corporation
    The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....


Natal
Colony of Natal
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on May 4, 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its...

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • The Bank of Africa Limited
  • Colonial Bank of Natal
  • Commercial and Agricultural Bank of Natal
  • Durban Bank
  • London and Natal Bank Limited
  • Natal Bank Limited
  • The Natal Bank Limited
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Oriental Bank Corporation
    Oriental Bank Corporation
    The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....

  • The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Orange Free State
Orange Free State
The Orange Free State was an independent Boer republic in southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, and later a British colony and a province of the Union of South Africa. It is the historical precursor to the present-day Free State province...

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • Bank of Africa Limited
  • Bloemfontein Bank
  • Fauresmith Bank
  • The Government of the Orange Free State
  • The National Bank of the Orange Free State Limited
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Orange River Colony
Orange River Colony
The Orange River Colony was the British colony created after this nation first occupied and then annexed the independent Orange Free State in the Second Boer War...

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • Bank of Africa Limited
  • The National Bank of the Orange River Colony Limited
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Rhodesia
Rhodesia
Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

  • African Banking Corporation Limited
  • Bank of Africa Limited
  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • Reserve Bank of Rhodesia
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

  • Central Bank of Seychelles
    Central Bank of Seychelles
    The Central Bank of Seychelles is the central bank of the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles. The offices of the bank are located in Victoria, the nation's capital, with the Governor of the bank being Mr. Pierre Laporte and Ms...

  • Government of Seychelles
  • Republic of Seychelles
  • Seychelles Monetary Authority

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone , officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea to the north and east, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and southwest. Sierra Leone covers a total area of and has an estimated population between 5.4 and 6.4...

  • Bank of Sierra Leone
    Bank of Sierra Leone
    The Bank of Sierra Leone is the central bank of Sierra Leone. It issues the country's currency, known as the Leone. The bank formulates and implements monetary policy, including foreign exchange....

  • Charles Heddle, Freetown
    Freetown
    Freetown is the capital and largest city of Sierra Leone, a country in West Africa. It is a major port city on the Atlantic Ocean located in the Western Area of the country, and had a city proper population of 772,873 at the 2004 census. The city is the economic, financial, and cultural center of...

  • Commercial Bank of Sierra Leone

South African Republic
South African Republic
The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...

  • Cape Commercial Bank
  • Cape of Good Hope Bank Limited
  • The Government of the South African Republic
  • The Netherlands Bank of South Africa
  • The Netherlands Bank and Credit Union of South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of British South Africa Limited
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

South West Africa
South West Africa
South-West Africa was the name that was used for the modern day Republic of Namibia during the earlier eras when the territory was controlled by the German Empire and later by South Africa....

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited
  • Swakopmund Bookshop
  • Volkskas Limited
    Volkskas Limited
    Volkskas was a South African bank founded in 1934 as a cooperative loan bank, becoming a commercial bank in 1941. In 1991, by which time it had become South Africa's largest Afrikaner bank, Volkskas merged with United Bank, Allied Bank and Trust Bank to form Amalgamated Banks of South Africa.The...


Transvaal

  • African Banking Corporation
    African Banking Corporation
    African Banking Corporation was a British Overseas Bank, that is, it had a headquarters in London but all its branches were overseas. Unusually, it was a consortium bank , rather than being owned by individuals...

  • Bank of Africa Limited
  • Natal Bank Limited
  • The National Bank of South Africa Limited
  • The Netherlands Bank of South Africa
  • The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited

Antigua
Antigua
Antigua , also known as Waladli, is an island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean region, the main island of the country of Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua means "ancient" in Spanish and was named by Christopher Columbus after an icon in Seville Cathedral, Santa Maria de la...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


Bahamas

  • The Bahamas Government
  • The Bank of Nassau
  • The Central Bank of The Bahamas
    Central Bank of The Bahamas
    The Central Bank of The Bahamas is the central bank of The Bahamas, established on 1st June 1974-External links:*...

  • The Public Treasury, Nassau
    Nassau, Bahamas
    Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...


Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • The Canadian Bank of Commerce
    Canadian Bank of Commerce
    The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank cofounded in 1867 by William McMaster. The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened in Toronto with a charter in 1866 that it purchased from the defunct Bank of Canada, which folded in 1858....

  • Central Bank of Barbados
    Central Bank of Barbados
    The Central Bank of Barbados is the national monetary authority responsible for providing advice to government of Barbados on banking and other financial and monetary matters. The Central Bank of Barbados, was established by Act of parliament on 2 May 1972...

  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • The Government of Barbados
    Government of Barbados
    Government of Barbados consists of: The Monarch, HM Queen Elizabeth II ; The Prime Minister, The Hon. Freundel Stuart, and his Cabinet; as legislature, divided into two chambers , and an independent judiciary...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)

  • The Currency Board of the British Caribbean Territories (Eastern Group)

Dominica
Dominica
Dominica , officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles region of the Caribbean Sea, south-southeast of Guadeloupe and northwest of Martinique. Its size is and the highest point in the country is Morne Diablotins, which has an elevation of . The Commonwealth...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is the monetary authority of a group of six independent Caribbean nations namely:* Antigua and Barbuda,* Grenada,* Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Commonwealth of Dominica,* Saint Lucia,* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


East Caribbean Territories

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority (Issued as both a general issue and by each island).

Grenada
Grenada
Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is the monetary authority of a group of six independent Caribbean nations namely:* Antigua and Barbuda,* Grenada,* Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Commonwealth of Dominica,* Saint Lucia,* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

  • Bank of Jamaica (Trading bank)
  • Bank of Jamaica (Central bank)
  • The Bank of Nova Scotia
  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • The Canadian Bank of Commerce
    Canadian Bank of Commerce
    The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank cofounded in 1867 by William McMaster. The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened in Toronto with a charter in 1866 that it purchased from the defunct Bank of Canada, which folded in 1858....

  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • Island Treasury
  • London and Colonial Bank Limited
  • Planters' Bank
  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...

  • The Bank of British North America
    Bank of British North America
    The Bank of British North America was founded in 1835 in London, England with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Saint John, New Brunswick, Halifax and St. John's, Newfoundland. It also operated agencies in New York City and San Francisco. Like the other Canadian chartered banks, it issued...

  • Commercial Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on Dec 10, 1894.
  • The Government of Newfoundland
  • Union Bank of Newfoundland suspended operations on Dec 10, 1894.

Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts
Saint Kitts Saint Kitts Saint Kitts (also known more formally as Saint Christopher Island (Saint-Christophe in French) is an island in the West Indies. The west side of the island borders the Caribbean Sea, and the eastern coast faces the Atlantic Ocean...

 (Saint Christopher
Saint Christopher
.Saint Christopher is a saint venerated by Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, listed as a martyr killed in the reign of the 3rd century Roman Emperor Decius or alternatively under the Roman Emperor Maximinus II Dacian...

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  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is the monetary authority of a group of six independent Caribbean nations namely:* Antigua and Barbuda,* Grenada,* Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Commonwealth of Dominica,* Saint Lucia,* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...


Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is the monetary authority of a group of six independent Caribbean nations namely:* Antigua and Barbuda,* Grenada,* Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Commonwealth of Dominica,* Saint Lucia,* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island country in the Lesser Antilles chain, namely in the southern portion of the Windward Islands, which lie at the southern end of the eastern border of the Caribbean Sea where the latter meets the Atlantic Ocean....

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • East Caribbean Currency Authority
  • Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
    The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank is the monetary authority of a group of six independent Caribbean nations namely:* Antigua and Barbuda,* Grenada,* Saint Kitts and Nevis,* Commonwealth of Dominica,* Saint Lucia,* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,...


Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...

  • Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas)
  • The Canadian Bank of Commerce
    Canadian Bank of Commerce
    The Canadian Bank of Commerce was a Canadian bank cofounded in 1867 by William McMaster. The Canadian Bank of Commerce opened in Toronto with a charter in 1866 that it purchased from the defunct Bank of Canada, which folded in 1858....

  • Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank
    Colonial Bank, formerly a subsidiary of Colonial Bancgroup Inc., was headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama. Colonial Bank had 346 branches in the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Nevada and Texas. Colonial's assets had grown from $166 million in 1981 to $26 billion. This growth can be attributed...

  • The Royal Bank of Canada
    Royal Bank of Canada
    The Royal Bank of Canada or RBC Financial Group is the largest financial institution in Canada, as measured by deposits, revenues, and market capitalization. The bank serves seventeen million clients and has 80,100 employees worldwide. The company corporate headquarters are located in Toronto,...

  • The Union Bank of Halifax
    Union Bank of Halifax
    The Union Bank of Halifax was granted a charter by the government of Canada in 1856 and established its head office at the corner of Hollis and Prince Streets in the port city of Halifax, Nova Scotia....

  • West India Bank

Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago is an archipelagic state in the southern Caribbean, lying just off the coast of northeastern Venezuela and south of Grenada in the Lesser Antilles...

  • Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
    Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
    The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is the central bank of Trinidad and Tobago.The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is located in the Eric Williams Financial Complex. The complex consists of the central bank auditorium and two sky-scrapers, locally known as the twin towers...

  • The Government of Trinidad and Tobago

Bengal Presidency
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency originally comprising east and west Bengal, was a colonial region of the British Empire in South-Asia and beyond it. It comprised areas which are now within Bangladesh, and the present day Indian States of West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Meghalaya, Orissa and Tripura.Penang and...

  • Bank of Bengal
  • Bank of Hindostan
  • Calcutta Bank
  • Commercial Bank
    Commercial bank
    After the implementation of the Glass–Steagall Act, the U.S. Congress required that banks engage only in banking activities, whereas investment banks were limited to capital market activities. As the two no longer have to be under separate ownership under U.S...

  • Union Bank
    Union Bank
    Union Bank was established in 1991 and had its headquarters in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Prior to the merger with Standard Chartered Bank , it was Pakistan's eighth largest bank and had 65 branches in some 22 cities, about US$2 billion in assets, and about 400,000 customers.In 2006, Standard...


British North Borneo

  • The British North Borneo Company
    British North Borneo Company
    The North Borneo Chartered Company or British North Borneo Company was a chartered company assigned to administer North Borneo in August 1881. North Borneo became a protectorate of the British Empire with internal affairs administered by the company until 1946 when it became the colony of British...

  • The Darvel Bay (Borneo) Tobacco Plantations Limited

Burma

  • The Burma Currency Board
  • The Government of India
    Government of India
    The Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...

  • The Military Administration of Burma

Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

  • The Agra and United Service Bank Limited
  • The Asiatic Banking Corporation
  • The Bank of China
    Bank of China
    Bank of China Limited is one of the big four state-owned commercial banks of the People's Republic of China. It was founded in 1912 by the Government of the Republic of China, to replace the Government Bank of Imperial China. It is the oldest bank in China...

  • The Bank of Hindustan, China and Japan
  • The Chartered Bank
  • The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
    Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
    The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was a bank founded in London in 1851/1853 by Scotsman James Wilson following the grant of a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. It opened its first branches in 1858 in Calcutta and Bombay and then in 1863 in Karachi and Shanghai...

  • The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
  • The Government of Hongkong
  • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is a prominent bank established and based in Hong Kong since 1865 when Hong Kong was a colony of the British Empire. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group and since 1990 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc...

  • The Mercantile Bank of India Limited
  • The Mercantile Bank Limited
  • The National Bank of China Limited
  • The Oriental Bank Corporation
    Oriental Bank Corporation
    The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....

  • The Standard Chartered Bank
    Standard Chartered Bank
    Standard Chartered PLC is a multinational financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom with operations in more than seventy countries...


Malaya and British Borneo

  • Board of Commissioners of Currency Malaya and British Borneo

Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

  • Board of Commissioners of Currency Singapore
  • Monetary Authority of Singapore
    Monetary Authority of Singapore
    The Monetary Authority of Singapore is Singapore's central bank and financial regulatory authority...


Straits Settlements
Straits Settlements
The Straits Settlements were a group of British territories located in Southeast Asia.Originally established in 1826 as part of the territories controlled by the British East India Company, the Straits Settlements came under direct British control as a crown colony on 1 April 1867...

  • The Asiatic Banking Corporation
  • The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
    Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
    The Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was a bank founded in London in 1851/1853 by Scotsman James Wilson following the grant of a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. It opened its first branches in 1858 in Calcutta and Bombay and then in 1863 in Karachi and Shanghai...

  • The Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China
  • The Government of the Straits Settlements
  • The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
    The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited is a prominent bank established and based in Hong Kong since 1865 when Hong Kong was a colony of the British Empire. It is the founding member of the HSBC Group and since 1990 is now a wholly owned subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc...

  • The New Oriental Bank Corporation Limited
  • North Western Bank of India
  • The Union Bank of Calcutta

Australia

  • Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    Commonwealth Bank of Australia
    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is a multinational bank with businesses across New Zealand, Fiji, Asia, USA and the United Kingdom. Commonwealth Bank provides a variety of financial services including retail, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance,...

  • Reserve Bank of Australia
    Reserve Bank of Australia
    The Reserve Bank of Australia came into being on 14 January 1960 as Australia's central bank and banknote issuing authority, when the Reserve Bank Act 1959 removed the central banking functions from the Commonwealth Bank to it....

  • Hutt River Province Principality
    Hutt River Province Principality
    The Principality of Hutt River, previously known as the Hutt River Province, is the oldest micronation in Australia. The principality claims to be an independent sovereign state having achieved legal status on 21 April 1972, although it remains unrecognized except by other micronations.The...


Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...

  • The Guernsey Banking Company
  • The Guernsey Banking Company Limited
  • Guernsey Commercial Banking Company
  • Guernsey Commercial Banking Company Limited
  • The Southern District Banking Company
  • The States of Guernsey
    States of Guernsey
    The States of Guernsey is the parliament of the island of Guernsey. Some laws and ordinances approved by the States of Guernsey also apply to Alderney and Sark as "Bailiwick-wide legislation" with the consent of the governments of those islands...


Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

  • Central Bank of Ireland
  • Currency Commission Ireland
  • Currency Commission Irish Free State
  • The Munster and Leinster Bank Limited
  • Ulster Bank Ltd

Isle of Man
Isle of Man
The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

  • Castle Rushen
    Castle Rushen
    Castle Rushen is a medieval castle located in the Isle of Man's historic capital, Castletown in the south of the island. It towers over the Market Square to the south-east and the harbour to the north-east...

  • Douglas and Isle of Man Bank (Dumbell's)
  • Douglas and Isle of Man Bank (Holmes')
  • Dumbell's Banking Company Limited
  • Martins Bank Limited
  • Isle of Man Government
    Isle of Man Government
    The Isle of Man Government is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, representing HM Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann...


Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...

  • Bible Christian Church
    Bible Christian Church
    The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O’Bryan, a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall, with the first society, just 22 members, meeting at Lake Farm in Shebbear, Devon.-Early history:...

  • Bible Christian Society
  • The Esplanade
    Esplanade
    An esplanade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The original meaning of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress' guns...

  • International Bank
    International Bank
    International Bank , Limited is a full-service bank based in Liberia. The bank was created when the International Trust Company of Liberia created a commercial banking department in 1960. In 2000 the International Trust Company became the International Bank. It is headquartered in Monrovia....

  • Jersey Agricultural Association, Trinity Bank
  • Jersey Mercantile Union Bank
  • Masonic Temple Company Limited
  • Parish of Saint Brelade
    Saint Brélade, Jersey
    Saint Brélade is one of the twelve parishes of the Bailiwick of Jersey. Its population is around 9,560, and it occupies the southwestern part of the island. It is the only parish to border only one other parish, St. Peter...

  • Parish of Saint Peter
    Saint Peter, Jersey
    Saint Peter is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the west central part of the island. It is the only parish with two separate coastlines, stretching from St. Ouen's Bay in the west to St. Aubin's Bay in the south, and thereby cutting St. Brelade off from other...

  • Parish of Trinity
    Trinity, Jersey
    Trinity is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. It is in the north east of the island.Trinity has the reputation of being the most rural of Jersey's parishes, being the third-largest parish by surface area with the third-smallest population. The parish covers 6,817 vergées...

  • Saint Clement's Parish Bank
  • Saint John's Bank
  • Saint Martin's Parish Bank
  • Saint Mary's Parochial Bank
  • Saint Peter's Parochial Bank
  • Saint Peter's Value Road
  • Saint Saviour's Bank
  • The States of Jersey
    States of Jersey
    The States of Jersey is the parliament and government of Jersey.The Assembly of the States of Jersey has exercised legislative powers since 1771, when law-making power was transferred from the Royal Court of Jersey....

  • Town and Parish of Saint Helier
    Saint Helier
    Saint Helier is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St. Helier has a population of about 28,000, roughly 31.2% of the total population of Jersey, and is the capital of the Island . The urban area of the parish of St...

  • Town Vingtaine of Saint Helier
    Vingtaine de la Ville
    The Vingtaine de la Ville is one of the six vingtaines of Saint Helier in Jersey, and roughly corresponds to the historic town centre and harbours...

  • Vingtaine du Mont au Prêtre (see Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre
    Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Prêtre
    Vingtaine de Haut du Mont au Pretre is one of the five vingtaines of St. Helier Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey....

    , Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre
    Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Prêtre
    Vingtaine de Bas du Mont au Pretre is one of the five vingtaines of St. Helier Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey.The Roads Inspectors for this Vingtaine are Mr. Paul Huelin and Mr. Daren O'Toole...

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  • Wesleyan Methodist Country Chapels Bank

Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...

  • The Anglo-Egyptian Banking Company Limited
  • Anglo-Maltese Bank
  • Bank of Malta
  • The Central Bank of Malta
    Central Bank of Malta
    The Central Bank of Malta was established on 17 April 1968. In May 2004, when Malta joined the European Union, it became an integral part of the European System of Central Banks. It was responsible for, amongst other things, issuing Maltese lira banknotes and coins, before Malta adopted the euro...

  • The Government of Malta
    Government of Malta
    The Government of Malta is the executive branch of Malta. It is made up of the Cabinet and the Parliamentary Secretaries. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Malta, with the President making his or her decision based on the situation within the Maltese parliament. The Prime...


United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

  • British Armed Forces
    British Armed Forces
    The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...

  • British Military Authority
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it....


Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

  • Bank of Scotland
    Bank of Scotland
    The Bank of Scotland plc is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. With a history dating to the 17th century, it is the second oldest surviving bank in what is now the United Kingdom, and is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland to...

  • The British Linen Bank
    British Linen Bank
    The British Linen Bank was a commercial bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was acquired by the Bank of Scotland in 1969 and served as the Bank's merchant bank arm from 1977 until 1999.-Foundation:...

  • Clydesdale Bank Limited
    Clydesdale Bank
    Clydesdale Bank is a commercial bank in Scotland, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group. In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank is the third largest clearing bank, although it also retains a branch network in London and the north of England...

  • Clydesdale Bank Plc
    Clydesdale Bank
    Clydesdale Bank is a commercial bank in Scotland, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group. In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank is the third largest clearing bank, although it also retains a branch network in London and the north of England...

  • Clydesdale and North of Scotland Bank Limited
    Clydesdale Bank
    Clydesdale Bank is a commercial bank in Scotland, a subsidiary of the National Australia Bank Group. In Scotland, Clydesdale Bank is the third largest clearing bank, although it also retains a branch network in London and the north of England...

  • The Commercial Bank of Scotland
    Commercial Bank of Scotland
    The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. was a Scottish commercial bank. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1810, and obtained a royal charter in 1831. It grew substantially through the 19th and early 20th centuries, until 1959, when it merged with the National Bank of Scotland to become the National...

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  • The National Bank of Scotland
    National Bank of Scotland
    The National Bank of Scotland Ltd. was a Scottish commercial bank. It was founded in 1825, and obtained a royal charter in 1831. It became the first Scottish bank to open a London office, in 1864...

     Limited
  • The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited
    Royal Bank of Scotland
    The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...

  • The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc
    Royal Bank of Scotland
    The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is a British banking and insurance holding company in which the UK Government holds an 84% stake. This stake is held and managed through UK Financial Investments Limited, whose voting rights are limited to 75% in order for the bank to retain its listing on the...


Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

  • Belfast Banking Company
  • Bank of Ireland
    Bank of Ireland
    The Bank of Ireland is a commercial bank operation in Ireland, which is one of the 'Big Four' in both parts of the island.Historically the premier banking organisation in Ireland, the Bank occupies a unique position in Irish banking history...

  • First Trust Bank
    First Trust Bank
    First Trust Bank, part of the AIB Group, is a commercial bank in Northern Ireland. The bank was created in 1991 when TSB Northern Ireland merged with the AIB Group's other interests. The bank can trace its existence back to 1816 with the founding of the Belfast Savings Bank...

  • Northern Bank
    Northern Bank
    Northern Bank , is a commercial bank in Northern Ireland. It is one of the oldest banks in Ireland having been formed in 1809. Northern Bank is considered one of the leading retail banks in Northern Ireland with 82 branches and four finance centres...

  • Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited
  • Ulster Bank
    Ulster Bank
    Ulster Bank is a large commercial bank, one of the Big Four in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The Ulster Bank Group is subdivided into two separate legal entities, Ulster Bank Limited and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited...


Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

  • The Black Sheep Company of Wales Limited
  • The Chief Treasury of Wales Limited

British Solomon Islands Protectorate

  • The Government of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate

Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

  • Bank of New South Wales
  • Bank of New Zealand
    Bank of New Zealand
    Bank of New Zealand is one of New Zealand’s largest banks and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861...

  • Central Monetary Authority
  • Currency Board of Fiji
  • Decimal Currency Board
  • Fiji Banking and Commercial Company
  • Government of Fiji
  • Reserve Bank of Fiji
    Reserve Bank of Fiji
    The Reserve Bank of Fiji is the central bank of the Pacific island country of Fiji. The responsibilities of the RBF include issue of currency, control of money supply, currency exchange, monetary stability, promotion of sound finances, and fostering economic development.- Reserve Bank's Statutory...


New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

  • Bank of Aotearoa
  • Bank of Auckland
  • Bank of Australasia
  • Bank of New South Wales
  • Bank of New Zealand
    Bank of New Zealand
    Bank of New Zealand is one of New Zealand’s largest banks and has been operating continuously in the country since the first office was opened in Auckland in October 1861 followed shortly after by the first branch in Dunedin in December 1861...

  • Bank of Otago Limited
  • Colonial Bank of Issue
    Colonial Bank of Issue
    The Colonial Bank of Issue was a New Zealand state owned bank that operated between 1847 and 1856 in an early unsuccessful attempt to create a government-owned issuer of bank notes in New Zealand...

  • Colonial Bank of New Zealand
  • Commercial Bank of Australia Limited
  • Commercial Bank of New Zealand Limited
  • National Bank of New Zealand Limited
  • New Zealand Banking Company
  • Oriental Bank Corporation
    Oriental Bank Corporation
    The Oriental Bank Corporation was a bank in India in the 19th century. It was also the first bank in Hong Kong and the first bank to issue banknotes in Hong Kong....

  • Otago Banking Company
  • Union Bank of Australia

Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...

  • Central Bank of Solomon Islands
    Central Bank of Solomon Islands
    The Central Bank of Solomon Islands is the central bank of the Solomon Islands. The Bank was established in February 1983 under the Central Bank of Solomon Islands Act 1976.Its official functions, under the Act, are:...

  • Solomon Islands Monetary Authority

Western Samoa

  • Bank of Western Samoa
  • Central Bank of Samoa
    Central Bank of Samoa
    The Central Bank of Samoa is the central bank of Samoa. Situated in the capital Apia beside the main government buildings, the bank issues the Samoan currency, the Samoan tālā as well as regulating and managing the exchange rate with foreign currencies...

  • Monetary Board of Western Samoa
  • Territory of Western Samoa

See also

  • Canadian banknote issuers
    Canadian banknote issuers
    Banknotes have been issued in Canada and the British colonies that confederated to form the Dominion of Canada from 1 July 1867.Some issuers issued notes for more than one entity...

  • English banknote issuers
  • Irish banknote issuers
  • Scots banknote issuers
  • South West African banknote issuers
    South West African banknote issuers
    South West Africa had banknotes issued at various times between 1916 and 1959 while under South African administration. The issues of 1916-18 are denominated in South West African marks...

  • Welsh banknote issuers
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