Yorkshire Bank took place in the bank's heartland and many miners were customers, having been encouraged by the National Coal Board to have their pay mandated to a bank account. In 1990, the National Australia Bank Group acquired the bank from the consortium of owning banks which, after mergers and acquisitions, were the National Westminster Bank, (holders of 40%), Barclays Bank (32%), Lloyds Bank (20%), and Royal Bank of Scotland (8%). The price paid was £1 billion and the bank joined National Australia Bank's other European businesses, Clydesdale Bank (Scotland) and Northern Bank (which operated in both jurisdictions in Ireland). In May
New Zealand bank account number New Zealand bank account number New Zealand bank account numbers in NZD follow a standardised format of 16 digits: While the New Zealand format is similar to Australia's Bank State Branch, the two systems are not interchangeable. New Zealand bank account numbers in foreign currencies vary by bank. The origins of the format lay in the establishment of the Databank Systems Limited, a company set up by a consortium of competing New Zealand banks, to provide computing resources (development and operational) for the consortium members. Bank codes are coordinated by Payments NZ who administer the Bulk Electronic Clearing System (BECS).