Westminster Bank of Westminster Bank, became first chairman of the fifth largest bank in the world. In 1969 David Robarts, former chairman of National Provincial, assumed Stirling's position. The statutory process of integration was completed in 1969 and the new company, National Westminster Bank Limited, opened its doors for business on 1 January 1970. NatWest, as it became known, is now part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group. Westminster Bank Westminster Bank was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1834 until its merger into the National Westminster Bank in 1970; it continued to exist as a
Bank of Queensland claims that the Bank of Queensland was established then: The Brisbane Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society incorporated in 1887, amalgamated with City and Suburban Building Society in 1921, and with Queensland Deposit Bank a decade later. The company received a trading bank licence in 1942. Until then, what became the Bank of Queensland was a savings bank cum building society. The company changed its name to Bank of Queensland (BOQ) and computerised its operations in 1970, and in 1971, the bank was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The bank incorporated Bank of Queensland Savings Bank as a wholly