National Provincial Bank National Provincial Bank National Provincial Bank was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1833 until 1970 when it was merged into the National Westminster Bank. It continued to exist as a dormant non-trading company until 2016 when it was voluntarily struck off the register and dissolved. Considered one of the "Big Five," the National Provincial Bank expanded during the 19th and 20th centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies. It was based on Bishopsgate, at the thoroughfare's junction with Threadneedle Street, in London. The National Provincial Bank played a unique role in
FXdirekt Bank FXdirekt Bank FXdirekt Bank was an independent company that had around 90 employees at its peak. On December 21, 2012, it began to liquidate customer accounts and return customer assets, pursuant to the order of the German financial regulator, BaFin. The company headquarters were located in Oberhausen, Germany. FXdirekt Bank was a member of the EdW ("Entschädigungseinrichtung der Wertpapierhandelsunternehmen"), which was an organisation created to secure investor claims and was also registered as a commercial bank with the BaFin the German financial regulator. The first German-language online trading platform FXdirekt was introduced onto the market in 2001 by the company