NatWest UK, and it has a large network of over 960 branches and 3,400 cash machines across Great Britain and offers 24-hour "Actionline" telephone and online banking services. Today, it has more than 7.5 million personal customers and 850,000 small business accounts. In Ireland, it operates through its Ulster Bank subsidiary. In 2017, NatWest was awarded Best Banking App in the British Bank Awards. The bank's origins date back to 1658 with the foundation of Smith's Bank of Nottingham. The creation of the modern bank was announced in 1968, and National Westminster Bank Limited commenced trading on 1 January 1970, after
Ambas Bay Trading Company Ambas Bay Trading Company Ambas Bay Trading Company was a British company which operated in Cameroon between 1884 and 1920. It was one of the smaller companies that preceded the United African Company. It also operated under the name in Fernando Po until 1970. The firm was founded in November 1888 by Walter Woodin in partnership with Benjamin Bullock. Woodin served as the manager and also managed his own firm, W.D. Woodin and Co. The company's activities was concentrated in Victoria and Santa Isabel, Fernando Po, operation began at a time Germany colonized Kamerun and the firm had to compete