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
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