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
Sainsbury's Bank Sainsbury's Bank Sainsbury's Bank plc, trading as Sainsbury's Bank is a British bank wholly owned by Sainsbury's, a national supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. The bank began trading on 19 February 1997 as a joint venture between J Sainsbury plc and Bank of Scotland. Sainsbury's took full ownership of the bank in January 2014. The bank's head office is at 3 Lochside Avenue, Edinburgh EH12 9DJ, and it runs operations from various locations across the UK. In 2017 it had over 1.8 million active customers. Sainsbury's and Bank of Scotland (later a subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group) formed the