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
Ambas Bay Trading Company with both Liverpool and German firms. In 1913, Ambas Bay acquired a large cocoa plantation in Bwinga and owned a rubber estate at Bai but due to war, business activities slowed in 1914. After the war, most of the firm's properties in Victoria were sold to W.D. Woodin and Co and remaining shares were sold to the African & Eastern Trade Corporation. In San Fernando Po, Ambas Bay Trading continued to conduct business under the name until 1970. Ambas Bay Trading Company Ambas Bay Trading Company was a British company which operated in Cameroon between 1884 and 1920. It was