Midland Bank biggest bank in the world, the building is currently (2015) under development as a hotel. HSBC UK swift code (all offices in the United Kingdom) being "MIDLGB22" reflects its past as the Midland Bank. The Midland Bank was famous for its golden griffin logo, surrounded by golden coins originally introduced in 1965 on a black, then later blue background, and for its slogan "the listening bank," written by the advertising executive Rod Allen. Advertisements for the bank appeared in the popular computer game "Theme Park". The Midland Bank still traded as Midland Bank, but using the HSBC logo from 1997,
Bank of Stockton had $100,000 worth of business. A large part of the early acceptance of the Bank was due to the reputation of the men who were its founders. The leading principles by which the bank operated had a great deal of meaning to depositors. A document, entitled “An Agreement with Depositors” pledged that the Bank’s Board of Directors would use deposits to make loans and investments, but always with the safety of depositors to come before the profit of the Corporation. These principles are still adhered to today. In 1875, Bank business had increased to the point where the original office