High Street Bank

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High Street Bank

A large bank in the United Kingdom with branches spread out in many towns all over the country. It takes its name from "high street," which is a term for a main thoroughfare.

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Communities Minister Jeff Cuthbert has targeted expansion of the credit union movement as an alternative to high-street banks and high-interest payday loan merchants.

Credit union opens city centre office; WALES newsbulletin

WHEN Ross and Julie Laird, from Edinburgh, wanted a savings account with a good return, they side-stepped the big high-street banks.

RECORD money: CASE STUDY

BRITAIN'S top high-street banks were shamed in a Competition Commission report yesterday, after it emerged that Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays, Lloyds TSB and HSBC have been overcharging small business customers and had formed a monopoly.

SUZY in the CITY: Competition Commission report

Today, the confidence helped high-street banks with Barclays up 59p at pounds 21.

Shares are upbeat

Jo Barnett, marketing director at Virgin One, said the Taylor Nelson Sofres survey showed the big four high-street banks were 'suffering from a fall in public confidence'.

Personal Finance: High Street banks use our money for their benefit

The Co-op yesterday admitted defeat in its plans to create a major customerowned rival to the big four high-street banks, blaming the weak economy and heavy regulatory burdens.

TSB banks to float on the stock market

MANY SMEs feel that large high-street banks are unwilling to lend to them.

Regulatory changes needed so that smaller banks can hold their own against the giants; Partner at Gambit Corporate Finance Frank Holmes and Alex Griffiths, an undergraduate at the School of Management of Cardiff Metropolitan University, on why smaller lenders need a level playing field in providing finance to SMEs