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Land banking is the practice of aggregating parcels of land for future sale or development . While in many countries land banking may refer to various private real estate investment schemes, in the United States it refers to the establishment of quasi-governmental county or municipal authorities tasked with managing an inventory of surplus land.
Banking in the United Kingdom. Banking in the United Kingdom can be considered to have started in the Kingdom of England in the 17th century. The first activity in what later came to be known as banking was by goldsmiths who, after the dissolution of English monasteries by Henry VIII, began to accumulate significant stocks of gold. [1]
Internet TLD. .uk [l] The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom ( UK) or Britain, [m] is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. [21] [22] It comprises England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. Established in 1694 to act as the English Government 's banker and debt manager, and still one of the bankers for the Government of the United Kingdom, it is the world's eighth-oldest bank.
UK banking brands owned by foreign banks. Allied Irish Bank (GB) and First Trust Bank, owned by AIB Group of the Republic of Ireland. Al Rayan Bank, owned by Masraf Al Rayan of Qatar. Axis Bank UK, owned by Axis Bank of India. Bank of Ceylon (UK), owned by Bank of Ceylon of Sri Lanka.
The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BC in Assyria, India and Sumer. Later, in ancient Greece and during the Roman Empire, lenders based in temples gave loans, while accepting deposits ...
midlandbank.co.uk archive. Midland Bank Plc was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century. It is now part of HSBC. The bank was founded as the Birmingham and Midland Bank in Union Street, Birmingham, England in August 1836. It expanded in the Midlands, absorbing many local banks, and merged with the ...
The definition at the head of this article describes the early U.S. practice of reserving tracts of “unorganized” territory (IOW Indian country) to be awarded to soldiers or others who perform a service for the government. The section on land banking in the UK briefly mentions the practice as going back to the 1600s.