ST3188 : Temporary stalls at the eastern end of Bridge Street, Newport
taken 6 years ago, near to Newport/Casnewydd, Wales
HSBC is a British multinational banking and financial services company with headquarters in London. As of 2011 it was the world's second-largest banking and financial services group.
It has around 7,500 offices in 87 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America and around 100 million customers.
HSBC was founded in London in 1991 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to act as a new group holding company and to enable the acquisition of UK-based Midland Bank. The origins of the bank lie in Hong Kong and Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865.
National Westminster Bank commonly known as NatWest, is the largest retail and commercial bank in the United Kingdom and has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland since 2000. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) is ranked as the second largest bank in the world by assets.
NatWest was established in 1968 by the merger of National Provincial Bank (established 1833 as National Provincial Bank of England) and Westminster Bank (established 1834 as London County and Westminster Bank). Traditionally considered one of the Big Four clearing banks, NatWest has a large network of 1,600 branches and 3,400 cash machines across Great Britain.