Bank of Scotland

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Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland, that is part of the Lloyds Banking Group. The bank had a total asset amount of over £339 billion in 2025. The bank, established by the Parliament of Scotland in 1695, aimed to develop Scotland's trade with other countries and to create a stable banking system in the country. The first bank to be established in Scotland, it is the oldest operational bank in the country, the ninth oldest bank in continuous operation globally, as well as the longest continuous issuer of banknotes in the world. With a history dating to the end of the 17th century, the Bank of Scotland was the first bank to have been established in Scotland, and, it is the fifth-oldest extant bank in the United Kingdom (the Bank of England having been established one year earlier). It is the only commercial institution created by the Parliament of Scotland, when Scotland was an independent, sovereign state...

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