2009 Edition out today!

The 2009 edition of Bank League Tables is published today. The number of UK banks continues to rise with 2 new banks authorised in the past 6 months and one clarification. These are Bank of the Philippine Islands (Europe) Plc (which is still listed incorrectly by the FSA in its List of Banks as Bank of Philippine Islands (Europe), PLC which is a completely different entity), Intercontinental Bank (UK) Plc and The Access Bank UK Limited. There have been three name changes. Conversbank (UK) Ltd is now Pensions Bank Ltd, Heritable Bank Ltd is now Heritable Bank Plc, and The Bank of New York Europe Ltd is now The Bank of New York (Mellon) International Ltd. There have been no deletions. There are now 159 UK incorporated banks.