Girobank was founded in 1968 and originally was known as National Girobank. It was originally set-up by the Royal Mail in order to provide safe, secure banking facilities for people who did not have normal bank accounts with the then highstreet banks. 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Royal Mail is the national postal service in the United Kingdom. ...

The benefit of Girobank was that money could be deposited or withdrawn at any Post Office, a real benefit to people in towns and villages without a bank, but with a Post Office. The Post Office in Oxford. ...

Girobank merged with Alliance & Leicester and Sovereign Finance in July 2003, and is now known as Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank. Alliance & Leicester plc is a British bank, formerly a building society. ... 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for July, 2003. ...

The accounts originally provided by Girobank are now provided through the Government agency, National Savings and Investments, whilst Girobank now provides the traditional Giro credit service to companies. NS&I National Savings and Investments (NS&I), formerly called the National Savings Bank, is a state owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. ...

Girobank is based in Bootle on Merseyside in a large purpose built office complex, built on the site of a sidings of the North Mersey Branch railway. Girobank has its own postcode: GIR 0AA. This now directs mail to Alliance & Leicester, Bridle Road, Bootle, Merseyside. Location within the British Isles Bootle is a town in Sefton, Merseyside, North West England. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ... The North Mersey Branch(NMB) is a railway line that connected the Liverpool and Bury Railway at Fazakerley Junction with the Gladstone Dock. ... UK and Australian postal codes are known as postcodes. ... Alliance & Leicester plc is a British bank, formerly a building society. ... Location within the British Isles Bootle is a town in Sefton, Merseyside, North West England. ... Merseyside is a metropolitan county, located in the North West of England. ...

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• Alliance and Leicester Commercial Bank