High Street Banks

The most common bank you will come across is the typical High Street bank such as HSBC, Natwest, Lloyds or Barclays. These organisations are commercial banking businesses whose primary market is in consumer finance.

There is a large number of High Street banks in the UK. The name High Street Bank comes from the positioning within towns and cities of branches of the bank, usually found somwhere on the main shopping street, or at least somewher in the town centre.

The following pages will give you a list of the most common high street banks and an overview of the types of acounts, services and charges you are likely to encounter.

• List of Banks
• Bank Account Types
• Bank Services
• Bank Charges