A bank that offers services to the general public as well as to businesses and has branches in many towns and cities.
the government bailout of several high-street banks has made savers nervous
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- I've spoken in the past 10 days to the chief executives of at two of the four big high-street banks.
- Millions are suckered into buying cover from the most expensive providers: the high-street banks.
- Investors have poured billions of pounds into funds run by the big high-street banks.
- I recommend you transfer them to an interest-bearing euro account at a high-street bank in the UK or a bank with offices in France.
- Most customers stick with the traditional high-street banks, which are rarely the cheapest.
- He was initially praised for intervening in the autumn with a multibillion pound rescue package for high-street banks.
- It was the only high-street bank placed among the ten cheapest lenders.
- About the only thing high-street banks have in their favour is a convenient branch network.
- The rate at which high-street banks buy money fell from 4.75 per cent to 2.00 per cent.
- I want them to come into us rather than going into their high-street bank or building society.