Greater Birmingham & the Black Country

• Walsall        

• Wolverhampton

• Dudley

• Sandwell

• Birmingham

• Solihull

• Coventry

Total population  2.7m people

Coventry (1835), Birmingham (1915), Wolverhamton (1933) and Walsall (1934) all had local own banks serving the needs of local people, businesses and organizations. Birmingham was also the birth place of Midland bank that went on to become HSBC.