The Worshipful Company of International Bankers is one of the
livery companies of the
City of London. Its members are current or former members of the
financial services
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industry, primarily
banking. It is based in a building in
Austin Friars
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, near
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It is the t ...
.
In 1999 the
City of London Corporation extended the possibility of
freedom of the City of London beyond
UK,
Commonwealth
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and
European Union citizens. This led to the possibility of a company with "international" membership. The Guild of International Bankers was founded in July 2001 and in October 2002 it became a company without livery. On 21 September 2004 its petition for livery status was granted by the
Court of Aldermen. A
Royal Charter was granted on 10 December 2007.
The Company ranks 106th in the
order of precedence for the City livery companies. Its motto, ''A Natione ad Nationem'', translates from
Latin as "From Nation to Nation", reflecting its international character. The arms of the Company are blazoned: ''Per pale Sable and Gules a Dragon rampant Argent within an Orle of ten Bezants''.
The Company is affiliated with several others, including HMS Belfast Sea Cadets & 16F (Wood Green & Hornsey) Squadron of the
Air Training Corps.
The Company is a member of the Financial Services Group of Livery Companies, the other 11 members of which are the Worshipful Companies of
Chartered Accountants,
Actuaries,
Arbitrators,
Chartered Secretaries and Administrators,
Insurers
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,
Information Technologists,
City of London Solicitors,
Management Consultants,
Marketors,
Tax Advisers, and
World Traders.
The Company's Church is
St Mary-le-Bow
The Church of St Mary-le-Bow is a Church of England parish church in the City of London. Located on Cheapside, one of the city's oldest and most important thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080 by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rebui ...
External links
International Bankers' Company website
References
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International Bankers
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks".
The BIS carries out its work thr ...
2001 establishments in England
International banking institutions
Banking in the United Kingdom
Bankers associations