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in 1920 to leverage the close trading links between the island and Bombay, a key stronghold of Eastern bank. Until 1944, Eastern remained the island's only bank. By the late 1930s, profits rose because of the booming oil industry in the Arab sheikhdoms. However, Eastern couldn't expand further in the
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The political changes in several Arab countries during the 1960s led to nationalisation of branches in Iraq, Aden, Mukalla, and Sheikh Othman, and these events greatly affected Eastern. During the same time, it opened branches in Sharjah (1958), Abu Dhabi (1961), Al Ain (Buraimi, Abu Dhabi) (1962),
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inflicted heavy losses on Eastern Bank's Bombay and Calcutta branches. The same year, Barclays DCO and the Sassoon family sold their controlling interest in the bank to
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This article is about the historic 1909 founded British bank which was acquired by Chartered bank in 1957. For the other banks with similar names, see
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with new national government policies in China, India, Burma and Ceylon, and saw Eastern bank as a strategic acquisition. The bank remained a
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branch in 1912. The province had promises of a lucrative oil exploration concession, being actively pursued by a consortium which included
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Barclays Bank DCO increased its stake as a strategic initiative to tap into its Arab customers via Eastern Bank, as Barclays had a strong
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started acquiring stake in Eastern Bank and in 1939 the chairman of Barclays (DCO) joined the board of Eastern Bank.
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of Iraq. With the establishment of a British Mandate over Iraq, the bank expanded further into
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which were short of modern financial institutions. Eastern opened a branch in
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financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding 
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in total held a controlling 65% of the capital of the bank.
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In 1969, Chartered Bank merged with the South African bank
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Seiyun (Yemen) (1962), and Bowbazar in Calcutta (1969).
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Eastern Bank Ltd
Eastern Bank (disambiguation)
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Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered
London
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Far East
Chartered Bank
Standard Chartered
London
far east
Bombay
Calcutta
institutional shareholders
Sassoon family
Mesopotamia
Iraq
Baghdad
Anglo-Persian Oil Company
BP
Royal Dutch Shell
Deutsche Bank
Iraq Petroleum Company
World War I
Ottoman Empire
German Empire
National Bank of Turkey

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