The company provided commercial banking services to small and medium-sized businesses in Wales.

[1] The company was eventually officially renamed Bank of Wales in December 1986.

[1] The Bank started its life on St Mary Street, but in 1989 moved to Kingsway in a brand-new landmark building opposite Cardiff Castle that later became the headquarters of the Welsh Development Agency.

[1] In 2009 Geraint Talfan Davies, Chairman of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, said that the banking crisis showed the need for the revival of the brand.

[3] Its savings products were only available through a selected panel of life assurance companies.