• Milestones from 1873 to today

    Timeline

A history of Deutsche Bank in the UK.

1870

Deutsche Bank is founded in Berlin to promote and facilitate trade between Germany and the rest of the world.

Deutsche Bank’s first premises on Französische Straße, Berlin in 1872

1871

Deutsche Bank participates in the newly formed German Bank of London Ltd. The bank sells its stake in 1879.

The façade of a building in the City of London in the late 19th century

1873

London is the location of Deutsche Bank’s first foreign branch in Europe.

1914

Deutsche Bank London Agency closes for good when war begins.

1963

Deutsche Bank joins the European Advisory Committee, the forerunner to the European Banks’ International Company.

1973

Deutsche Bank opens a representative office in London.

The management board of Deutsche Bank outside one of the bank’s office in London in the 1970s

1973

The European Banks’ International Company establishes the European Banking Company to engage in international financing and underwriting.

1976

The bank opens its first overseas branch office since 1945 in London. The branch relocates to 10 Moorgate in 1977.

Businessmen in conversation outside the London Stock Exchange in the 1970s

1976

Deutsche Bank shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

1981

The London branch relocates to 6 Bishopsgate.

1984

Deutsche Bank buys a stake in UK merchant bank Morgan Grenfell.

1989

Deutsche Bank completes the takeover of Morgan Grenfell.

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1994

Deutsche Bank acquires UK precious metals trader Sharps Pixley.

1999

Deutsche Bank makes Winchester House its London headquarters.

The Bankers Trust office in London in the 1980s

1999

Deutsche Bank acquires US bank Bankers Trust, which has had a branch in London since 1924.

2007

Birmingham is established as the UK’s second financial centre after London.

2016

Deutsche Bank opens an infrastructure hub in London, at Canary Wharf.

2023

Deutsche Bank moves into its new London headquarters at 21 Moorfields.

Deutsche Bank office at 21 Moorfields in London