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Access is a former credit card introduced in Great Britain in 1972 by a consortium of National Westminster Bank, Midland Bank (now HSBC), Lloyds Bank (now Lloyds TSB) and The Royal Bank of Scotland, as a rival to the established Barclaycard. A credit card is part of a system of Payments named after the small Plastic card issued to users of the system See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands National Westminster Bank Plc, or NatWest as it is commonly known is a Commercial bank in the United Kingdom which has been part of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group Midland Bank was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century HSBC Holdings plc ( (,,,) is a Public limited company incorporated in England and Wales, headquartered in London. Lloyds Bank Plc was a British Commercial bank which operated in England and Wales (and to a much lesser extent Scotland) from 1833 until its Lloyds TSB Group plc () is a leading British Financial institution with its Group Head office in London and its registered office The Royal Bank of Scotland plc ( Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group Barclaycard is a global credit provider ( Credit cards and Loans ' owned by Barclays plc in the UK. It was also issued in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland by Ulster Bank, a subsidiary of NatWest, Northern Bank, then a subsidiary of Midland, and Bank of Ireland which was unconnected to the founder banks. Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann Ulster Scots: Norlin Airlann) is a Country within the United Kingdom, lying in the northeast of Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. Ulster Bank ( Irish: Banc Uladh) is a large commercial Bank, one of the Big Four in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Northern Bank, is a Commercial bank in Northern Ireland It is one of the oldest banks in Ireland having been formed in 1824. The Bank of Ireland (Banc na hÉireann, officially known as the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland is a commercial Bank operation in Ireland The card scheme was run from Southend-on-Sea in Essex, by the Joint Credit Card Company Limited. Essex is a county in the East of England. The County town is Chelmsford, and the highest point of the county is Chrishall Common
One of the early slogans was Your flexible friend (which was featured in an episode of Mr. Bean); another slogan which featured in a television advertisement was does you does, or does you don't take Access, accompanied by an animated Access and his friend Money (a pound sign). Access merged with the international credit card brand MasterCard in 1996. MasterCard Worldwide ( is a multinational corporation based in Purchase, New York, USA.
As of 2008, some shops still advertise as taking the Access card, because they haven't removed old posters/stickers in their stores. The brand is considered nostalgic in Britain in a similar manner to the Midland Bank Griffin. Midland Bank was one of the Big Four banking groups in the United Kingdom for most of the 20th century The griffin is a Legendary creature with the body of a Lion and the head and often wings of an Eagle.
External links
- Association for Payment Clearing Services History of Plastic Cards
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