Imperial Bank of Persia
The Imperial Bank of Persia( Bank -e Šâhanšâhi- ye Irân) was a British bank that operated as the state bank and bank of issue in Iran( formerly known as Persia until 1935) between 1889 and 1929.
It was established in 1885 with a concession from the Persian government to Baron Julius De Reuter( born Israel Beer Josaphat) a German – Jewish banker and businessman who later became a Christian and a British subject.
The bank was the first modern bank in Iran and introduced European banking ideas to a country in which they were previously unknown.
The legal centre of the bank was in London and whilst it was subject to British law, its activities were based in Tehran.
It also had operations in other Middle Eastern countries.
It was later named British Bank of the Middle East( BBME) and is now called HSBC Bank Middle East Limited.
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, all the Iranian activities of this bank were transferred to Bank Tejarat.
MK One
MK One was a British fashion retailer.
Bank of Madras
The Bank of Madras was one of the three Presidency Banks of British India, along with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay.
It was established on 1 July 1843 through the amalgamation of a number of existing regional banks and headquartered in Madras( now Chennai).
It was merged with the other Presidency banks in 1921 to form the Imperial Bank of India, which later became the State Bank of India.
Bank of Bombay
The Bank of Bombay was the second of the three presidency banks( others being the Bank of Calcutta and the Bank of Madras) of the Raj period.
It was established, pursuant to a charter of the British East India Company, on 15 April 1840.
The bank's headquarters were in Bombay, now called Mumbai.
The Bank of Madras undertook all the normal activities which a commercial bank was expected to undertake.
The Bank of Bombay, in the absence of any central banking authority at that time, also conducted certain functions which are ordinarily a preserve of a central bank.
The Bank of Bombay and two other Presidency banks- the Bank of Calcutta and the Bank of Madras- were amalgamated and the reorganized banking entity was named the Imperial Bank of India on 27 January 1921.
The Reserve Bank of India, which is the central banking organization of India, in the year 1955, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India and the Imperial Bank of India was renamed on 30 April 1955 to the State Bank of India.
Bank of Calcutta
The Bank of Calcutta( a precursor to the present State Bank of India) was founded on 2 June 1806, mainly to fund General Wellesley's wars against Tipu Sultan and the Marathas.
It was the first bank of India and was renamed Bank of Bengal on 2 January 1809.
The bank opened branches at Rangoon( 1861), Patna( 1862), Mirzapur( 1862), and Benares( 1862).
When it became known that the bank intended to open a branch at Dacca, negotiations began that resulted in Bank of Bengal in 1862 amalgamating Dacca Bank( est. 1846).
A branch at Cawnpore followed.
The Bank of Calcutta, and the two other Presidency banks — the Bank of Bombay and the Bank of Madras — amalgamated on 27 January 1921 and the reorganized banking entity assumed the name Imperial Bank of India.
The Reserve Bank of India, which is the central banking organization of India, in the year 1955, acquired a controlling interest in the Imperial Bank of India and the Imperial Bank of India was renamed on 30 April 1955 as the State Bank of India.
Lufkin Industries
Lufkin Industries is an American manufacturing company based in Lufkin, Texas.
It was founded in 1902.
Lufkin produces machinery such as power transmission gearboxes, oilfield pumping units and oilfield electrical equipment.
Lufkin joined GE Oil& Gas in July 2013.
GE Oil& Gas and Baker Hughes merged in 2017 to create Baker Hughes, a GE Company( BHGE).
However, Baker Hughes split from GE and withheld ownership of Lufkin.
Bank of London and South America
The Bank of London and South America Limited( BOLSA;, also known simply as" Banco de Londres") was a British bank, which operated in South America between 1923 and 1971.
British Bank of Northern Commerce
The British Bank of Northern Commerce was founded in February 1912 by Knut Agathon Wallenberg of the Stockholms Enskilda Bank and Emil Glückstadt of Landmandsbanken( Copenhagen), together with several other banks including Centralbanken for Norge( Christiania), Banque de Commerce de l` Azoff- Don( Petrograd), and Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas( Paris).
The purpose of the bank was to facilitate trade between the United Kingdom and northern Europe.
The bank financed Finland after the country achieved its independence from Russia in 1917- 18.
In June 1919 the bank offered the chairmanship of its board to John Maynard Keynes with the assurance that in return for a salary of £ 2000 the job would only take a morning a week.
Keynes had met Wallenberg and Glückstadt during World War I and the offer was attractive.
However, Keynes consulted with several bankers in the City and turned the offer down.
In October 1920 British Bank of Northern Commerce merged with C.J. Hambro& Sons, with the combined bank taking the name Hambros Bank of Northern Commerce.
In August 1921 the bank shortened its name to Hambros Bank, in part because it did not want a name that was too limiting.
HSBC Bank Middle East
HSBC
Bank Middle
East Limited is the largest and most widely represented international bank in the Middle East.
The bank has received several awards in various categories.
The Imperial Bank of Persia( Persian: بانک شاهنشاهی ایران; Bank -e Šâhanšâhi- ye Irân) was a British bank that operated as the state bank and bank of issue in Iran( formerly known as Persia until 1935) between 1889 and 1929.
It was established in 1885 with a concession from the Persian government to Baron Julius De Reuter( born Israel Beer Josaphat) a German Jewish banker and businessman who later became a Christian and a British subject.
The bank was the first modern bank in Iran and introduced European banking ideas to a country in which they were previously unknown.
The legal centre of the bank was in London and whilst it was subject to British law, its activities were based in Tehran.
It also had operations in other Middle Eastern countries.
It was later named British Bank of the Middle East( BBME) and is now called:( HSBC Bank Middle East Limited)
After the Iranian Revolution of 1979,
Zenith Oilfield Technology
Zenith Oilfield Technology was an artificial lift service company founded in 2003 and based in Inverurie, United Kingdom with offices in Middle East, North Africa, China and Southeast Asia.
In 2012, the company was acquired by Lufkin Industries for £ 881.1 million.
Lufkin was in turn rolled into Baker Hughes.

Question: Which one was established first, British Bank of Northern Commerce or Lufkin Industries?
Answer: Lufkin Industries