Barclays

From Bloomberg:

"Venezuela today received the last shipment of gold bars in an operation that repatriated 160 tons of the South American country’s reserves of the metal held abroad, said Nelson Merentes, president of the country’s central bank.

 

Building societies are traced back to the industrial revolution when members pooled funds to allow them to buy land and build homes. The first known building society started in UK in 1775 in Birmingham and closed/terminated when all members finished building their homes.