Overend, Gurney and Company

Overend, Gurney and Company
Company typePublic
IndustryFinance
Founded1800 (1800)
FounderThomas Richardson
John Overend
Defunct10 May 1866 (1866-05-10)
FateBankruptcy
Headquarters65 Lombard Street,
London, UK
Area served
United Kingdom
ServicesFinancial services

Overend, Gurney and Company was a London wholesale discount bank, known as "the bankers' bank", which collapsed in 1866 owing about £11 million, equivalent to £1,287 million in 2023. The collapse of the institution triggered a banking panic.