What number largest bank is the sponsor of the World Rugby Sevens Series?
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World Rugby Sevens Series The World Rugby Sevens Series, known officially as the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to sponsorship from banking group HSBC, is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. The series, organised for the first time as the World Sevens Series in the 1999–2000 season, was formed to develop an elite-level competition series between rugby nations and develop the sevens game into a viable commercial product for World Rugby.
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HSBC HSBC Holdings PLC is a British multinational banking and financial services holding company, tracing its origin to a hong in Hong Kong. It is the world's seventh largest bank by total assets and the largest in Europe with total assets of US$2.374 trillion (as of December 2016). It was established in its present form in London in 1991 by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited to act as a new group holding company. The origins of the bank lie mainly in Hong Kong and to a lesser extent in Shanghai, where branches were first opened in 1865. The HSBC name is derived from the initials of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. The company was first formally incorporated in 1866. The company continues to see both the United Kingdom and Hong Kong as its "home markets".
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National Bank of Kenya National Bank of Kenya (NBK), also known as National Bank, is a commercial bank in Kenya, the largest economy in the East African Community. It is licensed by the Central Bank of Kenya, the central bank, and national banking regulator.
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2008 Dubai Sevens The Emirates Airline Dubai Sevens is played annually as part of the IRB Sevens World Series for international rugby sevens (seven-a-side version of rugby union). The 2008 competition was held on November 28 and November 29 at The Sevens, a brand-new facility built to host the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens. It was the first of eight events in the 2008-09 IRB Sevens World Series. The top-tier Cup trophy was won by South Africa.
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State Bank of India State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services company. It is a government-owned corporation with its headquarters in Mumbai, Maharashtra. On 1st April, 2017, State Bank of India, which is India's largest Bank merged with five of its Associate Banks (State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Travancore) and Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself. This is the first ever large scale consolidation in the Indian Banking Industry. With the merger, State Bank of India will enter the league of top 50 global banks with a balance sheet size of ₹33 trillion, 278,000 employees, 420 million customers, and more than 24,000 branches and 59,000 ATMs. SBI's market share will increase to 22 percent from 17 per cent. It has 198 offices in 37 countries; 301 correspondents in 72 countries. The company is ranked 232nd on the "Fortune Global 500" list of the world's biggest corporations as of 2016.
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Wales national rugby sevens team The Wales national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, the Rugby World Cup Sevens and in the Commonwealth Games.
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the fourth largest bank by market capitalisation in Australia, after the Commonwealth Bank, Westpac Banking Corporation and National Australia Bank. Australian operations make up the largest part of ANZ's business, with commercial and retail banking dominating. ANZ is also the largest bank in New Zealand, where the legal entity became known as ANZ National Bank Limited in 2003 and changed to ANZ Bank New Zealand Limited in 2012. From 2003 to 2012 it operated two brands in New Zealand, ANZ and the National Bank of New Zealand. The National Bank brand was retired in 2012, with a number of branches closing and others converting to ANZ branches.
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Nadra Bank Nadra Bank (Ukrainian: Надра Банк ) was one of the largest commercial bank in Ukraine. Was founded in October 1993, has its headquarters in Kiev. The Bank ranks among the largest banks in its category according to the classification of the National Bank of Ukraine. The bank operates a network of 543 outlets throughout Ukraine.
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2013 Gold Coast Sevens The 2013 Gold Coast Sevens was the first tournament of the 2013-2014 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 12–13 October 2013 at Robina Stadium (known for sponsorship reasons as Skilled Park) in Queensland, Australia. It was the eleventh edition of the Australian Sevens tournament and the first stop of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.
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Letshego Bank Namibia Letshego Bank Namibia is a commercial bank in Namibia. It is licensed by the Bank of Namibia, the central bank and national banking regulator.
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CBZ Bank Limited CBZ Bank, whose full name is CBZ Bank Limited, is a commercial bank in Zimbabwe. It is one of the commercial banks licensed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the national banking regulator.
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Unionbank Unionbank (Bulgarian: Юнионбанк, "Yunionbank") is a major Bulgarian retail and commercial bank with headquarters in Sofia.
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ZB Bank Limited ZB Bank Limited (ZBBL), also known as ZB Bank but commonly referred to as Zimbank, is a commercial bank in Zimbabwe. It is licensed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, the national banking regulator.
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2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens The 2017 Clermont-Ferrand Sevens is the penultimate tournament of the 2017 Rugby Europe Grand Prix Series, hosted by Stade Gabriel Montpied at Clermont-Ferrand. It was held over the weekend of 1–2 July 2017. Ireland won the tournament, defeating Russia 17-14 in the final. With the tournament's conclusion, the two countries, as well as Spain, remain in the mix for qualification at the 2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
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Canada Sevens The Canada Sevens is an annual rugby sevens tournament, and one of the stops on the World Rugby Sevens Series. Canada secured a four-year deal to host to event from the 2015–16 season. The tournament is played at BC Place in Vancouver.
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Nedbank Nedbank is one of the largest banks in South Africa; however, it is one of the newest banks to be incorporated. It is headquartered in Johannesburg. Market capitalization was ZAR:120 billion (approximately US$9.85 billion), as of 30 June 2015.
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National Bank of Vanuatu The National Bank of Vanuatu is the largest bank in Vanuatu. It has 27 branches and agencies across the country, and is the only commercial bank with branches outside the largest cities.
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Malawi Savings Bank Malawi Savings Bank (MSB), is a commercial bank in Malawi. It is one of the eleven (11) commercial banks licensed by the Reserve Bank of Malawi, the national banking regulator. The bank is 100% owned by the Government of Malawi. It has been announced that the government of Malawi will sell by tender the whole of its 100% stake in the bank in 2015.
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VTB Bank VTB Bank (Russian: ПАО Банк ВТБ, former Vneshtorgbank) is one of the leading universal banks of Russia. VTB Bank and its subsidiaries form a leading Russian financial group – VTB Group, offering a wide range of banking services and products in Russia, CIS, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the U.S. The Group’s largest subsidiaries in Russia are VTB 24, Bank of Moscow.
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2017 Six Nations Championship The 2017 Six Nations Championship was the 18th series of the Six Nations Championship, the annual northern hemisphere rugby union championship. The tournament was also known as the 2017 RBS 6 Nations because of the tournament's sponsorship by The Royal Bank of Scotland.
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2001–02 World Sevens Series The 2001-02 IRB Sevens World Series was the third edition of the IRB Sevens World Series tournament. The Series consisted of 11 tournaments. New Zealand won the Series for a third consecutive year. New Zealand won sevenn of the eleven tournaments; no other country won more than one, with England and South Africa winning their first ever tournaments.
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2013 Women's Six Nations Championship The 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship, also known as the 2013 RBS Women's Six Nations due to the tournament's sponsorship by the Royal Bank of Scotland, was the 12th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were to be held in February and March 2013, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.