Banking experts have questioned the ability of Marks & Spencer to make a major impact...The retailer, which first rolled out M S Money in 1985, has long offered non-banking products such as credit cards and mortgages. Since 2004 it has operated in partnership with banking giant HSBC. Last ... it aims to create a "relaxed, modern banking environment" for customers, with "personal touches" such as M ...
An estimated 300,000 small business are thought to have been encouraged by their banks to enter ... swaps may have been mis-sold by banks including Barclays. PR and digital marketing agencies Brand ... campaign group Bully-Banks. They will be highlighting the economic issues facing small businesses ...
banking division....The bank has approached agencies to work on a brief, which will include creating press, digital and direct mail to target its wealthy customers. Santander's private banking review will not affect ... and direct marketing business. The review comes as the bank looks to revamp its marketing strategy ...
A pitch battle is under way for Barclays Bank's public affairs work, as it faces an increasingly...The bank has been a flagship account of Weber Shandwick s public affairs division led by Jon McLeod for around a decade. The pitch, which will happen over the next few weeks, takes place amid a ... . Cicero, which currently works for the bank's investment banking business Barclays Capital, is also ...
Barclays Bank is the latest bank to hunt for lobbying consultancy to help it manoeuvre in the fast...The British multinational bank has launched a search for an EU-level public affairs agency, as banks come under increasing pressure from proposed legislation such as the potential financial transaction tax. Barclays is consolidating its European retail and investment banking public affairs into a ...
BBVA, the Spanish bank, has approached media agency groups ahead of a review of its global media...of BBVA s marketing is thought to be focused in Spain and the Americas, although the bank has three ... in September 2005. BBVA was one of the first Spanish banks to expand internationally: it opened its first ...
Sainsbury's had revealed it is in talks with Lloyds Banking Group over moves to take full control...the acquisition of the remaining 50% share in Sainsbury s Bank, with a further announcement expected shortly. In 1997, Sainsbury s became the first UK supermarket to offer banking services, and currently has around 1 ... banks. In 2008, Tesco paid 950m to acquire complete ownership of its financial services joint ...
Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson has promised to place ethics at the heart of his new banking...Speaking exclusively to Marketing , Branson said he was confident an entrance by Virgin would shake up the sector. The banks nearly destroyed the financial world as we know it and the public is crying out for a really good, honest brand to get into that sector, he added. Branson, who ...
Lloyds Banking Group marketer Joe Clift has left the high-street bank after three years...Clift, the former Visa Europe vice-president of brand management, departed the bank this week ... Banking Group after the merger with HBOS. Over the past two years, he has played a role in creating a unified marketing operation and agency roster at the bank. Lloyds Banking Group unveiled a new ...
New high street banking brand Metro Bank has launched its first advertising campaign, ahead...the revolution and the bank s M-shaped brand mascot Metro Man , flag up the launch celebrations for its two London branches in Holborn and Earl s Court. They invite consumers to join Metro Bank s "opening ... and Sundays, and the offer of providing customers with new bank cards within minutes of signing up ...
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