15 Dec 2000
| by ADAM HILL
and looks quite fit enough to do so again. But the 40-year-old banking heir (Kleinwort Benson is the family ...
. But after university and three very successful years at Deutsche Bank in Hamburg and Frankfurt, he needed a change. Banking was too dry , he says. If this came as something of a surprise to him it must have been ...
01 Dec 2000
| by JOHN FRANK and HOLLY WILLIAMS
Household International's UK subsidiary, HFC Bank, is seeking a new PR agency to handle a six-figure fee account for its Marbles credit card and associated financial services.
Martin Rutland, HFC corporate communications director, is considering several UK agencies to handle the next phase - part ...
03 Nov 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
The Royal Bank of Scotland Group has reneged on its decision to
handle financial PR in-house by hiring two-year old agency The
Wriglesworth Consultancy.
Communications bosses at the bank ...
on the decision, but it is
believed the bank wanted a specialist agency to work on the account and
complement ...
20 Oct 2000
SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank (UOB) has retained Gavin Anderson and Company as its first IR...SINGAPORE: United Overseas Bank (UOB) has retained Gavin Anderson and Company as its first IR agency, without a competitive pitch.
UOB, the fifth largest bank in Singapore, uses two other firms ...
Chase Manhattan s retail arm in Hong Kong last month, beaten by Standard Chartered Bank. UOB s low ...
13 Oct 2000
Barclays PR chief Chris Tucker has confirmed the high street bank is to send a task force of PR...Barclays PR chief Chris Tucker has confirmed the high street bank is to send a task force of PR ...
and organisations.
Following a public airing of the bank s leaked document detailing its PR plan, Tucker ...
communications.
Although no details were confirmed, Tucker said the bank would be sending out a network ...
29 Sep 2000
| by NICK PURDOM
Client: People s Bank...Client: People s Bank
PR Team: In-house and Lansons Communications
Campaign: Launch ...
s Bank launched an affinity card in association with registered charity The Vegetarian Society, which ...
million vegetarians in the UK. The Bank has already launched a number of successful affinity cards ...
08 Sep 2000
| by JENNIFER WHITEHEAD
recently with media reports of the world s so-called first on-line bank heist, and the revelation that three people had been arrested by the National Crime Squad for allegedly conspiring to defraud the bank ...
.
The story broke in the Independent, which wrongly said the bank had been the target of hackers. Pema Radha ...
01 Sep 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
brand.
After a further six years as head of UK bank PR, Tucker moved to more
rarefied ground as head of corporate banking PR. At 34 years old, she
took charge of a complex communications portfolio. You can t overstate
the diversity of the job at corporate banking. The division had over 300 ...
11 Aug 2000
| by GIDON FREEMAN
The world s third largest bank, Bank of America, has appointed
Citigate Dewe Rogerson to handle...The world s third largest bank, Bank of America, has appointed
Citigate Dewe Rogerson to handle ...
, and his associate Pedro Schuermann.
The brief is to raise the European profile of the bank s equity
partners division.
People associate the Bank of America with high street services, so we ...
04 Aug 2000
| by HOLLY WILLIAMS
Bank of Scotland PR chiefs are planning a complete shake-up of the
bank s agency and in...Bank of Scotland PR chiefs are planning a complete shake-up of the
bank s agency and in-house structure to better co-ordinate
communications.
The PR review, which is being led by Bank of Scotland s (BoS) MD of
corporate communications Alex Pagett, looks set to cut the bank s agency
roster ...