04 Jan 1996
encourages customers to criticise their banks....encourages customers to criticise their banks.
The First Direct campaign, through WCRS, was introduced ...
challenged: Tell me one good thing about your bank and was
followed by a second stating: Some people can .
But the campaign infuriated rival bank NatWest which followed the teaser
ads with its own work in the Daily ...
27 Jun 1996
Abbey National is targeting the untouchables of the banking world with
an account designed...Abbey National is targeting the untouchables of the banking world with
an account designed ...
for the significant number of
consumers in the UK who are unable to open a bank or building society
account.
We are targeting the great unbanked. Between 25% and 30% of people who
apply for a bank account ...
11 Jul 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
- with the bank s help.
The new ads will form the basis of the bank s marketing strategy and
marks a shift back to heavyweight above-the-line expenditure after the
bank pledged last year to shift ...
insurance
promote the the bank s telephone service. Later ads will feature student
banking and small ...
14 Nov 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
personal
banking....personal
banking.
The campaign is the first national advertising for the bank since 1991,
when ...
, such as insurance. NatWest has since
launched a similar product and other banks are expected to follow suit ...
developments along similar lines, he said.
The bank is also expanding its central advertising ...
22 Aug 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank, both subsidiaries of the National
Australia Bank Group...Yorkshire Bank and Clydesdale Bank, both subsidiaries of the National
Australia Bank Group ...
-based Northern Bank and the
National Irish Bank, which operates in the Republic of Ireland. The four
banks ...
creative agency.
The banks joint marketing spend would be worth over pounds 10m.
Both ...
01 Aug 1996
| by PAUL HOULDING
Paul Houlding Partner Banks Hoggins O Shea...Paul Houlding Partner Banks Hoggins O Shea
So what s the most taxing thing you are going to do today? Write a
clear, concise positioning statement? Negotiate with a couple of
suppliers? Sort out a pricing policy or perhaps do a spot of budget
reconciliation?
Now think about what ...
31 Oct 1996
Banks and building societies using advertising to recruit young people
could be wasting...Banks and building societies using advertising to recruit young people
could be wasting their money, according to research published this week.
A survey of 1000 people of all ages, carried out by advertising agency
Holder Wilson Pearce s roster agencies, said banks
should target young ...
21 Nov 1996
| by MIKE HEWITT
. That s one surprise. The other is that I m about to
praise a clearing bank. Perhaps you d like to sit down.... That s one surprise. The other is that I m about to
praise a clearing bank. Perhaps you d like to sit down now.
Barclays was one of the first high street banks to get into telephone
banking in a big way, with its Barclaycall service. Here at last was a
bank working out what customers wanted ...
12 Dec 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
A credit card war among the UK s major high street banks is set to break
out after NatWest...A credit card war among the UK s major high street banks is set to break
out after NatWest this week announced the first deal between a British
bank and American Express.
Until now ...
banks. The arrangement
restricted the penetration of Amex.
But the new deal gives it NatWest ...
31 Oct 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
Banks could be wasting their time aiming their ads at young people, as
most rely on mum and dad...Banks could be wasting their time aiming their ads at young people, as
most rely on mum and dad ...
Banks are going to extraordinary lengths to persuade young people to
open accounts with them, but new ...
to
young people, particularly students, is obvious. The young of today will
be the banks bread ...