19 Dec 1996
| by PATRICK BARRETT
National Australia Bank Group (NAG) has shortlisted D Arcy Masius Benton
& Bowles Financial...National Australia Bank Group (NAG) has shortlisted D Arcy Masius Benton
s strategy to centralise its marketing
operations.
NAG, which bought Yorkshire Bank from Midland for pounds 976.5m ...
and CDP resigned the business for Clydesdale Bank and Yorkshire
Bank earlier this year, and has pulled ...
13 Dec 1996
| by BRENDAN LLEWELLYN
Top banks approach their advertising with the trading mentality that has
put them among the UK...Top banks approach their advertising with the trading mentality that has
put them among the UK ...
s
typically blunt commercial, tell me one good thing about your bank ,
has most of us struggling. Why?
Historically, lack of competition produced complacency. The major
clearing banks have divided the majority ...
13 Dec 1996
| by KAREN YATES
Barclays has bypassed its roster agencies to appoint Banks Hoggins
O Shea to a major project...Barclays has bypassed its roster agencies to appoint Banks Hoggins
O Shea to a major project ...
agencies, J. Walter Thompson, which
handles Barclays Bank, and BMP DDB, which runs Barclaycard.
However, a final creative and strategic shoot-out was scheduled between
just two agencies - Banks ...
13 Dec 1996
High street banks Midland and Barclays have come bottom in a survey of
the ethical credentials...High street banks Midland and Barclays have come bottom in a survey of
the ethical credentials of top corporate donors.
The banks each clocked up 14 negative indicators in a survey of the
environmental and social records of leading donors, carried out by
Ethical Consumer magazine ...
13 Dec 1996
| by DANNY ROGERS
The high street banks face increased competition from companies not
traditionally associated...The high street banks face increased competition from companies not
traditionally associated ...
expansion could be taken as a
sign that the good times are back.
But what s this? Uncaring banks ...
, the
retail banks were criticised by a senior economist for unnecessarily
adding half a million ...
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 ...
12 Dec 1996
| by MARK WHELAN
According to a recent article, the new wisdom is that advertising banks
to young people...According to a recent article, the new wisdom is that advertising banks
to young people is probably a waste of time. The crux of the argument:
the main influence on their bank choice is parental ...
recommendation is likely to
be: Son, I ve put pounds 50 in the bank for you, so you ve already got
some ...
29 Nov 1996
Banks Hoggins O Shea s media department has snared another piece of
business from Frontline Media...Banks Hoggins O Shea s media department has snared another piece of
business from Frontline ...
into Banks Hoggins with immediate effect and follows
the agency s appointment to handle the Referendum Party account last
week (Campaign, 22 November).
Banks Hoggins fledgling media department ...
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 ...
21 Nov 1996
National Australia Bank Group (NAG) has appointed Catherine James,
marketing director at its...National Australia Bank Group (NAG) has appointed Catherine James,
marketing director at its subsidiary Northern Bank, as its new head of
European marketing.
James s appointment comes as NAG ...
include Yorkshire Bank, Clydesdale Bank and National Irish Bank.
NAG has already moved ...