28 Jul 2000
| by Camilla Palmer
are both thought to have bowed out. Other bidders are said to include Japanese bank and new Dome owner ...
27 Jul 2000
m accounts to its retail banking operation, as it tries to shake off its image as a savings...-business market and add a further 1m accounts to its retail banking operation, as it tries to shake off its image ...
to transform itself and launch its internet banking brand, Cahoot.
Chief executive Ian Harley revealed a ...
-retail banking by 2003. He wants Cahoot, which has attracted 31,000 customers since it opened six weeks ago ...
26 Jul 2000
Online bank Egg has reported a loss of 80.7m for the first half of the year, compared with 69.7m...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Online bank Egg has reported a loss of 80.7m for the first half of the year, compared with 69.7m for the same period last year.
Its loss per share, however, has decreased to 8p, compared with 9.7p a year ago.
Egg is the UK’s first publicly traded internet bank, owned ...
24 Jul 2000
| by Claire Billings
Abbey National will be the first UK high-street bank to offer interactive TV banking when...LONDON (Brand Republic) – Abbey National will be the first UK high-street bank to offer interactive TV banking when it launches on Open, BSkyB’s interactive TV service.
The pilot went live today ...
, paying bills and checking balances.
The bank claims to already serve 400,000 e-banking customers since ...
24 Jul 2000
| by Claire Billings
UK high street bank, Lloyds TSB, is partnering internet investor Antfactory Holdings to start a 30...LONDON (Brand Republic) – UK high street bank, Lloyds TSB, is partnering internet investor ...
this year the bank said it would spend 150m on boosting sales of its products online. The investment included opening internet banks in Spain and in the UK.
In June, Antfactory said it had entered into a ...
24 Jul 2000
| by Claire Billings
negotiated with an American bank, although he acknowledged this had been vital to the success of Pheonix ...
20 Jul 2000
Alliance & Leicester said it is making progress in the development of its online banking business...LONDON (Brand Republic) - Alliance & Leicester said it is making progress in the development of its online banking business to be launched in the fourth quarter 2000.
The company has also ...
it was confident that it would remain independent despite its failed merger bid with the Bank of Ireland last year ...
20 Jul 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - The government is set to announce on Thursday (July 20) who will take over the Millennium Dome once the millennium exhibition closes on December 31. It is anticipated that Dome Europe, backed by Japanese bank, Nomura, will be successful with its high-tech entertainment ...
20 Jul 2000
LONDON (Brand Republic) - Northern Rock has reported an increase in profits and a doubling in its lending during the six months to June 30. It has also reported an increase in online lending, which accounted for 250m of its total lending. The bank said it has a 7.8% share of the mortgage market. The boom ...
19 Jul 2000
| by Claire Billings
First Direct, the telephone banking subsidiary HSBC, has unveiled a range of competitively...LONDON (Brand Republic) – First Direct, the telephone banking subsidiary HSBC, has unveiled a range of competitively-priced online products as it prepares to launch its Wap phone banking and interactive television banking services.
The WAP phone banking service will join the internet banking ...