28 Jul 2000
| by GORDON MACMILLAN, the editor of the new
It s getting increasingly difficult to come up with a decent web
name and address.
Everyone knows that there simply are not enough domains to go
around.
The internet naming group ICANN s recent decision to phase in new
suffixes, maybe including .travel, .shop and .bank, might help ...
27 Jul 2000
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Cahoot, the fledgling Abbey National-owned internet bank, is
embarking on the first stage of a...Cahoot, the fledgling Abbey National-owned internet bank, is
embarking on the first stage of a ...
strategy
to sign up at least 100,000 consumers in its first year. The e-bank s
offering is comprised ...
-style creatives, sent to 100,000
prospects, showing the multi-channel interaction opportunities of
banking ...
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 ...
27 Jul 2000
| by CHRIS MARTIN, General manager, Moore IM
proposition if you are a bank, for example, which
has traditionally courted 15- to 19-year-olds. It s also...By hooking the youth market, big brands aim to create customers for
life. This is a sound proposition if you are a bank, for example, which
has traditionally courted 15- to 19-year-olds. It s also effective if
you are selling music, games, clothes or toiletries.
Even big brands not traditionally ...
27 Jul 2000
| by MARK KLEINMAN
that it will not replace the marketing director for personal banking
Graham Pilkington when he joins Alliance s WAP ...
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 JEREMY LEE
Banks increased their advertising spend by an unprecedented 42 per
cent in the March to May period...Banks increased their advertising spend by an unprecedented 42 per
cent in the March to May period, fuelling a record quarter for many
media owners.
Total adspend for the period was pounds ...
.
David Fletcher, head of CIA MediaLab, said banks, dotcoms and other
growing areas of the economy were ...
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
blank cheque - just
fill in what you fancy and laugh all the way to the bank. A run-through
of any ...