15 Nov 1999
| by ALASDAIR REID
Who s going to be brave enough to fill Richard Eyre s shoes? When
the announcement was first made two years ago that Eyre was to become
ITV s first chief executive, two responses tended to follow. First,
what a stroke of genius on ITV s part , and second, what a potentially
dodgy decision on Richard...
04 Oct 1999
| by RACHEL MINTER
Prudential is preparing a major online ad campaign for its
one-year-old direct banking service...Prudential is preparing a major online ad campaign for its
one-year-old direct banking service, Egg. But the insurance giant
cracked the market using more traditional media.
The Egg service, which promises individually tailored financial
services, launched on 11 October last year using ...
HSBC, this week embroiled in a court battle with rival bank HFC,
has more reason than most to hope...HSBC, this week embroiled in a court battle with rival bank HFC,
has more reason than most ...
s rebranding of the 1705 former
Midland Bank branches is confusing customers. The new Lowes ads aim ...
for Midland Bank , and strapline
emphasising the group s global strengths, Your world of financial ...
15 Jul 1999
| by ROBERT MCLUHAN
with
the staid approach traditionally favoured by banks. Even the
conventional endline has been dropped ...
routines. The bank helped some
67,000 people start their own businesses last year, says a voice ...
that doesn t normally interest people much, he says.
The bank s distinctive interlocking triangular ...
18 Mar 1999
| by ROBERT MCLUHAN
? runs the rewritten lyric, followed by the
new strapline, Your life. Your bank ...
are alternately shown in blue and
green, the colours of the two banks, and the familiar black horse
appears in a new remoulded form.
Historically, bank advertising has been seen as patronising ...
25 Feb 1999
| by ROBERT MCLUHAN
Midland Bank s campaign to get people thinking about their finances
was never intended...Midland Bank s campaign to get people thinking about their finances
was never intended ...
the bank s change of name
to HSBC is now being followed by two 50-second executions encouraging
people ...
are
starting what will be a long process of getting back to customer-driven,
relationship banking, says Alan ...
28 Jan 1999
| by STEVE BELL
NatWest has tied up a deal with Microsoft to pilot an interactive
banking service on the software...NatWest has tied up a deal with Microsoft to pilot an interactive
banking service ...
of services available through NatWest s PC banking service, such
as mortgages, travel insurance, currency rates as well as everyday
banking.
Ian Andrews, head of online delivery at NatWest, said ...