18 Nov 1999
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
Britain s banks were told by the government this week to remember
their social responsibilities...Britain s banks were told by the government this week to remember
their social responsibilities ...
Action Team on Tuesday,
the government challenges banks to increase services to poorer
communities ...
measures were:
- greater disclosure by banks of the kinds of services and investment ...
18 Nov 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Travelstore.com, the travel service run by internet entrepreneur
Darryl Mattocks, has hired Banks...Travelstore.com, the travel service run by internet entrepreneur
Darryl Mattocks, has hired Banks Hoggins O Shea/FCB to handle its pounds
13m full service account.
The site, which will be redesigned and relaunched in January, is to be
backed by a through-the-line campaign. Earlier this month ...
04 Mar 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
HSBC is removing staff and trialling fully-automated banks at
selected UK sites in a project named...HSBC is removing staff and trialling fully-automated banks at
selected UK sites in a project named cash and dash .
Eight of the bank s sites, currently being rebranded from Midland Bank ...
the branches
and are met by a bank of cash machines rather than staff behind
counters.
One member ...
01 Jul 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
their financial futures as part of a new
initiative from the UK s leading banks and insurance companies....Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has been awarded the task of encouraging
people to better plan their financial futures as part of a new
initiative from the UK s leading banks and insurance companies ...
up at the
beginning of this year by a group of banks and insurance companies,
including ...
25 Mar 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Estimates of how many consumers are already banking online vary. A
recent report from Fletcher...Estimates of how many consumers are already banking online vary. A
recent report from Fletcher Research said around 200,000 people in the
UK were banking online and predicted seven million would ...
expected to be UK online banking customers by
2002.
But what everyone agrees is that the current ...
18 Mar 1999
| by FRAN LITTLEWOOD
When Midland Bank dotted a few blue sofas around its branches and
launched its touchy...When Midland Bank dotted a few blue sofas around its branches and
launched its touchy ...
of the dark
ages. A decade on, the banking community has dragged designers through
its branches, tweaked ...
the banking sector) hasn t really
taken off yet, says Gavin George, director of store operations ...
18 Mar 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Microsoft is preparing to launch an online bank to give it control
of consumers purse strings...Microsoft is preparing to launch an online bank to give it control
of consumers purse strings along with their PCs.
The company is talking to established banks to find a partner for the
project, which may be launched with the brand name Easy Bank.
The bank will be introduced as part ...
07 Oct 1999
| by PAUL WHITFIELD
Halifax, the UK s biggest savings bank, is launching an internet
banking venture aimed...Halifax, the UK s biggest savings bank, is launching an internet
banking venture aimed ...
Bank managing director.
Spowart has been given a brief to develop the bank from scratch. One ...
phone banking.
The bank hopes that increased focus on remote channels of communication ...
27 May 1999
| by STEVE BELL
NatWest is to charge customers who want personalised relationships
with their bank managers pounds...NatWest is to charge customers who want personalised relationships
with their bank managers ...
banking for the
past decade.
A spokesman for NatWest said the new Individual Banking Service ...
year. The spokesman said the bank would
continue to promote the new service via direct mail as well ...
22 Apr 1999
| by STEVE BELL
banking arms into one operation....direct banking arms into one operation.
The bank intends to launch the new set-up in the second ...
.
Lloyds TSB has two telephone-banking operations, TSB Phonebank Express
and LloydsLine. It also has two recently created internet banking
services: TSB PC Banking, which was launched in May 1996; and Lloyds ...