Abbey National

46 results about this entity

Period: 26 Jul 2004 - 11 Jul 2011

Abbey apologises for e-business banking glitch

High street bank Abbey has apologised for a systems problem with its online business banking service that has caused some customers' payments to be sent to the wrong people.

Abbey to open 100 new UK branches - report

High street bank Abbey is planning to open 100 new branches over the next ten years, according to British newspaper The Times.

Santander rolls out its Partenon banking platform at Abbey

UK bank Abbey says it has hit the first milestone in the rollout of Partenon - the in-house banking system of parent company Banco Santander - with the launch of new corporate Intranet and Internet services.

Abbey takes credit cards back inhouse; terminates MBNA deal

The UK's Abbey National is to start issuing its own credit cards again after terminating an outsourcing agreement with MBNA.

UK credit cards firms to share customer data

UK credit card issuers Abbey, Barclaycard, the Co-operative Bank and Egg have agreed to start sharing data on how cardholders manage their debt.

Abbey reviewing Bangalore call centre

UK bank Abbey is considering closing its call centre in Bangalore, India and bringing the 1000 jobs it originally offshored back to Britain, according to press reports.

Cahoot tests mortgage market

UK standalone bank cahoot is to test the market for remote mortgage sales in a six-month trial conducted in conjunction with high street parent Abbey.

Widow accuses Abbey bosses after suicide verdict on IT analyst

The widow of Richard Chang, the Abbey IT analyst who committed suicide by jumping from a balcony at the bank's UK headquarters, has hit out at his employers, blaming them for causing his death.

Inquest begins into death of Abbey IT worker

The inquest into the death of Richard Chang, an Abbey National IT analyst who fell from a balcony at the bank's UK headquarters a year ago, begins in London today.

UK's passport office working with HSBC and Abbey on customer screening service

The UK's passport office is working with high street banks Abbey and HSBC on a controversial plan for cross-referencing passport details of new account applicants against information held in its database, according to a Financial Times report.

Abbey axes another 1000 jobs

Abbey is cutting another 1000 back office jobs across its UK operations, bringing the total number of roles axed since its takeover by Banco Santander to 4000.

Abbey consolidates sales and compliance document management

UK bank Abbey has consolidated eight departmental intranets into a single network as it migrates product sales and compliance documentation to an enterprise content management (ECM) system supplied by Canada's Open Text.