Abbey National

46 results about this entity

Period: 26 Jul 2004 - 11 Jul 2011

Abbey holds axe over 335 IT jobs

Abbey, the UK bank now owned by Spain's Banco Santander, is threatening to axe 335 IT staff from its operations in Glasgow, Milton Keynes and Belfast.

Abbey introduces card personalisation services

UK bank Abbey is offering its customers the chance to personalise their plastic payment cards with their own photographs or images.

Abbey IT director made redundant as Santander begins shake-up

Abbey National has merged its IT and customer operations division, and removed IT director Yasmin Jetha under an initial restructuring initiated by new Spanish owner Banco Santander Central Hispano.

Job fears grow as Abbey cancels union talks

Financial services union Amicus says it has become "increasingly concerned" about the prospect of job losses at Abbey's operations in Scotland after the bank cancelled a meeting with the union at the last minute.

Cahoot suffers online security breach

UK Internet bank Cahoot was forced to shut down yesterday after the discovery of a major security breach which allowed customers to access other people's accounts without using a password, according to a report by the BBC.

Abbey cuts ATM withdrawal limits in response to rising fraud

Abbey National has joined the growing ranks of UK banks to cut cash machine withdrawal limits in response to rising ATM fraud.

Complex IT changes force Abbey to restrict mortgage sales as new rules bite

UK bank Abbey has been forced to temporarily restrict the number of mortgage products it offers customers as it struggles with far-reaching IT changes entailed by the introduction of new regulations governing the sale of home loans.

Abbey revamps consumer Web site

UK bank Abbey has re-launched its customer Web site, which was designed, built and tested by online interactive agency Oyster Partners.

Abbey selects Psytechnics to ensure VoIP quality

UK bank Abbey is using technology from Psytechnics to monitor and maintain agreed service levels for its new BT-supplied IP-based telecommunications infrastructure.

Banco Santander plans £300m cost cuts at Abbey

Spain's Banco Santander Central Hispanico, the bank that is taking over Abbey in an £8.5bn deal, has disclosed details of a three year cost cutting plan which includes a reduction in middle and back office processing at the UK bank.