Alliance & Leicester

47 results about this entity

Period: 17 Sep 2004 - 19 Apr 2011

One in five bank branches closed

Banks and building societies in the UK have closed one in five branches in the last ten years despite research showing that the majority of customers still prefer to do their banking at a branch.

Alliance and Leicester axes 350 back office jobs

UK bank Alliance and Leicester (A&L) is axing around 350 staff from its back office operations under plans to increase efficiency and cut costs at its retail banking division.

Customers want calls answered in the UK - Alliance and Leicester

The vast majority of customers still want their calls to be answered by staff in the UK and would not be happy to have their accounts serviced at overseas centres, according to research commissioned by British bank Alliance and Leicester (A&L).

Alliance & Leicester deploys NCR ATMs at concept branches

Alliance & Leicester is rolling out NCR's Personas self service ATMs at its eight new concept branches in the UK under a programme designed to cut costs and move more routine transactions away from the counter.

A&L direct strategy leads to new concept branch

The UK's Alliance & Leicester has opened the first of its new concept branches, part of a direct banking strategy it is implementing in a bid to cut costs.

Death of cash would kill off one in ten related businesses - A&L

Almost one in ten UK businesses that handle cash on a daily basis would shut down if customers stopped using notes and coins, according to research commissioned by Alliance & Leicester Commercial Bank.

Alliance & Leicester signs multi-channel document contract

Alliance & Leicester is using technology from Thunderhead to automate the creation and assembly of new customer, personal loans and current account documentation in print and via multiple electronic channels.

A&L says 85% of online mortgage applications are done in 60 seconds

UK bank Alliance & Leicester (A&L) says 85% of all online mortgage applications submitted by mortgage intermediaries receive a decision in principle within 60 seconds.

Rise in Internet banking will hit Big Four - A&L

By 2020 42 million UK consumers will use the Internet for banking as well as for searching out new deals, which could result in up to 11 million customers moving away from the Big Four banks which currently dominate the current account market, according to research from UK bank Alliance & Leicester.

Alliance & Leicester to implement S1 Corporate Banking

Alliance & Leicester Commercial bank is to deploy hosted e-banking software from US supplier S1 to deliver online services to its corporate and mid-sized business customers.

Brits switch to shopping on the Web

The majority of UK consumers (87%) are using the Internet to purchase goods and services more now than five years ago, but many are still reluctant to buy financial products on the Web, according to research from Alliance & Leicester Personal Loans.