8 results about this entity
Period: 17 May 2005 - 22 Nov 2011
News
"Has the word 'bank' been so discredited that a new name needs to emerge?" That's the question being asked by business mogul Richard Branson as he conducts a rebranding exercise for the prospective Virgin Money/Northern Rock banking business.
22 November 2011
The new high street bank being set up by City grandees Lord Levene and Sir David Walker is eyeing up the acquisition of Lloyds' online unit Intelligent Finance, according to press reports.
12 July 2010
Virgin Money has applied to the UK's Financial Services Authority for a full banking license as it plans to start taking deposits and offering mortgages online.
26 October 2009
UK supermarket chain Tesco may be a surprise bidder for nationalised bank Northern Rock, the Times newspaper has reported.
01 July 2009
The UK government was forced to rule out letting failed bank Northern Rock wind down because poor IT systems would have left depositors waiting for their money, risking another major run.
23 March 2009
The UK's faster payments service, designed to provide customers with near real-time transfer of phone, Internet and standing order payment instructions - has finally gone live.
27 May 2008
Barclays has selected a liquidity management system from payments provider Fundtech as part of its efforts to improve the monitoring of its cash flows and in preparation for the introduction of the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) and Target2 Securities (T2S) initiatives.
01 October 2007
UK bank Northern Rock is implementing Wall Street Systems' technology under a managed service contract to support group treasury operations.
17 May 2005
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