After pop, planes and cola, Branson takes on the banks
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Virgin Direct, the financial services company owned by Richard Branson, has linked with Royal Bank of Scotland to create a new service, Virgin One. This permits customers to use just one account to deal with all their financial affairs. Branson believes that this will be the first true one-stop bank. The service will offset positive assets such as deposit account savings against liabilities such as car loans, with a net, negative balance being subject to a single rate of interest.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 1997
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UK: SURVEY OF INTERNET BANKS
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UK high-street banks are recapturing online business from the likes Prudential's Internet bank, Egg, according to the MMXI study for August 2000. Barclays' website attracted 641,000 visitors, up from 460,000 in July 2000, with Lloyds TSB and Egg attracting 583,000 and 582,000 respectively.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2000
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The banks that like to say nothing
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Many of the UK's top banks are failing to inform customers that they could gain more interest if they moved to a different account, according to Fleming Premier Banking. This contravenes the banking code.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0951-9467
Year: 2001
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