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Abbey staff face the axe

Liverpool Echo.co.uk (Free subscription) | yesterday

AROUND 80 workers at Abbey National’s Liverpool call centre face the axe.

Barclays Lists Barclays GEMS Asia 8 ETN on NYSE Arca

Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

NYSE Euronext (NYX) today announced that Barclays Bank PLC (NYSE: BCS ) listed the Barclays GEMS Asia 8 ETN (NYSE Arca: AYT) on NYSE Arca, the largest exchange in ETF and ETN listings and assets under management. As an industry leader in ETF and ETN listings and trading, exchange traded products listed on NYSE Arca represent 55% of ETF and ETN assets under management in the U.S., nearly $591 billion,...

Barclays Bank Ghana Gets New Boss

All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

Barclays Bank Plc, on Thursday, appointed Mr. Benjamin T. Dabra as the new Managing Director (MD) of its outfit in Ghana, with effect from November 1, this year, subject to obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals.

Royal Bank of Scotland Appoints Outside Directors

DealBook (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008

The Royal Bank of Scotland announced on Wednesday it appointed a trio of non-executive directors in effort to address weaknesses on its board. The bank said that Stephen Hester, chief executive of British Land and former chief operating officer of Abbey National; John McFarlane, who retired last year from his career in banking which included [...]

To the Chairman, Barclays Bank plc

Raedwald (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

Dear Chairman, As a customer of long standing, I am concerned at your declining credit ratings . As a responsible customer, I am no longer able to maintain my credit surplus facility in the bank's favour. You will notice I have been buying Krugerrands instead. Please get in touch with me if you are having trouble managing your debt portfolio; I am happy to offer the bank free advice on debt management,...

Barclays Bank Plc.......Your Payment.

Dadny crocodile =) (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008

Dr. John Camper Head Claim Dept. Barclays Bank Plc. London E145hq. Tel: 44 704-5799275 Ext 18 Fax: 44 700-5930721 Date: 22/08/2008 Attention: Esteemed Customer, This is to notify you about the statue of your fund right now on our desk. The office of the Presidency in Nigeria, Forwarded and request that we pay you with immediate effect. After due vetting and evaluation of your payment file, from our...

ALDAR, Barclays Bank UAE sign strategic partnership agreement

UAEinteract.com - News (Free subscription) | 19/08/2008

ALDAR Properties yesterday announced a strategic tie up with Barclays Bank Plc, UAE to provide mortgage solutions for ALDAR's Al Raha Beach projects. This is the first deal for ALDAR involving a foreign bank and Barclays is the first foreign bank to

Aldar Partners With Barclays Bank For Raha Project

Zawya.com - Top Regional News (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008

Aldar Properties, the leading integrated property, investment, and management company announced a strategic tie up with Barclays Bank Plc, UAE ('Barclays') to provide mortgage solutions for Aldar's Al Raha Beach projects.

Shooting phish in a barrel

Neil's World (Free subscription) | 12/08/2008

Just had this email through, claiming to be from 'Abbey National'.

The primrose path of dalliance

Capital Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

Today the Questor column in the Daily Telegraph slapped a 'buy' on Barclays Bank plc. Without judging this call - beyond wondering if libertine Mr Litterick is treading the path himself - it is borne of a wider 'feeling' lacing the current equity rally. A 'feeling' out of the 'money must work' and ' there will be a bottom in the next year' schools of thought. Thus are sidelined trillions leeching...

RE: INSTRUCTIONS TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITH US$6,800,000.00

Dadny crocodile =) (Free subscription) | 08/08/2008

Global Banking Division Barclays Bank Plc 1 Churchill Place London, E14 5HP-United Kingdom http://www.barclays.co.uk Dear sir/Madam, RE: INSTRUCTIONS TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITH US$6,800,000.00 We at this bank wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of your funds transfer schedule in conjunction with the World Bank's and the International Monetary Funds assessment report,...

Business Collaboration

Investment News (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008

Dear Friend, I am Mr.Kevin Haworth, Senior Audit Officer of Barclays Bank Plc U K. I am seeking your assistance to help me receive the sum of Ј22.8million British Pounds Sterling (Twenty Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling) to your possession. The funds was an abandoned account that belongs to one of our foreign customer, a German estate tycoon, late Mr.Andreas Schranner who...

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Santander rules itself out of the running for takeover of HBOS

The Herald (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008

Santander, which owns Abbey National and is buying Alliance & Leicester, yesterday became the second Spanish bank in the space of two days to rule itself out of a takeover move on Bank of Scotland and Halifax owner HBOS.

Santander boss is wily operator who waited to make his move

The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008

When Santander bought Abbey National nearly four years ago, rival bankers said it was only a matter of time before Spain's biggest bank did a second deal to extract maximum benefit from the acquisition.

Santander bids for UK mortgage lender

San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008

Spanish banking giant Banco Santander said Monday it has agreed to buy the British mortgage lender Alliance & Leicester PLC in a deal valued at $2.5 billion. Banco Santander, which also owns Britain's Abbey National Bank, said that under the terms of the...