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I expect the UK online banking site is a decendant of Alliance & Leicester's site. Santander bought A&L a few years ago when they got into trouble during the c
by d4nt 14y ago
I expect the UK online banking site is a decendant of Alliance & Leicester's site.
Santander bought A&L a few years ago when they got into trouble during the credit crunch. Before then, Santander was not trading in the UK.
- dabeeeenster 14y agoIt was Abbey, no?
- ubermensche 14y agoThe site is identical in except for the name change to the previous Abbey site. (Which I have used for years) They changed the log in process to the current username/number/passcode setup about 2 years ago if I remember correctly.
- corin_ 14y agoSmall correction: they were trading in the UK, just not under the name "Santander" - they had owned Abbey (formerly Abbey National) for a few years before they bought A&L and then merged them under the new (to the UK) Santander name.
- d4nt 14y agoYou're right, they bought abbey first. Completely forget about that. It's probably a descendant of the abbey online site then.