09 May 2012
| by Will Harris
; Lloyds Bank, Whitbread (Heineken and Stella) and Imperial Tobacco. My boss looked up and said: 'There won ...
's properly regulated, it's OK.' Over time I learned to save the best till last. 'Banks!' they'd scream. 'I hate my ******** bank! Those miserable bastards ...'
It's a reminder that our bogey men change ...
08 May 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
approved by its banks....severe financial turbulence over the past year, confirmed its new financing package with its banks for 1.4bn.
The troubled group revealed it was in further discussions with its banks to secure a 1.2bn ...
08 May 2012
| by Alex Brownsell
, as well as by partner retailers and banks.
The first partner brands for PayPass include American Airlines and Barnes Noble, while in the UK, PayPass services will be rolled out by Metro Bank. ...
08 May 2012
| by Matthew Chapman
to download from today (8 May) on iPhone and Android phones.
Ashley Machin, Halifax digital banking ...
regardless of where they bank. It is entirely focused around this notion that we should get much better ...
are very keen that Halifax continues on its path of being the major challenger bank in the UK.
"We want ...
08 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
The car brand replaces Saxo Bank, which sponsored the first two years of the awards.
Paul Marshal, general manager of marketing and strategy at Lexus called it, "an excellent opportunity for Lexus to associate itself with the best individuals and companies in the City".
The annual award ceremony, which ...
04 May 2012
| by Daniel Farey-Jones
WPP has won out against BBDO in a global advertising and branding pitch for the Bank of America...The team will handle Bank of America's overall brand positioning, as well as branding and advertising for its consumer banking, global banking and markets and global commercial banking divisions.
Bank of America spends the bulk of its estimated $2bn outlay on marketing in its home country.
BBDO ...
04 May 2012
trader for ABN Amro Bank. ...
03 May 2012
hires BBC's comms director Ed Williams as UK CEO; Lloyds Banking Group's retail comms director Nick ...
- including a six-figure account for German software firm SAP and others from Silicon Valley Bank ...
03 May 2012
| by John Owens
Metro Bank has appointed Beth Murray to the newly created role of PR manager....branches nationwide by 2020. Responsible for driving campaigns that increase awareness of Metro Bank ...
the Metro Bank press office. Her work will be supported by Lansons Communications, the incumbent retained PR agency, for whom she worked previously with the bank as an account director. Craig Donaldson ...
03 May 2012
| by Anthony Hilton
It was obvious at the time that Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland...but more than anything he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was no part of the original banking ...
scrutiny of his bank. I fear he may also underestimate the time and effort needed to restore trust ...