20 Dec 2001
| by Gordon MacMillan and Jennifer Whitehead,
online banks such as Egg and Intelligent Finance. Lloyds itself bungled its own online banking aspirations -- last year it abandoned its online brand Evolvebank.
Recent work by Saatchis this year ...
20 Dec 2001
Abbey National's online bank Cahoot is returning to TV advertising
after an 18-month break with a 3m campaign, through Euro RSCG
Wnek Gosper, aimed at communicating what the brand stands for and its
benefits. Each ad is made up of a series of vignettes which aim to show
how Cahoot is better ...
14 Dec 2001
| by MATTHEW COWEN
as all
credit card, current account, online and offshore banking and personal
loans services ...
13 Dec 2001
| by MARK KLEINMAN and SUZY BASHFORD
Harrods has poached The Body Shop's marketing director, Ronny
Helvey, to fill its top marketing post, with a brief including the
launch of a credit card-based loyalty scheme for the world-famous
department store.
Helvey, who takes up the position at Harrods in the new year, will
assume ...
07 Dec 2001
FINANCIAL: The Financial Services Authority has announced the news
providers in the running for PIP (primary information provider) status.
They are the London Stock Exchange's RNS, Business Wire, Hugin Online,
Newslink, PR Line, PIMS, PRNewswire and Waymaker. A list of approved
PIPs is expected ...
07 Dec 2001
, online bill payment and new lines of businesses
accepting MasterCard.
...
07 Dec 2001
| by ALLISON GILES
and The Wall Street Journal Online, as well as Dow Jones
Conferences and Dow Jones's consumer electronic ...
06 Dec 2001
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
missed the peak of the market. Rival financial PR shop Finsbury was sold to WPP this year for a sum ...
06 Dec 2001
BUPA is targeting independent financial advisers with a direct
marketing campaign to launch its financial protection scheme. The push,
through WWAV Rapp Collins North, involves direct mail, press advertising
and online activity. Promoting BUPA's critical illness cover and income
protection plan ...
30 Nov 2001
| by PETER SIMPSON
radio stations, as well as on 12 online news media.
Unbranded coverage appeared in a further three nationals, on four TV
stations, seven radio stations and six online media.
Results ...