Lord Burns Chairman António Horta Osório Chief Executive
Products
Banking and Insurance
Number of employees
20,000
Parent
Santander Group
Subsidiaries
Abbey National Treasury Services Abbey International Cahoot Cater Allen
Website
www.abbey.com
The Abbey National Building Society was formed in 1944 by the merger of the Abbey Road and the National building societies.
It was the first building society in the United Kingdom to demutualise, doing so in July 1989. The bank expanded through a number of acquisitions in the 1990s, including James Hay, Scottish Mutual, Scottish Provident and the rail leasing company Porterbrook. Abbey National launched an online bank, Cahoot, in June 2000.
In September 2003, the bank rebranded as Abbey, and in November 2004, it became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Spanish Santander Group, with a rebrand following in February 2005. In January 2010, the savings business of Bradford & Bingley was combined with the bank, and Abbey National plc was renamed Santander UK plc.[1] Prior to the takeover, Abbey National plc was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
^"Santander scraps UK bank brands". BBC News. 27 May 2009. Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
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important bank by the Financial Stability Board. Many subsidiaries, such as AbbeyNational, have been rebranded under the Santander name. The company is a component...
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