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| Abbey is the sixth biggest bank and the second largest provider of mortgages and savings in the UK. The combination of the heritage and familiarity of the Abbey brand backed by the experience, expertise and systems of Santander is driving Abbey's plans to become the best bank in the UK. It offers a full range of personal financial services both direct and through intermediaries, to 18 million UK customers and expatriates. The range of services includes mortgages and savings, bank accounts, loans and credit cards, long-term investments including pensions and unit trusts, life, critical illness and unemployment cover and household insurance. It also provides offshore banking for expatriates. Abbey's roots date back to 1849, with the establishment of the National Freehold Land and Building Society. In 1944, it merged with the Abbey Road Building Society to form Abbey National. In July 1989, it was the first building society to convert to plc status and to be floated on the London Stock Exchange. On 12 November 2004, Banco Santander Central Hispano, SA (Banco Santander) acquired Abbey. Banco Santander is Spain's largest financial group one of the ten leading financial groups in the world. It has a presence in 40 countries, with 126,000 employees serving more than 63 million customers through a network of 10,000 branches. It is the largest financial services group in Latin America, and has the third largest consumer finance business in Europe. The bank focuses on retail banking, which makes up 85% of revenues, but also offers a wide range of financial services. Size: Abbey is the second largest provider of mortgages and savings in the UK. Offices: Abbey's main offices are in London, Milton Keynes, Bradford, Glasgow and Belfast. For main office addresses, please follow the link on the right. People: We have more than 20,000 people (full-time equivalent) as of 1 December 2005. Accounts and Services Personal financial accounts and services offered by Abbey include: mortgages savings banking investments general insurance (buildings and contents) credit cards loans critical illness, accident and unemployment insurance life assurance pensions business banking sharedealing services Branches There are 741 Abbey branches in our UK branch network. ATMs We have approximately 2,500 ATMs. Some of Abbey's Brands Abbey for Intermediaries Abbey Business Abbey International cahoot Cater Allen James Hay Porterbrook Abbey Financial Markets Scottish Mutual Scottish Provident Scottish Provident International |
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