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Who owns what
You picked a bank or building society but have you thought about who might own them? What with the European Banks sliding under, it may not be a bad idea to see just who actually "owns" what. After all TPTB claim your money is safe BUT when was the last time they said a "truth"?
1. HBOS (Halifax/Bank of Scotland group) own:-
AA
Aviva
Bank of Scotland
Birmingham Midshires
Halifax
Intelligent Finance
Saga
2. Lloyds Banking Group
Cheltenham and Gloucester
Lloyds TSB
Sainsbury's Bank: 50% owned by Lloyds Banking Group.
Birmingham Midshires:
Halifax
Intelligent Finance
3. Barclays
Standard Life
Woolwich
4. HSBC
First Direct
5. Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Coutts & Co: a subsidiary of NatWest
NatWest:
Ulster Bank
6. Santander UK
Abbey
Cahoot
Alliance & Leicester
Bradford & Bingley
7. The Co-operative Bank
Britannia BS
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8. ROI Ireland
Bank of Ireland
Post Office
9. National Australia Bank
Yorkshire Bank
Clydesdale Bank
10. Nationwide BS
Cheshire BS
Derbyshire BS
Dunfermline BS
11. Yorkshire BS
Barnsley BS
Chelsea BS
Egg (also owned by Citigroup)
Norwich and Peterborough BS
12. Coventry BS
Stroud and Swindon BS
13. Skipton BS
Capital One
Chesham BS (renamed Skipton BS)
Scarborough BS (renamed Skipton BS)
14. The Government
National Savings And Investments (NS&I)
Northern Rock
Bradford and Bingley
Please feel free to add to this.
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