Abbey (bank)

Abbey, formerly Abbey National, is one of the largest banks in the United Kingdom. Abbey will be rebranded as Santander by 2011 in line with other subsidiaries. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.

The Abbey Road & St John's Wood Permanent Benefit Building Society was founded in 1874, based in a Baptist church in Kilburn. The society became the Abbey National Building Society following the merger of the Abbey Road Building Society with the National Building Society in 1944.

In 1932 the society moved into new headquarters, Abbey House, at 219 to 229 Baker Street, London, a site occupied until 2002. The site was thought to include 221B Baker Street, the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Abbey National gained a reputation for innovation and, sometimes disruptive, change. It was an early user of computer systems and in the late 1970s, all branches became on-line to a real-time system that maintained customer accounts. Under Chief General Manager Clive Thornton, new types of savings accounts were introduced as well as a cheque account. The administration of the cheque account was restricted by building society rules and the need to find a partner that could clear Abbey's cheques (the Co-operative Bank). Later, Abbey became a full member of the BACS and APACS. Thornton also acted to break the building societies' interest rate cartel.

In 1989 the Abbey National Building Society demutualised and became a public limited company — Abbey National plc. It was the first of the UK building societies to demutualise, doing so on 12 July. Abbey floated on the London Stock Exchange at £1.30 per share, resulting in an unusually large number of small shareholders — approximately 1.8 million initially. The demutualisation process was marred by the discovery of a large number of undelivered share certificates awaiting destruction at a contractor's premises.

Abbey National shares peaked at more than £14 in 2000, before the stock market began a long decline.

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Sampo Bank

Sampo Bank is a brand name for Danske Bank's Finnish and Estonian operations. Sampo Bank was acquired by the Danske Bank Group in 2007.

Sampo Bank traces its origins back to 1887, Originally the Finnish state-owned Post and Savings Bank, which accepted deposits from the public at its post offices. in 1999 the state owned bank was merged with Sampo PLC's insurance business to form the Sampo Group. The Banking unit was later acquired by Danske Bank in 2007, while the Sampo Group retained the insurance business

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Richard E. Banks

Richard E. Banks (October 23, 1794 - May 6, 1856) was an American physician and surgeon.vj

Banks was born in Elbert County, Georgia, Georgia. One of thirteen children, Banks was the only one to attend college. After attending both the University of Georgia (for one year) and the University of Pennsylvania, Banks received his medical M.D. degree.

After practicing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for a year, he returned to rural northwest Georgia and set up practice not far from his original home. Banks eventually moved to larger offices in Gainesville, Georgia. Banks traveled to treat settlers and Native Americans of northern Georgia and South Carolina. He was especially noted for treating the Native Americans for smallpox.

Banks died in Gainesville on May 6, 1856 and was buried in Alta Vista Cemetery in that city. The Georgia General Assembly named a county in his honor on December 11, 1858


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E-Trade Financial Corporation

E-Trade Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: ETFC) is a financial services company based in New York City, United States. The company name is often rendered E*Trade. It is a holding company, the major business of which is an online discount stock brokerage service for self-directed investors. Investors can buy and sell securities such as stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, and exchange-traded funds via electronic trading platforms or by phone. The company also offers banking and lending products such as checking and savings accounts, money market accounts, certificates of deposit, and credit cards. E-Trade is a penny stock traded on the NASDAQ under the ticker ETFC.^[3] E-Trade is regulated and licensed by FINRA.

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Raymond E. Banks

Raymond E. Banks (1918—1974) was an American writer of numerous science fiction novels and short stories. In addition to authorship under his full name, his writings were issued under shorter forms such as "Ray Banks", "Ray E. Banks", "R. E. Banks" as well as under the pen name "Fred Freair".

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E-LOAN

E-LOAN, Inc. is a nationwide financial services company that offers high yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs) through Banco Popular North America (BPNA), a New York state chartered bank that is the direct parent company of E-LOAN (i.e. E-LOAN is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPNA). BPNA is a member of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) which insures bank deposits up to $250,000. It is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Puerto Rico-based Popular Financial Holdings, Inc.

E-LOAN also provides access to several lending partners that may be able to assist customers in obtaining home purchase loans, mortgage refinance, home equity loans, car loans, student loans, business financing, unsecured loans, and free credit reports. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, the company has been operating since 1997.

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E-LOAN, Inc. is a nationwide financial services company that offers high yield savings accounts and certificates of deposit (CDs) through Banco Popular North America (BPNA), a New York state chartered bank that is the direct parent company of E-LOAN (i.e. E-LOAN is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BPNA). BPNA is a member of the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) which insures bank deposits up to $250,000. It is also a wholly owned subsidiary of Puerto Rico-based Popular Financial Holdings, Inc.

E-LOAN also provides access to several lending partners that may be able to assist customers in obtaining home purchase loans, mortgage refinance, home equity loans, car loans, student loans, business financing, unsecured loans, and free credit reports. Headquartered in Pleasanton, California, the company has been operating since 1997.

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