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Halifax (previously known as Halifax Building Society and colloquially known as The Halifax) is a British banking brand operating as a trading division of Bank of Scotland, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Lloyds Banking Group. It is named after the town of Halifax, West Yorkshire, where it was founded as a building society in 1853.
In 2001, a wave of consolidations in the UK banking market led the former Halifax Building Society—which originated in 1853—to agree to a £10.8 billion merger with Bank of Scotland. [12] Trustee Savings Bank (TSB) can trace its roots back to the first savings bank founded by Henry Duncan in Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire, in 1810.
HBOS offices in Lovell Park, Leeds, formerly those of the Leeds Permanent Building Society before its takeover by the Halifax Building Society. HBOS plc is a banking and insurance company in the United Kingdom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Lloyds Banking Group , having been taken over in January 2009.
In 1997, Halifax Building Society demutualised and, in 2001, it merged with the Bank of Scotland to form HBOS.In 2003, Bank of Scotland Offshore Limited, which had been incorporated in the Isle of Man in 1998, was merged with Halifax International Limited, which had been incorporated in Jersey in 1990.
Though the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P were all up today, the biggest story from today's market came from across the border in Canada, where all eyes were on the Halifax Stock Exchange. The most widely ...
The Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca na h-Alba) is a commercial and clearing bank based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is part of the Lloyds Banking Group.The bank was established by the Parliament of Scotland in 1695 to develop Scotland's trade with other countries, and aimed to create a stable banking system in the country. [2]
NatWest Group plc [1] is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.. The group operates a wide variety of banking brands offering personal and business banking, private banking, investment banking, insurance and corporate finance.
In 1993, Blackburn was named as the CEO of the Halifax Building Society. [6] [7] His tenure at Halifax was marked by involvement in legal disputes, including a notable case against the UK government and the European Court of Justice concerning financial issues. [3] In 1999, Blackburn left Halifax and was succeeded by James Crosby.