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The company was initially established as a personal finance company under the name of Virgin Direct in 1995, and the Virgin Money brand itself was introduced in 2000. Virgin Money vastly increased its size and customer base in 2012 with the purchase of the so-called 'good bank' portion of the nationalised Northern Rock bank.
Under an obscure license exit fee, founder Richard Branson was expected to pocket $320 million so Nationwide could continue to use the Virgin Money name for brand purposes until late 2028. This ...
A branch of the Northern Rock with Virgin Money branding on Briggate in Leeds. On 13 October 2007, Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Group were putting together a consortium of financiers to propose to plough millions into the troubled Northern Rock bank and in return take an approximate 30% stake in the business, bringing the current financial products offered by Virgin and combining ...
Virgin Money, the U.K. bank part-owned by Branson, announced last week that it was the subject of a takeover bid from banking rival Nationwide for £2.9 billion, causing its share price to soar.
The acquisition of Virgin Money was completed on 15 October 2018. [18] In June 2019, CYBG plc announced its plans to consolidate its businesses under the Virgin Money brand. Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and B, which exist as trading divisions of Clydesdale Bank plc will begin to use the Virgin Money name in late 2019 with full use planned by ...
Virgin Money may refer to: Virgin Money (brand), a financial services brand owned by Virgin Group; Virgin Money UK, a British banking and financial services company; Virgin Money Australia, an Australian banking and financial services company owned by the Bank of Queensland; Virgin Money US, a former US loans company
Clydesdale Bank (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Dhail Chluaidh) [1] is a trading name used by Clydesdale Bank plc for its retail banking operations in Scotland.. In June 2018, it was announced that Clydesdale Bank plc's holding company, CYBG, would acquire Virgin Money for £1.7 billion in an all-stock deal, and that Clydesdale Bank plc's Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank and B brands would be phased ...
In 2007, the Virgin Group acquired a majority stake in the company and renamed it Virgin Money Holdings USA Inc., the American division of Virgin Money. [3] [4] Virgin Money US focused solely on formalizing and servicing loans between friends and family, a business model which differentiated it from later social lending and crowdfunding businesses which encouraged loans between strangers.