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  • oscar52 wrote:
    Have to say, thats news to me. As far as I was aware, MBNA only issued the CC, not the loans. (and i even work there :cry:)

    But i do know they have nothing to do with cahoot (yet)


    you may well be right it was a credit card application. I just assumed that if MBNA were the underwriters for the CC then they would deal with all abbey stuff
  • oscar52
    oscar52 Posts: 2,272 Forumite
    Aha, right ya are then. MBNA do issue the CC, but not the loan (just looked at Abbey website too) .... I Actually want out of there in new year, Probably in Feb (cos we are supposedly getting a £1200 bonus) Anyone wanna offer me a £16K a year job??
    No Longer works for MBNA as of August 2010 - redundancy money will be nice though.

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  • rog2
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    oscar52 wrote:
    at the moment, they are keeping current and savings accounts open. Cahoot are just removing themselves from the lending market

    A 'Cynic' might be forgiven for thinking that they are no longer interested in the 'high-risk' loans market, yet happy to have other people's savings. How will they make their money?
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  • AndyR_3
    AndyR_3 Posts: 324 Forumite
    rog2 wrote:
    A 'Cynic' might be forgiven for thinking that they are no longer interested in the 'high-risk' loans market, yet happy to have other people's savings. How will they make their money?

    Abbey are the country's second biggest mortgage lender, so they can lend the funds out that way.

    I wouldn't be suprised to see the Cahoot brand vanish completely this year, with all accounts being transferred to Abbey. A chunk of the back office work is done by Abbey now already.
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  • oscar52
    oscar52 Posts: 2,272 Forumite
    The only problem with that is Abbey dont issue their own CC, MBNA do, will MBNA be willing just take "takeover" these accounts? And what about those customers that already have 1 or 2 (maybe even more) MBNA accounts? Doubt they would take these on...
    No Longer works for MBNA as of August 2010 - redundancy money will be nice though.

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