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Coventry BS bids for the Co-op Bank
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Lol...ive been waiting patiently (or not) for the Coventry and Nationwide to be carpetbagged since mid 90s.Cashmygiro said:Anything for the carpet baggers?
I have no shame....I think I bagged just about every BS turning into a bank, or takeover since Abbey National changed to a bank.....oh those were the days.1 -
from memory it was called the Coventry First current accountjackjones01 said:
Yes I wondered that too…. I used to have one but obviously it ended up getting closed.km1500 said:wonder if Coventry is planning to go back into the current account business !0 -
I still have one. It changed its name to Money Manager, but I use it to pay into from my main current account elsewhere then transfer out or to another Coventry account as needed. It provides SOs.0
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Is/was it really a current account though? It only had a cash machine card associated with it, no debit cards...0
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Does this mean if it goes ahead the co op will be rebranded Coventry?0
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Most likely as it is them buying it out not the other way round. Unless they continue to run it as a separate entity.jackjones01 said:Does this mean if it goes ahead the co op will be rebranded Coventry?0 -
More likely to stay separate, for IT reasons as much as anythingCashmygiro said:
Most likely as it is them buying it out not the other way round. Unless they continue to run it as a separate entity.jackjones01 said:Does this mean if it goes ahead the co op will be rebranded Coventry?0 -
This sounds like the perfect way to ruin a solid, reliable, building society..7
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Something inaccurate?gsmh said:
I think most of us understood what they meant.[Deleted User] said:The Co-operative Bank has never been a mutual - so how can you 'effectively remutualise' it?0
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