Tesco Bank is a retail bank in the United Kingdom which was formed in 1997, and which has been wholly owned by Tesco PLC since 2008. The Bank was originally formed as part of a 50:50 joint venture between The Royal Bank of Scotland and Tesco, the UK's largest supermarket. Tesco later acquired the RBS shareholding, which resulted in the bank becoming a wholly owned subsidiary, and now operates under its own banking license under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.
The bank offers a range of insurance, credit cards, loans, savings, mortgages and travel products, and launched a current account in June 2014. A unique selling point of Tesco's banking products is that the bank is able to leverage its large customer base to cross-sell financial services products, as customers can accumulate Tesco Clubcard points when they purchase finance products.
As of February 2014, the bank has around 7 million customer accounts and policies.
History
Prior to the formation of Tesco Personal Finance plc, as it was originally known, Tesco had a banking joint venture with NatWest, which ended in February 1997. TPF was formed in July 1997 following the successful launch of Sainsbury's Bank by its main UK competitor, Sainsbury's. The bank was launched as a joint venture with the Royal Bank of Scotland, which processed all its financial transactions. Subsidiary companies of the Royal Bank, such as Direct Line, UKI and Lombard Direct helped Tesco Personal Finance provide insurance products.
In July 2008, Tesco announced that they were buying out the Royal Bank of Scotland's 50% stake in the company for £950 million, and the transaction was completed later that year.
In October 2009, Tesco Financial Services was officially renamed Tesco Bank.
Services
Tesco Bank provides a range of personal accounts, including current accounts, mortgages, credit cards, loans, savings accounts, insurance and foreign currency exchange. Mortgages were added in August 2012, after briefly offering products provided by First Active in 2004.
The bank confirmed in 2013 that it planned to launch a current account, and the first account was launched on 10 June 2014.
Office Locations
The bank is registered in Scotland at Interpoint Building, 22 Haymarket Yards, Edinburgh, EH12 5BH. While operating as a joint venture the bank shared its registered office with RBS at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh.
In July 2010 Tesco Bank opened two major offices at Quorum Business Park in Newcastle and a larger one at Broadway One in Glasgow. Since then there has also been an office opened in South Gyle, Edinburgh.
Customer Branches
During 2009 Tesco initiated a plan to roll out in-store branches, under the Tesco Bank branding. To date, there are in-store branches located in Edinburgh, Coventry and Worthing.
In addition, there are over 200 Tesco Travel Money Bureaux, an in-store bureau de change, run by Travelex.
References
External links
- Official website
- Tesco Bank Ireland
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