All articles by Billy Bambrough

Billy Bambrough

Halifax announces 12 month fee free overdraft for switchers

Lloyds banking group subsidiary Halifax has announced that new customers switching to any of Halifax’s current accounts will not pay any fees on planned overdrafts for 12 months.

Bank of China opens Middle East outlet

Bank of China (BOC), China’s second largest lender by assets, has opened a subsidiary in the United Arab Emirates.

ICBC to open a branch in Brazil

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the world’s largest lender by market capitalisation, has been granted permission from Brazilian regulators to open a subsidiary in Brazil.

RBI ranks the top 50 banks on Facebook

The battle for online popularity this year has seen some financial institutions build on their Facebook success while others are still slow to adopt social media as a marketing tool. Billy Bambrough looks at the RBI 2012 top 50 financial services organisations on Facebook.