Word: hbos
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...firm Datamonitor. "Not everyone wants to bank online." Although the four British banks are called pure plays, they have good family connections. Three of them were created by brand-name institutions, though they maintain entirely separate operations: Smile is owned by Co-operative Bank, Intelligent Finance is part of HBOS and Cahoot is owned by Abbey National. Egg is a child of insurance giant Prudential. Some of these may soon find themselves operating desks within their parents' branches. Says Head: "As far as Smile is concerned, [branches are] an option for the future." Emma Byrne, an Egg spokeswoman, notes that...