B (bank)

2016–2019 British banking brand

Not to be confused with Bó (bank).

Company type| Trading name
Industry| Banking, Financial services
Founded| 3 May 2016
Defunct| 4 December 2019
Headquarters| 30 St Vincent Place, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 2HL, United Kingdom
Services| Retail banking
SME banking
Parent| Clydesdale Bank plc
Website| youandb.co.uk

B was a banking brand in the United Kingdom which operated between 2016 and 2019 as a trading division of Clydesdale Bank plc.[1] B focused on app-based banking and computer learning of personal finances to help customers manage their money.

## History

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B offered an app-based current accounts that is paired with a savings account.[2] B's bank cards use the Mastercard system for both debit and credit cards. [3] B also offered a credit card, with a selling point of consistently low interest rates and no foreign transaction fees.

In June 2019 CYBG plc, the parent company of Clydesdale Bank plc announced that the B brand was to be phased out and replaced by the Virgin Money brand in December 2019.[4][5]

B closed applications for new current accounts on 4 December 2019 and existing B accounts were re-branded as Virgin Money the following day.[6]

## See also

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* List of banks in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "Announcing "B" – the new face of banking – CYBG". www.cybg.com. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
2. ^ "Designed for Better Banking – B Digital Banking". www.youandb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
3. ^ "Got a Question? Get in Touch with the Studio B Team". www.youandb.co.uk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
4. ^ "Launching the new Virgin Money". CYBG. 19 June 2019.
5. ^ "Clydesdale and Yorkshire bank's 157 branches to be renamed "Virgin Money UK"". The Mirror. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
6. ^ @VirginMoney (5 December 2019). "It was an exciting day yesterday as B became Virgin Money! You may have seen that your account is now called Virgin…" (Tweet) - via Twitter.

## External links

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* Official website

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Commercial and retail banks in the United Kingdom

Banking in the United Kingdom

Barclays|

* Barclays Bank
* Barclays Wealth

HSBC Holdings|

* First Direct
* HSBC UK Bank
* HSBC Private Bank
* M&S Bank

Lloyds Banking Group|

* Bank of Scotland
* Birmingham Midshires
* Halifax
* Lloyds Bank

NatWest Group1|

* NatWest
* Coutts & Co.
* Royal Bank of Scotland
* Messrs. Drummond
* Holt's Military Banking
* Ulster Bank
* Isle of Man Bank

Santander Group|

* Cahoot
* Cater Allen
* Santander UK

Wholly state-owned|

* National Savings and Investments
* UK Government Investments
* UK Asset Resolution

Challenger banks|

* Atom Bank
* Monzo
* Starling Bank
* Tandem Bank
* Zopa

Other retail|

* Al Rayan Bank
* Aldermore
* AIB Group (UK)
* Allied Irish Bank (GB)
* AIB (NI)
* Bank of Ireland
* Chase
* The Co-operative Bank
* Smile
* Danske Bank
* easyMoney
* Handelsbanken
* Hodge Bank
* Kent Reliance
* Kingdom Bank
* Metro Bank
* Paragon
* Reliance Bank
* Secure Trust Bank
* Sainsbury's Bank
* Shawbrook Bank
* Standard Chartered
* Tesco Bank
* Triodos Bank
* TSB Bank
* Unity Trust Bank
* Virgin Money
* Clydesdale Bank
* Yorkshire Bank
* Wesleyan Bank

Other commercial
and private|

* Arbuthnot Latham & Co
* Bank and Clients
* Butterfield Bank
* C. Hoare & Co
* Cambridge & Counties Bank
* Close Brothers Group
* Duncan Lawrie
* J.P. Morgan
* Kleinwort Hambros
* Rothschild & Co
* Weatherbys

* Big Four banks are underlined and private banks are shown in italics
* 1 Partially owned by UK Government Investments

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