Brand awareness and tech the big issues for merged banks
Technology is going to be the key for the proposed TSB Heartland Bank to become a major challenger of scale with a regional focus.
Squirrel Mortgages chief executive David Cunningham says it will be interesting to see what technology the combined banks will refresh with.
“The big thing in amalgamating and then pulling the merger of Heartland Bank and TSB together is having modern technology. This is where the most savings can be made but it is often the most time consuming.”
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