Getting back to the Abbey habit

Santander's retail banking specialists' biggest challenge to date will be to turn around the fortunes of Abbey. Can the Spanish bank's model be successfully applied to the highly competitive UK market?

Botín: the man and his mission | The masters of retail banking  | Awards for excellence – Best bank  WHEN FRANCISCO GÓMEZ-ROLDAN arrived at Abbey as chief executive in November 2004, he knew exactly what he had to do. “Our first priorities are to provide the best service quality and be the most efficient bank in the UK. That is what makes you the number one in retail banking,” he says.

It’s a simple statement that masks the huge challenge facing Gómez-Roldan and his team.

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