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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by ookware on Monday October 15, 2012 @01:27PM (#4656089)
I don't know if you saw Bank of Dave [1] but it showed how difficult it is to start a new bank in the UK, even if you are going to be run responsibly and in a small way.

I find it difficult to imagine someone new entering this market place, other than "people" like Virgin and Tesco with deep pockets to back them.

[1a] http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2012/j...

[1b] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2ba372d4-d80b-11e1-80a8-00144feabd...

[1c] http://www.burnleysavingsandloans.co.uk/about-us/

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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by justincormack on Monday October 15, 2012 @04:18PM (#4656967)
Metro Bank managed to open recently, apparently it took some time but was entirely feasible
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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by EwanToo on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @05:47AM (#4659017)
It also cost around £15 million to do, before the first branch opened!
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Re:Is it OK to hold credit card numbers in cookies, Santander? by justincormack on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @07:07PM (#4662385)
Apparently it is the best capitalised bank in the world... its expensive to open a bank now.
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