Link to the article: Channel 4 News
By Jenny Wivell
Banking names Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley are to disappear from the high street as they are rebranded by their Spanish owner.
Three of Britain's best-known banking names will disappear from the high street as they are rebranded by their owner.
Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley will all carry the Santander logo from 2010.
The group will become the UK's second largest mortgage provider with 1300 branches and 25 million customers.