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Egg For Sale?

Speculation grows that the UK's biggest online bank may be up for sale

17th January 2004



Speculation is growing that Egg Plc, the internet banking and credit card company, is to be put up for sale. Prudential, who own 79% of the company, are believed to be ready to sell after bringing the company's UK operations into profit.

Egg, which has 3m customers overall and 5% of the UK credit card market, is attracting the interest of companies including MBNA, Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds TSB and Capital One, along with several other UK banks.

Read More: Financial Times




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