Abbey Credit Cards to rebrand as Santander

On Monday 15 June, Abbey will rebrand its credit cards as Santander. The rebrand follows last month's announcement that Santander's three UK businesses, Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley Savings, will adopt the Santander global brand and name in 2010.

All new credit cards will be issued under the Santander name and replacement cards will be issued under the Santander name as they come up for renewal.

Santander Cards offers the following range of credit cards:

Santander Zero, the only card on the market with no foreign exchange fee and no cash advance fee, offers 0 per cent on balance transfers for 12 months and purchases for three months.

Santander Credit Card, a best buy card that offers 0 per cent on balance transfers for 15 months, 0 per cent on purchases for three months and a highly competitive ongoing APR of 15.9 per cent.

Existing customers have already been written to about the rebranding of their cards and all other terms and conditions of their cards remain the same. To celebrate the rebrand, during June and July, all existing Santander Credit Card customers will benefit from fee-free foreign usage. This is a special offer designed to help customers make their holiday spending abroad less expensive this summer. Existing Zero customers already benefit from ongoing fee-free foreign usage.

Customers looking for information about a new or existing card online will now be able to access our new website santandercards.co.uk as well as abbey.com/creditcards.

Roger Lovering, Managing Director of Santander Cards, said: "We are delighted to rebrand Abbey's credit cards as Santander. Since Abbey brought its credit cards business back in-house in 2007, our commitment has been to provide our customers with innovative and cost effective spending options that offer them ongoing value. An example of this is the award winning Zero card, which offers customers fee-free foreign usage anywhere in the world. Operating as part of Santander, we will be able to leverage a global brand that represents strength and financial security to customers in today's difficult economic environment."