leicester international limited former type subsidiary industry international banking fate business transferred to parent founded 1990 defunct 2013 headquarters douglas isle of man products savings accounts in sterling us dollars and euros owner santander group parent santander uk plc website www.alil.co.im alliance & leicester international limited alil was the international banking subsidiary of alliance & leicester which was subsequently bought by the santander group in 2008 . the bank offered a range of international savings accounts primarily to isle of man residents and british expatriates but also to non domiciles living in the uk channel island residents and expatriates worldwide . alil s range of accounts included instant access notice monthly interest and fixed rate bonds in pound sterling us dollars and euros . in 2010 alliance & leicester merged into santander uk which was formed by the combination of santander s existing uk subsidiary abbey with the savings business of bradford & bingley . the business of alliance & leicester international transferred to santander uk s isle of man branch on 7 may 2013 . history edit the bank was formed in 1990 and was based in the isle of man . alil was one of the largest deposit takers in the isle of man with over 179 million in share capital and reserves . alil s esaver accounts which were launched in 2007 were the first international savings accounts to offer a purely online application process with no wet signature . 1 on 5 august 2011 the business of bradford & bingley international which was also part of the santander group was transferred to alliance & leicester international ahead of the expiry of the trademark licence on the bradford & bingley name in september 2011 . in march 2013 it was announced that the bank would transfer its business to santander uk s isle of man branch . 2 customer accounts were transferred on 7 may 2013 . 3 references edit apply for alliance & leicester international s esaver offshore savings account pearson john . we re changing to santander . alliance & leicester international . archived from the original on 24 march 2013 . retrieved 14 march 2013 . john pearson 7 may 2013 . alliance & leicester international has changed to the isle of man branch of santander . santander uk plc. archived from the original on 21 june 2013 . retrieved 8 may 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alliance % 26 leicester international & oldid 647465036 categories offshore financecompanies of the isle of mancompanies established in 1990santander group navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 february 2015 at 22 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view