bingley international former type subsidiary industry international banking fate merged with alliance & leicester international on 5 august 2011 founded 1989 defunct 2011 headquarters isle of man products savings accounts in sterling us dollars and euros parent santander uk plc website www.bbi.co.im bradford & bingley international bbi was the international banking subsidiary of bradford & bingley which was itself acquired by the santander group in 2008 . on 5 august 2011 the business of bbi was transferred to alliance & leicester international alil also a subsidiary of santander ahead of the expiry of a trademark licence on the bradford & bingley name and image . alil was also located in the isle of man and 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 . 1 the business of alil was transferred to the isle of man branch of santander uk plc on 7 may 2013 . 2 history edit the company was established in 1989 and had grown to hold over 3 billion in deposits before it was purchased by abbey national the uk subsidiary of the santander group as part of the deals surrounding uk government nationalisation of bradford & bingley plc along with the uk savings business . 1 in october 2009 it was announced that both bradford & bingley international and alliance & leicester international had made two appointments of the same people to their boards and both banks were moved into the wealth management division of santander uk . abbey international also part of the group was renamed santander private banking in 2011 . bradford & bingley international was merged into alliance & leicester international on 5 august 2011 in advance of the expiration of a trademark licence on the bradford & bingley name and image in september 2011 . 3 references edit a b highlights britain nationalises bradford & bingley . reuters . 2008 09 29 . retrieved 2008 09 29 . john pearson 7 may 2013 . alliance & leicester international has changed to the isle of man branch of santander . santander uk plc. retrieved 8 may 2013 . http www.bbi.co.im bradford and bingley international bbi we % 27re changing.aspx external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bradford % 26 bingley international & oldid 647464200 categories companies established in 1989companies of the isle of manoffshore finance 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 47 . 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