Abbey National Plc was founded in 1849 as the National Freehold Land and Building Society. In 1944 the renamed Abbey Road Building Society merged with National Building Society to form the Abbey National Building Society. Abbey National converted to a plc on July 12th 1989. Currently ranked as the second largest lender in terms of mortgage assets with a market share of approximately 13.9%
Since 2004, Abbey has been part of the Santander Group, the seventh largest bank in the world by profit. The combination of the heritage and familiarity of the Abbey brand backed by the experience, expertise and systems of Santander is driving Abbey's plans to become the best bank in the UK.
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