Launched 1999, Co-op owned, claimed to be the first ever full-service internet bank was?
The Co-operative Bank the bank undertook an advertising campaign to promote its Ethical Policy. The Co-operative Bank brand subsequently came top in YouGov's survey of the most improved brands of 2015. The bank launched a separate internet-only operation known as smile in 1999. It has around half a million customers. Smile has its call centre based at a unique pyramid building in Stockport. In October 2008, it was reported that Co-operative Financial Services was in talks with Britannia Building Society with a view to sharing facilities and possibly a full merger. Such a venture was facilitated by the passing of the Building Societies
The Phone Co-op The Phone Co-op The Phone Co-op is now part of The Midcounties Co-operative, the largest independent co-operative in the UK; It is a consumer co-operative in the United Kingdom, which provides landline, mobile telephone and Internet services, including web hosting and broadband. It is owned by its customer-members who democratically control the business and who share in its profits. This makes The Phone Co-op the only telephone co-operative in the UK. The co-op is a Social enterprise and was awarded the title of UK customer-facing social enterprise of the year 2015. The business is a living wage employer and is