Answer: Abbey National plc
Abbey National plc which for the last few years of its existence traded under the brand name Abbey, a name by which it was commonly known for many years, was a United Kingdom-based bank and former building society. It was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Grupo Santander of Spain from 2004. Abbey was rebranded as Santander on 11 January 2010 along with Bradford & Bingley's savings business with the business becoming Santander UK plc.
