Co op tops new bank table
New league tables for banks' customer service have been released by JD Power.According to the pollsters, the Co op treats its customers the best - with RBS and Nationwide also ranking highly.The three worst banks, by contrast, were found to be Abbey, Barclays and the Clydesdale, the Guardian reports.JD Power's survey will be worrying to many customers, with Abbey and Alliance & Leicester to merge later this year in a £1.5 billion deal.Forms have already gone out to the smaller firm's 500,000 shareholders, offering them a stock swap with shares in Abbey's parent company, Spanish financial services giant Santander.An Abbey spokesperson expressed disappointment to the newspaper over the firm's low ranking - the second time in two years it has been ranked bottom by JD Power.She added: "Abbey has showed an improvement on its 2007 score in this survey, but we are disappointed with this result and we will continue to work hard to improve our customer service."
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