What is Halifax (bank)?
{{Infobox_Company |company_name = Halifax |company_logo = |company_type = [[Public company|Public]] |company_slogan = |foundation = [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]] |location = Trinity House, [[Halifax, West Yorkshire]], [[England]] |num_employees = |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |industry = [[Banking]]| |products = [[Commercial banking|Banking]]<br>[[Investment banking]]<br>[[Insurance]] |homepage = [http://www.halifax.co.uk/ halifax.co.uk] }} '''Halifax''' is a major bank in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was a [[building society]], but 'demutualised' and became a bank. Halifax then merged with the [[Bank of Scotland]] and made up [[HBOS]]. In 2009, HBOS merged with [[Lloyds TSB]] and made [[Lloyds Banking Group]]. Until 2010 Halifax was also an estate agent. ==History== The Halifax started in 1853 as the '''Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society''' at the Old Cock Inn in [[Halifax, West Yorkshire|Halifax]], [[West Yorkshire]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/History/Halifax_history.asp |title=HBoS: Halifax History |access-date=2010-05-21 |archive-date=2008-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205054545/http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/History/Halifax_history.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> The building society was created to allow working-class people in Halifax to invest their money in a local and 'mutual' organisation. In 1928 it merged with the '''Halifax Equitable Building Society''' and changed its name to the '''Halifax Building Society'''. In 1973 the Halifax built its headquarters on Trinity Road in Halifax. By the 1990s the Halifax was the largest building society in Britain; once the Halifax became a bank the largest building society was (and still is) the Nationwide. In 1995 the Halifax merged with the '''Leeds Permanent Building Society''', this new larger building society then bought out Clerical Medical Find Managers. In 1997 the Halifax became a bank and