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Tesco Bank to be bought by Barclays in £700m deal

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74% Informative

Barclays is taking over Tesco Bank's credit cards, loans and savings accounts.

It has also agreed to market Tesco -branded banking services using the Tesco brand.

About 2,800 of Tesco 's banking staff will transfer to Barclays .

Sainsbury 's said it was planning a "phased withdrawal" from its banking division.

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79

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82

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56

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semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

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not offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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