Which letter is used as a logo for the Halifax Bank in the UK?

Halifax is a major bank in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1853 as the Halifax Permanent Benefit Building and Investment Society at the Old Cock Inn in Halifax, West Yorkshire. Halifax originally functioned as a building society until 1997 when it registered as a bank with the London Stock Exchange.

There have been many logos used for the Halifax bank since its inception. Since 1985, the logos have focused on the letter X, in which the word 'Halifax' sits where the two lines cross. Earlier logos focused on the name of the company without additional decorative elements, until the advertising agency Wolff Olins designed the first version featuring an enlarged X. It has since become one of the UK’s most iconic emblems.

Since 1985, the Halifax logo has appeared in blue, which matches the colours of the storefronts across the country. The X was initially made up of a series of horizontal lines until 2019 when it was replaced by blocks of colour. The new logo is made up of three shades of colour: white, Medium Sapphire, and Dark Byzantine Blue.