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It is understood the bank thought closing the account would cause problems for West’s daughterAn account ultimately owned by the serial killer Rose West was kept open by the Co-operative Bank after the “ethical” lender reviewed her membership, it has e…
Bank will continue to pay former boss, who resigned over Nigel Farage accounts row, during notice periodNatWest Group’s ousted chief executive Alison Rose is in line for a pay package worth more than £2.4m, despite being forced to resign over a scandal…
Inquiry aims to find out extent of denial of banking services to politically exposed persons such as politicians and army leadersThe City watchdog is to write to politicians and civil servants asking whether they have been denied banking or other finan…
This live blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereNicola Sturgeon’s “deeply personal and revealing” memoir will be published in 2025 by Pan Macmillan, after nine publishers bid for it at auction. Lucy Knight has the story here.Zac Golds…
Regulator to write to more than 20 of largest lenders after Nigel Farage’s accounts were threatened with closureThe City regulator will give the UK’s largest banks two weeks to explain why they have been shutting customer accounts, after a scandal link…
Chancellor wants Financial Conduct Authority to investigate whether practice is ‘widespread’Jeremy Hunt has asked the financial regulator to urgently investigate whether banks are barring politicians from accounts on a “widespread” basis, after Nigel F…
Former Ukip leader is still taking legal action against bank demanding compensation and apologyNigel Farage has said that the newly installed boss of Coutts has offered to keep his accounts there open, reversing a decision that triggered a scandal and …
Nigel Farage calls for royal commission as data shows big jump in customers being ‘debanked’Banks are closing more than 1,000 accounts every working day, according to new data that has fuelled the growing row over so-called “debanking” and prompted Nig…
The ex-Ukip leader has been hailed as a consumer champion after vowing to create a guide on how to flood banks with data requests Nigel Farage has vowed to help thousands of people flood big banks with demands for details about why they were denied an …
Sir Howard Davies planning ‘orderly transition’ as bank hires lawyers to investigate account closuresNils Pratley: It will be surprising if Davies hasn’t gone by ChristmasNatWest to pay UK government £190m as Farage crisis rocks bankThe NatWest chair, …