Coutts appoints new chief following ‘debanking’ scandal: NatWest has hired former UBS executive Emma Crystal to lead its elite private bank
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NatWest’s investors will be hoping for good news on the banking group’s finances this week. The group, which also owns Royal Bank of Scotland ... Show more
Michelle Mone: crime agency reviews £3m sent to Coutts account: A payment is being scrutinised as part of an inquiry into fraud and bribery claims surrounding ...
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Quick Glance: NCA Reviewing £3M Payment to Michelle Mone's Coutts Account
- The NCA is scrutinizing a £3 million payment into Baroness Mone's Coutts account as part of the investigation into the PPE contracts scandal.
- The payment into Mone's Coutts account is of interest to the NCA as it arrived after £65 million in profits from PPE Medpro were transferred to trusts and accounts connected to her husband, Doug Barrowman.
Coutts told to improve communications after Nigel Farage scandal: Probe finds account closures in line with industry standards but better communications with ...
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Quick Glance: Prince Harry Triumphs in Mirror Group Hacking Case
- Court confirms that 15 of the prince's 33 articles were the result of phone hacking or other unlawful information gathering.
- Duke of Sussex calls for a criminal investigation into the company and individuals involved.
- Judge concluded that phone hacking was 'an important tool' for the Mirror, Sunday Mirror, and The People, even during the Leveson Inquiry in 2011.
- Judge also accepted evidence from a journalist claiming Piers Morgan was informed that an article about Kylie Minogue and James Gooding came from mobile phone messages.
No evidence Coutts closed accounts due to political views, report says: Independent review, launched after Nigel Farage’s complaints, finds bank may have ...
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NatWest 'debanking' review finds potential breaches of FCA rules
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Nigel Farage and Coutts in talks about keeping his bank account open: Nigel Farage revealed that he is in talks with Coutts about keeping open his account ...
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Quick Glance: Farage to Keep Bank Accounts Despite 'Debanking' Scandal
- Coutts offers Farage to retain his accounts
- Compensation and face-to-face meeting with bank bosses demanded
- New Coutts CEO Syed personally offers to keep Farage's accounts
- Farage seeks apologies, compensation, and meeting with bank bosses
Let’s be honest, banks like Coutts should be able to choose their customers: Natwest’s handling of the Farage affair has been an unmitigated public relations ...
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Quick Glance: The Benefits of Banking with Coutts: From Sold-Out Adele Tickets to an Elephant for Your Wedding
- Emma Watson, star of Harry Potter, is among Coutts's high-profile clients.
- Coutts offers exclusive investment opportunities, special events, and networking opportunities.
- Coutts attracts big names to generate interest from enough clients.
- C Hoare & Co, the UK's oldest privately owned bank, also hosts exclusive events and talks.
NatWest needs deep change after the Farage banking scandal: NatWest still needs to change radically, and so does a banking industry captured by pious compliance ...
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Quick Glance: Why did the NatWest CEO have to step down?
- NatWest boss Dame Alison Rose has resigned following an admission of making an error in discussing Nigel Farage's connection with the bank.
- BBC's analysis editor Ros Atkins provides insights into the reasons behind the resignation of NatWest's CEO.
NatWest loses £1.1bn in value in wake of bosses’ departures as problems mount after Nigel Farage Coutts row
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Nigel Farage: after the Coutts banking fiasco, now the Treasury intervenes: Until last summer, Nigel Farage had dealt with the same relationship manager at ...
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Posturing for profit: after Coutts, the backlash: No sooner had I sat down to write this piece about how do-gooding ideology has taken over the corporate world ...
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Forget Nigel Farage and Coutts – banks have been locking ordinary people out of accounts for years
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I’m secretly a Coutts customer but for people like me there’s little point: You need be rich to take advantage of the actually useful stuff – I hide my card and ...
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'Ultimately this is about values, believing in free speech, believing in privacy and that's why it's important that we uphold them'
PM Rishi Sunak says tough ... Show more trib.al/mMUx1xx
City minister summons bank bosses over 'de-banking' after Farage account closure
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Treasury takes control of pick for watchdog complaints czar: Ministers are to wrest control of the appointment of a commissioner responsible for investigating ...
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Speaking yesterday afternoon, prior to NatWest boss Alison Rose’s resignation today, Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves condemned “bullying attitudes” towards her ... Show more #alisonrose #rachelreeves #nigelfarage #coutts #natwest #politics #channel4news
Rishi Sunak pledges crackdown on bank ‘blacklisting’ amid Farage Coutts furore: NatWest in talks with regulators after former Ukip leader released evidence ...
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Quick Glance: Coutts apologizes to Nigel Farage for inappropriate comments
- CEO of banking group that owns Coutts apologizes to Nigel Farage for closed account.
- Farage claims account closure was due to misalignment of views with firm's "values".
- Coutts now offers "alternative banking arrangements" at NatWest.
- Government mandates organizations to inform customers of reasons for account closure and extend notice period to 90 days.
Nigel Farage: after the Coutts banking fiasco, now the Treasury intervenes: Until last summer, Nigel Farage had dealt with the same relationship manager at ...
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Coutts updated its client rules after George Floyd murder: Discrimination clause was added under equality drive by Alison Rose
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Bank account closures: what new rules mean for UK customers: Under Treasury proposals, lenders will have to explain why they shut accounts and give 90 days’ ...
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Banks warned to ‘up their game’ after Nigel Farage Coutts account scandal and bumper profits
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Posturing for profit: after Coutts, the backlash: No sooner had I sat down to write this piece about how do-gooding ideology has taken over the corporate world ...
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Dangers of vapes for young 'underplayed' Glasgow doctor says: A leading Scottish paediatrician has said he would be "extremely concerned" if his ...
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💬 “I had never considered that a bank could act in a lawful way to decide what it thought was unacceptable business,” says Genevieve LeJeune ... Show more trib.al/ciOKqMx
When poor old Dad was put in the shade: NIGEL Farage’s ongoing dispute with Coutts has led the Diary to consider with pride its own banking strategy.
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Dame Alison’s ousting lifts the lid on banking’s wider moral pickle: When Dame Alison Rose was a frontrunner for chief executive of NatWest in 2019 ...
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Minister calls in the banks after Farage account closed: It’s a month since the Farage Coutts row blew up and there’s no sign of it calming down any time soon ...
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RBS shuts account of Scotland's equalities commissioner: THE bank account of a women’s rights and equalities campaigner has been shut by the Royal Bank of ...
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Homeowners spend £200,000 removing Banksy’s seagull mural: For many people, waking up one morning to find that Banksy has adorned their home with his latest ...
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Who will be Eton’s next Provost?: So. Farewell then. William Waldegrave. After fifteen years, the great panjandrum is retiring next year as Provost of Eton ...
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