The Co-operative party is to lead calls for a push to treble the UK membership of credit unions, in order to battle exploitative payday lenders. The...
The Labour party has given its backing to calls from the consumer group Which? for a full investigation into competition in the current account market. Earlier...
The Co-operative Bank’s ethical image has taken a hit in recent weeks, after being placed at the centre of events including the collapse of a deal...
The recent financial crisis laid bare the problems of our current capitalist economy, which is increasingly dominated by financial interests. Investments in the real economy are...
In the UK, there are nearly 18m joint accounts, representing over a third of all accounts open. But do you and your partner really love the...
After a year to forget in 2012, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins appears intent on restoring the bank’s Quaker principles of honesty, integrity and plain-dealing. Will...
Fines of up to £500m in value are likely to be given to the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as early as next week, as UK...
A 10-year comparison of some of the world’s biggest banks against a group of dedicated sustainable ones, has found that institutions that place values at the...
At a rate of 2.5% for an online savings account Triodos, with its ethical mandate, is currently as competitive as most of the main stream banks,...
Former Barclays chief Bob Diamond faced some tough questions about the interest rate-fixing scandal from the Treasury committee today in parliament. Diamond resigned from his post as...
At a time when the national headlines are dominated by scandal and misdemeanour within the mainstream banking sector, more people than ever are reviewing ethical options, according...