Crowdfunding by entrepreneurs and small businesses is becoming an ever-more popular way to secure funds for exciting enterprises and innovations. Each month we round up our...
16 armed forces charities will share £2.5 million from a fund created from penalties taken from banks after the manipulation of the Libor inter-bank lending rate,...
Move Your Money, a consumer campaign urging people to switch from high street banks to alternative providers, has warned customers to be cautious of “hollow sweeteners”...
The official launch date for the new service that allows people to switch banks in seven working days has been announced as Monday September 16. The...
One in four current account holders would switch providers if they thought the process would run smoothly, a new study has claimed. The research by M&S...
The government is backing a system that will allow bank customers to switch to other providers more easily, in an effort to increase competition across the...
Crowdfunding is the collective effort of individuals who gather around a cause, and contribute their money to make it happen. It offers everyone, from entrepreneurs and...
Campaign group Move Your Money has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund its battle with the high street banks. From September, new rules come into effect...
Local authorities have been challenged to make banking and investments work harder for their communities. In a new report, campaign group Move Your Money describes how...
The threat of prison sentences would give bankers “pause for thought” in acting in a reckless, irresponsible and unsustainable manner, according to a major report by...
The Co-operative Bank has unveiled measures to overcome the £1.5 billion shortfall in its balance sheet, but has been urged not to surrender its ethical values...
Claire Bassham, head of global communications at responsible investment research firm EIRIS, reflects on a recent St Paul’s Institute and CCLA debate into the morals, ethics...
With the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) heading towards re-privatisation, CEO Stephen Hester, who has run the bank since 2008, has announced his intention to quit....
The market share of Britain’s biggest five banks dropped 5 percentage points in 2012, as 2.4 million customers closed their high street accounts in favour of...
Lloyds Banking Group has admitted there were “issues” with the way some of its employees were handling complaints over payment protection insurance (PPI), with banking campaigners...