Eco-friendly consumers have to take a lot of things into consideration. There are a lot of financial issues that people need to think about when they...
There has never been a better time to explore sustainable banking. Today RBS has set aside a further £2.5bn to cover the cost of past misdeeds (£39...
Swiss authorities have fined HSBC a record 40 million Swiss francs (£27.8m) over allegations it allowed money to be laundered in its Swiss subsidiary. In a...
The Global Retail Banking Innovation Awards, established by Efma and Accenture, is looking for cutting-edge marketing and distribution innovations from retail banks for their global award...
In a report listing details on how the financial industry can reform effectively, a ‘banker oath’, similar to the Hippocratic Oath for doctors, has been recommended...
After the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) released its Sustainability Review last week, Scotland’s Herald newspaper reported that the state-owned bank “aims to lead from the front...
Ecology Building Society has announced record-breaking success in its latest annual report – figures that its chief executive says “prove the commercial viability of genuinely sustainable...
In a meeting in Melbourne, the chair of the Global Alliance for Banking Values (GABV) has called on banks to act with “courage” to drive forward...
Euan Sutherland, the chief executive of the Co-operative Group, has reportedly offered his resignation – a tactic that has been described as a “back-me-or-sack-me” move. According...
Over a third (35%) of people in Britain are unsure about what their bank is using their money for, with 74% saying they would consider switching...
A familiar name returned to the fray last year following the collapse of a deal that would have seen the Co-operative Bank acquire 631 branches owned...
Paul Ellis, chief executive of Ecology Building Society, brings Blue & Green Tomorrow up to speed on all things Ecology, sustainability, finance and banking. This article...
Ed Miliband has promised a major reform of the banking sector if Labour wins the 2015 general election, saying there will be a “reckoning” among the...
This time last year, Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins made a bold statement to the bank’s 140,000 employees across the world. Unveiling a set of five...
The archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has said that the banking sector remains “in denial” over the circumstances leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. He...