Values-based banks offer better returns on assets and provide more capital to the real economy than mainstream banks, according to a new report by the Global...
Shares in Barclays fell sharply on Tuesday, as the bank announced a plan to help cover a £12.8 billion shortfall in capital. It will issue £5.68...
Unity Trust Bank, one of the leading socially responsible banks in the UK, has unveiled a new scheme that will see staff handed ownership stakes in...
In the last 12 months, the mainstream banks have become embroiled in yet more scandals, crises and irresponsibility. In an extract from a recent talk, Ecology...
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...
The Co-operative Bank has admitted its procedures had “fallen short of the high standards” it expects, after the Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed it a £113,300...
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...
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...