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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

MYSTERIOUS: Unlicensed bank ceo s commons invite stokes access concerns - What They Never Told You

The Houses of Parliament
The unregulated ‘bank’ with no UK licence gave evidence to an inquiry in the House of Commons. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Fresh questions have been raised about private firms gaining prestige and access to MPs through all-party parliamentary groups (APPGs) after an unregulated “bank” with no UK licence gave evidence to an inquiry in the House of Commons.

The chief executive of Bandenia Challenger Bank spoke at an APPG inquiry into regulation in December, chaired by a Scottish National party MP, which was promoted using parliament’s official portcullis logo.

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