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NS&I launches new issues of savings products with rates of more than 6%

NS&I has launched new issues of its one-year Guaranteed Growth Bonds and Guaranteed Income Bonds from Wednesday.

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023

Banks to be fined if they fail to provide free cash machines that actually work

Free cash machines should be no more than one mile away in cities or three miles away in rural areas, under the new government measures

The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2023

Treasury plans assure access to cash facilities

The FCA has been given powers to protect the provision of cash access services.

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2023

OPINION - Russophobia is now the secret weapon of corporate hypocrites

Until yesterday, you’d have been forgiven for thinking the outcome of the Coutts-Nigel Farage debacle was a lecture on customer service. City minister Andrew Griffith summoned our banks for a little chat, as if they were naughty school children who’d written swear words on the board.

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2023

Treasury officials weigh 40-year mortgages to help first-time buyers

Long-term fixed-rate deals are popular in the Netherlands and Denmark and protect borrowers from interest rate spikes

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2023

NatWest was caught out by Nigel Farage’s deft political game

Tory anger over Coutts affair led to bank’s board feeling it had no choice but to sack CEO Alison Rose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

Sunak and Hunt accused of ‘damaging UK plc’ over NatWest boss’s exit

Concerns raised over anonymous briefings that triggered early-hours resignation of Dame Alison Rose

The Guardian - UK · Jul 26, 2023

NatWest sees £850m wiped from its value after Nigel Farage calls for heads to roll

Dame Alison Rose’s overnight decision to quit after leaking a story about Nigel Farage’s bank account to the BBC rocked NatWest and the wider banking sector

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Now pressure builds on Coutts boss after NatWest CEO quits over Farage scandal: ‘Unsustainable at every level’

The former Brexit Party leader said he wrote to the boss of Coutts three times after hearing his account would be closed, but was ‘not given the courtesy of a response’

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023

Nigel Farage calls for entire NatWest board to go after boss quits over banking row

‘In my view, they should all go,’ the former UKIP leader said as Alison Rose steps down

The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023