The NatWest boss, the missing Malaysian billions and the damning email Rick Haythornthwaite stonewalled investigator on the trail of ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’ The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
New NatWest boss worked for oil firm under investigation in ‘world’s biggest financial scandal’ Exclusive: Rick Haythornthwaite was paid £200,000 a year by Saudi company, PetroSaudi, involved in 1MDB scandal The Guardian - UK · Sep 9, 2023
NatWest cuts mortgage interest rates for second time in four days It comes after Andrew Bailey yesterday signalled that the Bank of England could soon be finished raising interest rates Evening Standard · Sep 7, 2023
NatWest plays it safe with new chairman Rick Haythornthwaite Sir Howard Davies’ replacement has enough City experience to move bank on from Coutts fiasco The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
NatWest picks boardroom veteran Haythornthwaite to succeed under-fire chair Sir Howard Davies Haythornthwaite will take over from Davies in April of next year Evening Standard · Sep 6, 2023
NatWest names ex-Centrica boss as chair after Farage saga Rick Haythornthwaite, who leads boardrooms of Ocado and the AA, will succeed Howard Davies The Guardian - UK · Sep 6, 2023
HSBC and NatWest cut mortgage rates again as rivals tipped to follow Decision will ease some pressure on UK homebuyers and people seeking remortgage deals The Guardian - UK · Sep 4, 2023
NatWest and HSBC cut mortgage interest rates again, and brokers predict other top lenders will follow The UK’s top lenders have now been cutting mortgage rates for six weeks Evening Standard · Sep 4, 2023
Why CEOs and footballers attract different levels of outrage about high pay The average pay of FTSE100 CEOs rose by 16% from £3.38 million in 2021 to £3.91 million in 2022, according to the latest figures from thinktank the High Pay Centre. In the same week this was reported, UK political figure Nigel Farage called outgoing NatWest boss Alison Rose’s £2.4 million… The Conversation · Aug 25, 2023
‘Ethical’ bank let Rose West keep account Bosses at the organisation deemed keeping West as a customer carried little risk to the bank’s reputation The Independent UK · Aug 25, 2023
NatWest chief ousted over Nigel Farage accounts row in line for £2.4m payout Bank to pay salary, pension and shares to Alison Rose, who resigned at end of July, during 12-month notice period The Guardian - UK · Aug 23, 2023
Ex-NatWest boss who quit in Nigel Farage bank account row to get £2.4m payout Nigel Farage called the potential payment to Dame Alison Rose a ‘sick joke’ The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Ex-NatWest boss Alison Rose set for £2.4m payout after resigning over Farage row Ms Rose resigned after she admitted to being the source of an inaccurate story about Nigel Farage’s finances. The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2023
Alison Rose to still make £2.4 million salary after resigning amid Farage controversy However, this salary could still be clawed back by NatWest Evening Standard · Aug 23, 2023
Evening Standard · Aug 22, 2023 ‘Don’t do a Rose’ — NatWest chief’s exit amid Farage controversy prompts a new set of rules for bosses Media Watch: NatWest CEO Dame Alison Rose was seen as one of the safest pairs of hands in the City. Now businesses are on red alert
The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2023 How to choose the best UK student bank account From the ‘must-have’ overdraft to money off food and rail travel
The Times of India · Aug 16, 2023 British Muslims say banks ruin lives with debanking policies LONDON: When former postman Iqeel Ahmed told staff at his local Halifax branch he couldn’t feed his family because he was locked out of his account, they asked whether he had tried the nearest food bank.
Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2023 Five tricks to surviving the remortgage hell of 2023, from using a broker to reading the small print As owners anxiously count down the days until their fixed term ends, here’s how to best avoid the scarily high standard variable rate
Al Jazeera · Aug 15, 2023 Like Nigel Farage, British Muslims say they are being ‘de-banked’ Often without providing clear reasons, banks appear to be disproportionately closing the accounts of British Muslims.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023 City watchdog to contact MPs and other PEPs to ask if they have been debanked Inquiry aims to find out extent of denial of banking services to politically exposed persons such as politicians and army leaders
The Independent UK · Aug 11, 2023 Santander to cut selected mortgage rates from Monday Halifax, NatWest, First Direct, HSBC UK, Nationwide Building Society and TSB have also been among the lenders to announce mortgage rate reductions.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023 NatWest and Virgin Money cut rates as mortgage ‘price war’ spreads Big lenders become latest to reduce borrowing costs, joining four other UK home loan providers this week
Evening Standard · Aug 10, 2023 ‘It gets better and better’ — Natwest is latest major lender to cut mortgage rates Natwest follows Halifax, HSBC, Nationwide and TSB, among others, in bringing its rates back down after a wave of increases
The Guardian - UK · Aug 8, 2023 UK banks to be given two weeks to explain closing of customer accounts Regulator to write to more than 20 of largest lenders after Nigel Farage’s accounts were threatened with closure
The Guardian - UK · Aug 6, 2023 ‘Up all night worrying’: 92-year-old debanked by NatWest after move to Jamaica Last year’s decision left Philip Cato, who moved ‘home’ in 1990s after 30 years working in the UK, cut off from his state pension