Guest Blog: What is local banking? The Handelsbanken approach.

By Simon Alderson, Handelsbanken

In recent years, much time has been spent debating ‘local banking’ and the benefits of empowering employees. But, today, while many companies produce reports…

Media framing and banking scandals — The Co-operative Bank vs HSBC

Over the past 24 months, two UK banks have had major capital shortfalls reported in the press and been embroiled in scandals involving cocaine and other illegal drugs. Those banks are HSBC and the Co-operative Bank.

The Switching Scorecard Evidence Base

Since the beginning of the banking crisis, almost nothing has really changed. The big banks gambled with our money, and we all ended up losing. Our banking sector is still too uncompetitive, with the big 5 banks still controlling three quarters of all current…

HSBC ‘The Worlds Local Money Launderer’ Awarded Record Fine

Following a recent US Senate inquiry into money laundering at HSBC bank, United States regulators have landed yet another crippling body blow to the shredded reputation of the City of London, the UK banking sector and its…

Is Islamic banking the answer to our unethical business woes?

Christian Campbell is a freelance journalist & copywriter with previous work in The Times and the Manchester Evening News. He won a BBC innovation award in 2011 & was a runner up in the NCTJ student journalist scoop of the…

Reaction to Nationwide’s 420,000 new current accounts

Commenting on news that Nationwide added more than 420,000 current accounts to its building society books last year, Charlotte Webster, Campaign Manager, Move Your Money said: