Transitioning finance and the role of technology

Since the start of the financial crisis, interest in alternative financial institutions and models has exploded.

In part this is motivated by anger at the big banks for their role in causing the crash. Often this anger…

MYM Poll shows the depth of public demand for better banking

Zoe Tyndall explains what our recent poll about the Post Office’s proposed current account says about public demand for better banking. 
 
Following last week’s announcement from the Post Office that they are to launch a new…

Council petitions in Haringey, Wakefield, Bristol and Lambeth

This month, Barclays launched an aggressive campaign by Barclays bank to snatch lucrative local government banking contracts. Where your council keeps its money matters — after all, your local authority will be banking…

Co-op pulls out of buying Lloyds branches

Today the Co-operative bank announced today that it has pulled out of a proposed deal to buy 631 branches off Lloyds Banking Group.

The so-called “Verde Transaction” would have increased the Co-operative bank’s share of the current…

Barclays’ bury fat-cat pay on belt-tightening budget day — frankly crass

Barclays today slyly announced £38.5m of bonuses for its top executives whilst the country’s attention was diverted by belt-tightening measures in the Chancellor’s Budget.