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Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty
Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.
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Nigel Farage banking row: Regulator finds no evidence of bank account closures due to political views
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says it has found no evidence showing banks have shut or denied accounts to customers based primarily on their political beliefs.
Nigel Farage left furious after it’s pointed out he ran 7 times to become an MP and lost 7 times
"I know you’ve run seven times and lost seven times ...”
The mass closures of bank branches is having a devastating impact on communities
'The closure of bank branches increases commercial decline of villages and town centres'
Global banks provided $742bn in fossil fuel financing despite their climate pledges
In the six years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement, the world’s 60 largest private sector banks financed fossil fuels with $4.6 trillion.
Prof Prem Sikka: Government is handing billions to speculators but squeezing pensioners and the poor
'Compare the inhuman treatment of pensioners and other vulnerable groups with welfare programme operated for the benefit of finance industry and speculators.'