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Coutts & Co

  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    NatWest Group
    NatWest and Farage settle ‘debanking’ dispute

    Agreement brings to an end the politician’s threat of legal action against the lender

    Nigel Farage
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    Coutts’ asset management head Mohammad Kamal Syed resigns

    Bank executive became interim chief in wake of Nigel Farage ‘debanking’ scandal

    Coutts Bank, the Strand, London
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    London fights for its future
    State-backed Coutts plans shift away from UK equities

    Move by NatWest’s private bank comes as government tries to revive London market amid taste for US listings

    Coutts HQ window
  • Sunday, 28 April, 2024
    News in-depthCorporate governance
    From bribes to sex scandals, lawyer investigations scrutinised over ‘whitewash’ claims

    Internal probes in the spotlight following high-profile cases as legal regulator prepares new guidance

    Coutts, Red Bull and Post Office logos
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Business InsightPatrick Jenkins
    Ten reasons why a mass-market sale of NatWest stock is now a bad idea

    Jeremy Hunt’s plan to sell down the UK government stake risks backfiring badly

    NatWest cash machines
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    NatWest Group
    NatWest poised to confirm Paul Thwaite as chief executive

    Interim CEO who stepped in after Nigel Farage ‘debanking’ scandal set to secure permanent role

    Paul Thwaite
  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    UK banks
    Coutts poaches UBS executive after Farage ‘debanking’ scandal

    NatWest hires Emma Crystal to lead its elite private bank

    Coutts Bank
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    NatWest Group
    Coutts told to improve communications after Farage scandal

    Probe finds account closures in line with industry standards but better communications with customers needed

    Pedestrians walk past Coutts headquarters in London, England
  • Friday, 27 October, 2023
    NatWest Group
    NatWest hit by outlook cut and Farage probe

    Shares suffer biggest fall since Brexit vote as bank reduces guidance on margins

    A montage showing Dame Alison Rose, left, and Nigel Farage, right, against the Coutts logo
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    Nigel Farage
    Farage moves accounts to Lloyds after Coutts ‘debanking’ scandal

    Elite private bank had jettisoned former Ukip leader as a client in part because of his politics

    Nigel Farage speaking at a party conference
  • Monday, 18 September, 2023
    UK banks
    UK regulator finds no evidence of politicians being ‘debanked’ over views

    Financial Conduct Authority preparing to release report commissioned after Nigel Farage row

    FCA logo
  • Monday, 4 September, 2023
    NatWest Group
    Law firm set to miss first deadline on NatWest’s Farage review

    Travers Smith likely to complete work by September 22, one person familiar with issue says

    People walk past Coutts bank
  • Thursday, 3 August, 2023
    UK banks
    Fine banks that blacklist customers for political views, says UK chancellor

    FCA says review on debanking already being prepared in wake of Farage-Coutts dispute

    Jeremy Hunt
  • Monday, 31 July, 2023
    Nigel Farage
    Farage says Coutts will allow him to retain his bank accounts

    Former Brexit party leader at centre of ‘debanking’ scandal insists on compensation and face-to-face meeting with bosses

    Nigel Farage
  • Friday, 28 July, 2023
    LexNatWest Group
    NatWest/Nigel Farage: state exit would lower political sensitivity Premium content

    The state shareholding is fraught with conflicts of interest, as the Farage row shows

    NatWest logo
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Coutts chief steps down after Farage furore

    Peter Flavel says he bears ultimate responsibility for handling of former Ukip leader’s account

    Coutts chief executive Peter Flavel
  • Thursday, 27 July, 2023
    Due Diligence
    Diss from a Rose sealed NatWest CEO’s fate Premium content

    Plus, how private equity funded the latest big banking merger and the insider trading charges against one of Britain’s richest men

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    NatWest Group
    NatWest fails to stem Farage pressure as shareholders turn against board

    Regulators announce probes with top investor saying chair was ‘clearly not in charge’ after trying to retain CEO Alison Rose

    Howard Davies
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    NatWest Group
    How Nigel Farage forced out NatWest chief

    Alison Rose has become the first high-profile business casualty of UK’s increasingly divisive politics

  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    NatWest’s mishandling of the Farage farrago

    Errors by the bank and its Coutts subsidiary made CEO’s resignation inevitable

    Dame Alison Rose resigned as NatWest group chief executive after what she called an ‘error of judgment’
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    News in-depthAlison Rose
    NatWest’s ‘sure touch’ chief Alison Rose forced to quit over Farage error

    Banker known for competence and close work with government resigns after admitting information leak

    Alison Rose
  • Wednesday, 26 July, 2023
    NatWest Group
    NatWest chief Alison Rose steps down after Nigel Farage row

    UK bank head’s resignation comes after she admits to being source of inaccurate BBC report about former Ukip leader

    Alison Rose
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    Farage demands records of NatWest’s Rose over Coutts account closure

    Bank boss under fire over whether she had any role in cutting services to ex-Ukip leader

    Logo of private bank Coutts
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    News in-depth
    Coutts: the king’s bank at the centre of a free-speech storm

    The closure of Nigel Farage’s account sparks a debate about a lender’s power to remove clients

    Coutts Bank
  • Friday, 21 July, 2023
    John Gapper
    Dear Nigel Farage, you can keep your Coutts account

    The honest letter the UK private bank should send to the populist rightwing politician it rejected

    FT montage of Nigel Farage photo and Coutts bank logo
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