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Government’s NatWest meddling crosses risky line
  + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +4 min
Meddling ministers crossed a line, and may struggle to retreat back onto the right side of it. Its shares fell a modest 3% on Wednesday morning – compared with 1% on average for Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L), Barclays (BARC.L) and Virgin Money UK (VMUK.L). Rose’s strategy of cutting costs, continuing to scale back risky trading and focusing on core UK retail banking was working. Britain’s Economic Secretary to the Treasury Andrew Griffith said on social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, that “it is right that the NatWest CEO has resigned”. Domestic rivals Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and Virgin Money UK were down 2% on average.
Persons: Alison Rose, Rose, Rishi Sunak, Jeremy Hunt, Nigel Farage, Andrew Griffith, Coutts, aren’t, Nigel Farage's, Paul Thwaite, George Hay, Pranav Kiran, Streisand Neto Organizations: Reuters, Economic, NatWest, BBC, Royal Bank of Scotland’s, UK Government Investments, . Mortgage, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays, Virgin Money, Lloyds, Domestic, Thomson Locations: NatWest’s
London CNN —The CEO of one of the biggest banks in the United Kingdom has resigned after admitting she leaked details of Brexit campaigner and political commentator Nigel Farage’s finances to BBC News. The lender was later revealed in UK media to be Coutts, a bank for the rich owned by NatWest. Mr Farage said he believed the decision to close his Coutts account was due to his political views. The BBC then reported that it had been told by a senior source at the bank that Farage’s accounts had been closed for commercial reasons. On Tuesday night, Alison Rose confirmed she had been the source for the BBC report and apologized.
Persons: Nigel Farage’s, Alison Rose, , Nigel Farage, Donald Trump, Coutts, Mr Farage, Farage, ” Alison Rose, Paul Thwaite Organizations: London CNN, BBC News, NatWest, BBC Locations: United Kingdom,
NatWest goof is a boon for sketchy bank clients
  + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +5 min
LONDON, July 21 (Reuters Breakingviews) - A row between right-wing talking head Nigel Farage and UK bank NatWest (NWG.L) could have much broader consequences. Last November, a reputational risk committee of NatWest’s exclusive private bank Coutts decided to ditch Farage by summer 2023. After closing the Coutts wealth account, NatWest offered Farage a standard one at the parent group instead, for example. But for now the biggest winners from the Farage-Coutts row seem to be sketchy UK bank customers. Briefing papers presented to Coutts’ wealth reputational risk committee said Farage was “considered by many to be a disingenuous grifter”.
Persons: Nigel Farage, Alison Rose, Farage, Coutts, didn’t, Rose, Andrew Griffith, Coutts ’, , ” Farage, George Hay, Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, NatWest, Conservative, Treasury, Financial Ombudsman Service, Twitter, UK Independence Party, Thomson
NatWest calls time on UK banks’ rate-hike party
  + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
But NatWest Chief Executive Alison Rose has brought that excitement to an end. It’s surprising that Rose thinks lending margins have maxed out already. Higher rates take a while to feed into revenue because so many borrowers have long-term or fixed-rate debt, which reprices slowly. That would be a cause for celebration among households and firms with spare cash, but it might bring the bank share-price party to an end. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.
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