The Latest Breaking News from Coutts

Former Ukip leader says he is ‘considering all options’

The former prime minister called for an inquiry into reporting on the Farage account closure row

Private lender’s reputation is at risk after decision to cut ties with former Ukip leader and comments about him

Under Treasury proposals, lenders will have to explain why they shut accounts and give 90 days’ notice

Ministers will make it harder to close accounts after former UKIP leader’s spat with Coutts

Insiders say Peter Flavel did not do enough to keep Dame Alison Rose fully updated

IT IS hard to think how Coutts’s “reputational risk” committee could have inflicted more damage on the bank’s reputation than by recommending that Nigel Farage’s account be closed. When Farage first raised the charge that his account had been closed on political grounds, the bank let it be known that…

Farage’s fracas with Coutts has kicked off a wider discussion over powers retail banks have to cancel customers’ accounts.

Ex-Ukip leader welcomes prospect of law to stop bank account closures due to customers’ political views