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What are the rules on bank account closures and what rights do people have?

The UK’s banking rules have come under scrutiny after Nigel Farage accused Coutts of closing his account unfairly.

The Independent UK

OPINION - The Standard View: Coutts’s curb on free speech is intolerable

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…

Evening Standard

Nigel Farage claims family had accounts rejected

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

Evening Standard

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Nigel Farage praises ‘swift’ intervention by ministers over closed Coutts account

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

The Guardian - UK

Coutts picks a fight with the wrong man

City Comment: You can’t just have bank accounts for people you agree with

Evening Standard

Bank’s licence could be ‘revoked’ in UK for banning customers over their political views

It comes after Nigel Farage’s banks accounts were closed by Coutts because his views ‘did not align with’ the bank’s values

The Independent UK

Banks ‘could lose licences for banning customers over their political views’

It comes after Nigel Farage’s banks accounts were closed by Coutts because his views ‘did not align with’ the bank’s values.

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Nigel Farage describes Coutts bank as ‘metropolitan elite’ that ‘loathe’ his views

Nigel Farage has described the bank Coutts as “the metripolitan elite” over a document that he claims shows the exclusive bank closed his account because it did not agree with his political views.

The Independent UK

What are the UK rules on access to banking and how are disputes settled?

Everyone has a right to a basic account but banks can deny customers additional services

The Guardian - UK

Nigel Farage has a point. Coutts should explain itself

Bank for wealthy says it wants clients who are ‘disrupters and challengers’, but seems to find some less tolerable without the cash

The Guardian - UK

Sunak, Braverman and City regulator wade into Farage banking row

FCA chief says banks cannot ‘discriminate’ against political views, but chair argues it’s up to Coutts ‘who they do business with’

The Guardian - UK

Farage joins explosion in people using subject access requests

SARs from employees have become standard in work disputes and are increasingly used by public figures

The Guardian - UK

Ministers denounce ‘disgraceful’ treatment of Nigel Farage by Coutts bank

The former Ukip leader said after his account was closed there is a danger of the UK moving towards a ‘Chinese-style social credit system’

Evening Standard

Pity Nigel Farage as he is deemed too horrible to bank with the elite at Coutts

When the bank’s bosses said ‘Your money is no good here,’ they meant it. He’s raging at them, but what does it say about him, asks Guardian executive Opinion editor Hugh Muir

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The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak slams Coutts after documents label Farage ‘grifter’ and bank shuts account

The bank raised concerns Mr Farage was ‘xenophobic and racist’, citing his having retweeted a Ricky Gervais joke and his friendship with Novak Djokovic

The Independent UK

‘Coutts targeted me on personal and political grounds,’ says Nigel Farage after private bank shuts account

Coutts requires its customers to borrow or invest at least £1m or save at least £3m

The Independent UK

What the papers say – July 19

A wide variety of stories feature on the front pages of Britain’s newspapers.

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Nigel Farage says Coutts document shows his account was shut over his views

The former Ukip leader said he obtained a report by the prestigious private bank’s reputational risk committee.

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Evening Standard

Nigel Farage claims Coutts closed his bank account because of his ‘values’

Former Ukip leader criticises Coutts in online video after bank closed his account

The Independent UK

Brexit: More than half of Britons would vote to rejoin the EU, poll finds

According to YouGov, if a new referendum on EU membership was held then a majority of Brits would vote to remain

The Independent UK

Nigel Farage: EU to blame for my bank account woes

Former Brexit Party leader claims he has fallen foul of over-zealous anti-money laundering regulations

The Guardian - UK

Europe is surging rightwards. But, as Britain has shown, the populist tide will start to ebb

From Austria to Italy, Sweden to Spain, the far right is gaining ground. But ultimately, people want security and fairness, not regressive policies

The Conversation

What is a 'politically exposed person' and why do the likes of Jeremy Hunt and Nigel Farage claim the status prevents them getting bank accounts?

Reports vary as to why the private bank Coutts decided to close the account of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage. He claims he was excluded for his political views, the bank says the problem was a lack of funds. But either way, his case does highlight a wider and longstanding…

The Guardian - UK

Jeremy Hunt reveals he was refused Monzo bank account

Chancellor says barriers to careers in public life must be removed after being refused account ‘as a politically exposed person’

The Week

Nigel Farage: was former UKIP leader cancelled by Coutts?

Cancel culture, already the blight of British universities, seems to be creeping into banking, said The Daily Telegraph.

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