Things just keep getting worse and worse for Barclays, as the beleaguered banking institution announced it would be sacking 3,700 employees sometime soon.
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RBS to rehabilitate its customer service image in New Year
RBS has had its fill of complaints recently, vowing this week that it will launch attempts to rehabilitate its customer service image in the New Year.
Metro Bank continues spread from Greater London
Big news this week in the retail banking world is that new High Street upstart Metro Bank is continuing its spread out from its Greater London roots.
Nationwide crumples under pressure, adds interest rates
The largest building society in the UK has finally folded under pressure, agreeing to add the current interest rate to its customers’ online banking pages.
RBS/Santander deal falls through, Virgin is up next
Now that Santander has walked away from the table for the purchase of 316 RBS branches, rumours are that Virgin Money is waiting in the wings to pounce.
Small firms need loans – and the Government listens?
It looks like the Government really does have the best interests of small businesses in mind – if the news of £1 billion in Government funding isn’t too good to be true, that is.
Less than one in 10 get a small business loan, survey says
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into your high street branch: a new survey says that less than one in 10 SMEs looking for finance at their bank or building society actually walk out with a business loan.
Business lending collapses by £3bn, says Bank of England
According to the Bank of England’s latest Trends in Lending report, there was £3 billion less disbursed in business loans from March to May of this year.
Most NatWest & RBS customers out of the woods
The majority of NatWest and RBS customers are finally out of the woods, with the IT problem plaguing the banking group nearly completely resolved after a long week of no access to customer accounts and missed payments, though there are still some lingering problems with one last member of the banking group.
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