Covid-19 and Government Support Schemes
Small firms will go bust if banks fails to support them – Yorkshire Post – 18/08/20
Talks to prevent bounce back business loans scandal – The Times – 06/10/20
ELISA ‘Plan to Grow’ webinars online – IFA Magazine – 30/09/20
MPs call for quick replacement of bounce back loan scheme – P2P Finance News – 31/10/20
UK Treasury extends emergency business loan scheme – The Guardian – 03/11/20
Treasury extends UK emergency business loan schemes – Business Matters – 04/11/20
No high street banks are accepting bounce back loan applications – Small Business.co.uk – 04/11/20
£1bn of fraudulent Covid scheme loans for businesses blocked – The Guardian – 06/11/20
Taxpayer bitten by bailout loans ‘sharks’ – 08/11/20
Banks Brace for new bounce back loans boom – Business Matters – 09/11/20
Confusion reigns ahead of introduction of Bounce Back Loan top-ups – City A.M. – 10/11/20
Supermarkets face calls to waive right to business rates relief – Financial Times – 16/11/20
Government-backed Covid loans swell to £65.5bn – City A.M. – 20/11/20
Rishi Sunak ‘to extend emergency Covid business loan schemes’ – City A.M. – 18/12/20
Exclusive: MPs ask banks for clarity on state aid rules and coronavirus loans – CITYAM – 22/07/20
Businesses risk going bust due to bounce back loan restrictions – Peer2Peer Finance News – 16/07/20
3 million UK jobs at risk from £35bn of unsustainable COVID-19 debt – Yahoo News – 16/07/20
Tens of thousands of UK firms are at risk of going bust, say MPs – The Yorkshire Post – 16/07/20
Sunak faces MPs over economic impact of Covid-19 – The Telegraph- 15/07/20
Malton MP praises Government scheme as measures protect 11,800 jobs – The Scarborough – 15-06-20
UK banks approve £35bn in state-backed loans amid heavy demand – The Guardian – 10/06/20
MPs Call For Full Payment Holidays For UK Cos. – Law 360 – 09/06/20
£36bn of government-backed loans will be toxic, taskforce warns – The Guardian – 08/06/20
Interest on UK coronavirus bounce-back loans to be capped at 2.5% – The Guardian – 02/05/20
Interest on UK coronavirus bounce-back loans to be capped at 2.5% – The Guardian – 02/05/20
New pressure from Tory MPs to point way out of lockdown – Evening Standard – 23/04/20
Big banks join forces with fintech rivals for lifeline loans – The Telegraph – 15/04/20
60% of Businesses Uncertain They’ll Survive the Coronavirus Crisis – Money Experts – 12/04/20
RBS pays out 70 per cent of government coronavirus loans – City AM – 12/04/20
Chancellor makes improvements to coronavirus business loan scheme – London Loves Business – 03/04/20
Banks pushed to waive personal guarantees for SME coronavirus loans – The Finance Times – 31/03/20
Banks under fire for coronavirus loan tactics – BBC News – 30/03/20
Banks criticized for coronavirus loan model – The Parliamentary Review – 29/03/20
Coronavirus and why Parliament must stay open to scrutinise – The Yorkshire Post – 21/03/20
Coronavirus: UK urged to pay for workers’ wages – BBC News – 19/03/20
CORONAVIRUS: MP backs Prime Minister’s move – Gazette & Herald – 18/03/20
Coronavirus weighs on banks as interest rates slashed – The Telegraph – 11/03/20
Banks offer emergency measures for coronavirus victims – The Telegraph – 10/03/20
Bankers for NetZero Initiative
UK set legally binding environmental targets in climate push – Al Jazeera – 19/08/20
World can hit net zero emissions goal if $1-2 trillion spent a year – Yahoo! – 16/09/20
Safeguard the planet to save the economy – The Telegraph – 2/09/20
Banks pressured to divest from fossil fuels and deforesters ahead of COP26 – edie.net – 21/12/20
Trending: Brands, Investors show they’re banking on Net Zero transition – SB News – 31/12/20
UK banks to launch wave of green products – FT – 02/01/2021
Barclays, Handelsbanken lead initiative to help UK cut carbon emissions
The Chronicle Herald, 21/07/20
Bankers for Net-Zero: Banks sign up to steer UK green recovery
Edie.com – 21/07/20
Barclays among first banks to sign up to ‘net zero’ financing pledge
Yahoo News – 21/07/20
Tide to support SMEs via Bankers for Net Zero initiative
IBS Intelligence – 17/06/20
Tide joins net zero initiative
Finextra – 16/07/20
Financial Services Tribunal and Dispute Resolution
Fairfield debt dispute with Industrial North West ‘puts loans market at risk’ – The Times- 28/09/20
UK finance minister asked to honor promise of resolution for mistreated SMEs – JD Supra – 20/10/20
Room to grow – Law Gazette – 02/11/20
Greg Wright: Regulators need to display a dash of steel to bring rogue bankers to justice- The Yorkshire Post – 16th October 2019
Storm clouds gather over Business Banking Resolution Service- The Times – 14th October 2019
Kevin Hollinrake MP: My Yorkshire straight-talking approach is what the Treasury Select Committee needs- Politics Home, 7th August 2019
Hunters chairman Kevin Hollinrake reveals how firm was brought to its knees by toxic bank loan –Property Industry Eye, 5th August 2019
Court told of Treasury’s ‘pervasive’ impact on controversial RBS unit GRG – CityAM, 8th July 2019
Kevin Hollinrake attacks banks over ‘dirty tricks’ – The Times, 20 June 2019
Do British SMEs Finally Have Justice In Their Sights? – Forbes, 28 May 2019
Bank Mistreatment of SMBs Goes to UK Supreme Court – PYMNTS, 14 May 2019
SMEs deserve fairer banking – The Yorkshire Post says – Yorkshire Post, 11 May 2019
Big banks ready to extend disputes scheme – The Times, 3 April 2019
Small firms can afford to be optimistic about banks’ dispute schemes – The Times, 3 April 2019
Small comfort for SMEs – Law Society Gazette, 18 March 2019
Companies should be allowed to choose how best to deliver justice – The Times, 11 March 2019
Victims ‘won’t trust’ bank redress scheme for small companies – The Times, 8 March 2019
There is wide support for a financial services tribunal, so act now – The Times, 18 February 2019
Challenger bank Tide backs calls for SME tribunal – Independent Ireland, 10 February
Firms need more protections against banks, argues MP – The Telegraph, 2 February 2019
Small firms face winding road to justice – Yorkshire Post, 1 February 2019
Waiting times at Financial Ombudsman Service ‘rise tenfold’ – The Times 23 January 2019
Its time small firms got justice from the banks – The Times, 23 January 2019
UK finance minister backs calls for tougher banks disputes scheme – Reuters, 22 January 2019
Hammond backs calls for tougher banks disputes scheme – The Times, 22 January 2019
Financial Ombudsman’s backlog worse since revamp – Financial Times, 22 January 2019
Small firms lose battle for a tribunal – The Times, 11 January 2019
Treasury rejects calls to reform UK laws on business loans – Financial Times, 11 January 2019
British banks’ new disputes service too limited, MPs say – Reuters, 11 January 2019
Financial Ombudsman Service in eye of new storm – The Times, 3 December 2018
UK banks push on with dispute system for wronged firms after scandals – Reuters, 30 November 2018
UKs new SME Scheme gets disputed – Banking Tech, 30 November 2018
MPs call tribunal to bring ‘misbehaving banks to justice’- The Guardian, 20 November 2018
Fair banking plans ‘will not help firms’ – The Times, 19 November 2018
Fair banking plans ‘will not help firms’ – The Times, 19 November 2018
Small firms’ calls for disputes tribunal set to fall on deaf ears – The Times, 12 November 2018
Chancellor wont back tribunal bid – This is Money, 11 November 2018
End the scandal of ‘too big to sue banks’ – Financial Times, 11 November 2018
New tribunal and rules needed to protect small firms – UK MPs – Reuters, 26 October 2018
MPs call for new tribunal system to help SMEs take on big banks – City AM, 26 October 2018
Call to help small businesses challenge ‘Goliath’ banks – Financial Times, 23 October 2018
Report rejects MPs calls for UK financial complaints tribunal – Reuters, 23 October 2018
Tribunals ‘not the answer’ to solving disputes with banks – The Times, 23 October 2018
Crunch time as small firms mistreated by their banks seek justice – This is Money, 20 October 2018
City watchdog rolls out ombudsman service to small businesses – City AM, 16 October 2018
Ombudsman to rule on more company finance fights – The Times, 16 October 2018
TSB backs calls for small business banking tribunal- This is Money, 14 October 2018
Consumers need better protection from the law – Prospect, 14 October 2018
FCA supports launch of a Financial Services Tribunal – Financial Reporter, 29 September 2018
Small companies need a tribunal to take on the banks – The Times, 17 July 2018
Small firms wronged by banks need tribunal process, say MPs – Daily Telegraph, 12 July 2018
Scots’ SMEs turn to crowd funding after ‘systemic’ bank failures – The Scotsman, 11 July 2018
Bankrupted customers of ‘007 bank’ Dunbar call for new tribunal – Daily Mail, 21 April 2018
More small companies need chance of redress – The Times, 17 April 2018
Ombudsman must clean up act before expanding reach – The Times, 26 March 2018
Scandals force door ajar at financial ombudsman – The Times, 23 Jan 2018
MPs call for lawyer-free forum for financial disputes – The Law Gazette, 19 January 2018
Small businesses need a proper tribunal for disputes with their banks, says MP – Mail on Sunday, 13 Jan 2018
The unequal battle between banks and small companies – The Times, 4 Dec 2017
Restoring confidence in bank loans to SMEs – Financial Times, 4 Nov 2017
MPs call for ‘robust’ system to deter banking misconduct – Yorkshire Post, 1 Nov 2017
Market ‘must learn lessons of RBS scandal’ – The Times, 25 Oct 2017
Bring entrepreneurs in from the cold – Mail on Sunday, 18 Sept 2017
Fraud trial puts mis-selling and the banks back into the spotlight – The Times, 6 February 2017
Pressure grows for referee to mediate after banking scandals – The Times, 30 January 2017
Banks face fresh inquiry into how they manage rows with businesses – Daily Mail, 28 January 2017
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
Automatic Refunds Urged for ‘worthless’ PPI Payments – The Times – 16/08/20
MP back Telegraph campaign to compensate overcharged investors – The Telegraph – 22/08/20
MPs to publish FCA’s response on allegations of fraud in repossessions – Credit Strategy – 23/10/20
FCA cancels £205,000 of bonuses after LCF scandal report – City A.M. – 18/12/20
FCA under fire for handling of Wirecard’s collapse in the UK – Financial News – 06/07/20
MPs hit out at City watchdog over pace of loans scheme – The Telegraph – 24/04/20
Banks in talks with FCA over credit card payment deferrals – The Finance Times – 30/04/20
MPs urge govt to extend FCA powers – Finance Times Adviser – 19/03/20
MPs hit out at watchdog over inaction on RBS banking scandals – The National, 14 August 2018
Investigate RBS small business scandal says MP Kevin Hollinrake – The Times, 12 August 2018
Lawmakers disappoint over regulators inaction on RBS – Reuters, 12 August 2018
Regulator ducks further action on GRG scandal – Big Issue, 3 August 2018
Change the Law after GRG scandal, demand MPs – The Times, 1 August 2018
City watchdog criticised for not sanctioning untouchable RBS bosses – The Telegraph, 31 July 2018
Our Co-Chair, Kevin Hollinrake MP, on Channel 4 News, 31 July 2018
City watchdog to take no action over RBS mistreatment of customers – The Guardian, 31 July 2018
Victims of bank fraud criticise Britain’s financial watchdog – Reuters, 9 May 2018
Mortgage Prisoners/Cerberus Capital Management
Bank of England Urged to step in over Co-op Bank takeover – Gooruf – 23/11/20
Funding Circle defends sale of bad loans to US hedge fund – P2P Finance News – 08/12/20
Fears as US giant Elliot Management snaps up Funding Circle debts – The Times – 08/12/20
200%: the true cost of commission – The Times – 20/09/20
MPs call for cap on mortgage rates – The Financial Times Advisor – 15/06/20
MPs call for cap on SVRs and investigation into ‘outlier rates’ – Mortgage Solutions – 15/06/20
MPs urge FCA to cap standard variable rates – Financial Reporter – 12/06/2020
Lenders withdrawing from mortgage market causes concern among MPs – Mortgage Introducer – 03/04/20
MPs urge unregulated lenders to halt mortgage prisoner repossessions – Financial Reporter – 10/03/20
MPs meeting FCA chief to urge more action on mortgage prisoners – Mortgage Solutions – 10/02/20
Free ‘mortgage prisoners’ trapped on high rates, MPs tell City watchdog – Telegraph – 09/02/20
Sack John Glen now, demand bank victims – The Times – 30/01/20
MPs pressure FCA over mortgage prisoners and vulture funds – Financial Reporter, 6 June 2019
Tesco refuses to commit to MPs’ demands on mortgage sale – FT Adviser, 6 June 2019
Help is long overdue for homeowners trapped in expensive mortgages – The Times, 5 June 2019
Hope for ‘mortgage prisoners’ as MPs and regulator act to free them – The Guardian, 25 May 2019
British families driven to ruin by ruthless US equity firm – Mail on Sunday, 4 May 2019
Investigation of Financial Fraud
Is the SFO giving executive an easy ride in bribery cases? – City A.M – 25/02/20
UK’s poor record on corporate crime comes under attack – Financial Times, 6 March 2019
HBOS Reading fraud ‘should be subject of new Police Scotland probe’ – Insider, 17 September 2018
MPs ask Police Scotland to examine HBOS Fraud – The National, 17 September 2018
HBOS fraud victims call for police action – The Times, 29 January 2018
Post Office Scandal
RBS/RBS GRG & Compensation Scheme
Public inquiry call into controversial RBS business unit – The National, 10th July 2019
City watchdog has sold us a pup with toothless RBS probe – The Times, 16 June 2019
Treasury accused of pressuring RBS to ‘flog’ small businesses – The Times, 14 June 2019
Watchdog ‘failed’ in mission to scrutinise RBS scandal – The Times, 14 June 2019
Pointless FCA report is an insult to small business victims – The Times, 14 June 2019
RBS report branded ‘whitewash’ by MPs – BBC News, 13 June 2019
FCA report into RBS called a ‘complete whitewash’ by critics – The Guardian, 13 June 2019
MPs brand watchdog’s RBS GRG report a ‘complete whitewash’ – City AM, 13 June 2019
RBS chases payment from ‘victims’ of mis‑sold loans – The Times, 1 April 2019
Ex-boss of RBS restructuring unit criticised over new role – The Telegraph, 31 March 2019
Nicky Morgan ducks investigation into Treasury role in RBS GRG unit – City AM, 10 March 2019
City watchdog under fire for delaying report into RBS’s GRG unit – City AM, 28 February 2019
Government agency set bonus targets for senior RBS GRG bankers – City AM, 20 February 2019
Bonuses at scandal-hit GRG were linked to Treasury targets – The Times, 20 February 2019
Did government agency help push firms to wall? – The Times, 16 February 2019
Sir Vince Cable calls for probe into Treasury role in RBS GRG unit – City AM, 13 February 2019
Treasury had ‘control over RBS division’ – The Times, 30 January 2019
Treasury agency had role in controversial RBS unit GRG – BBC News, 30 January 2019
Government linked to RBS GRG scandal in court papers – Financial Reporter, 30 January 2019
MPs are urged to recall RBS boss ‘over deceit’ – The Times, 15 September 2018
RBS boss in bribe inquiry given payoff – The Times, 29 August 2018
RBS censured by MPs for winding down compensation process – The Times, 23 July 2018
RBS may want closure but it should not slam door on small businesses – The Times, 22 July 2018
RBS executives ‘misled’ Treasury Committee – BBC, 6 February 2018
RBS misled MPs in customer mistreatment scandal, Labour claims – The Guardian, 6 February 2018
How the banks perpetrated the greatest robbery in British history – The National, 22 Jan 2018
MPs demand action over treatment of customers by RBS – BBC Radio 4, 19 Jan 2018
Businesses ‘were carved up like a Sunday roast’, MPs are told – Yorkshire Post, 18 Jan 2018
Santander boss named in RBS scandal – BBC News, 18 Jan 2018
RBS treatment of small firms ‘could be largest theft ever’ – STV News, 18 Jan 2018
Parliament to debate RBS ‘hang themselves’ comment – The Guardian, 17 Jan 2018
Watchdog kept RBS scandal report secret for fear bosses would sue – The Times, 5 Dec 2017
RBS Global Restructuring Group targeted ‘basket case’ companies – The Times, 7 Nov 2017
Our VC, Norman Lamb on RBS GRG – BBC News at Ten, 20 Oct 2017
Police conduct inquiries into Royal Bank of Scotland unit – BBC News, 20 Oct 2017
MPs slam RBS chief for ‘extraordinary outburst’ against business owners – Board Agenda, 17 Oct 2017
Warning issued over scope of RBS redress scheme – Herald Scotland, 17 Oct 2017
‘Sue us’ remark provokes broadside at RBS boss – The Times, 16 Oct 2017
Cruellest bank scandal of them all: Stories of horrifying human suffering behind family firms that were deliberately driven to the wall by corrupt financiers – Mail on Sunday, 14 Oct 2017
MPs put pressure on FCA over leaked RBS report – BBC News, 13 Oct 2017
‘Disgraceful’ lack of progress by RBS over GRG group restructuring scandal – The Times, 31 July 2017
HBOS Reading Fraud/Compensation Scheme & Lloyds Banking Group
Fresh Lloyds review of HBOS scandal ‘could fail victims again’ – The Times – 25/08/20
Lloyds to widen compensation review for HBOS fraud victims – the Telegraph – 18/10/20
Lloyds accused of callous attitude to victims of HBOS Reading scandal – The Times – 28/12/20
Lloyds fraud victims accuse the bank of clamming up – The Times – 10/08/20
Lloyds HBOS Fraud Scandal: The Accusations Against HSF Explained – Law.com – 23/07/20
MPs call on SRA to investigate City firm over bank scandal- Legal Futures – 15/07/20
Law firm was ‘unethical’ in its bank fraud advice, say MPs – The Guardian- 12/07/20
UK MPs File SRA Complaint Against HSF Over Role in HBOS Fraud Scandal – Law.com – 06/07/20
Serious Fraud Office probes Lloyds Bank property claims – The Telegraph – 07/03/20
Westminster Hall Debate – Lloyds, HBOS and The Cranston Review – 04/02/20
Lloyds to write off debts worth tens of millions linked to HBOS fraud – Sky News – 23/01/20
Lloyds faces court over ‘evasion’ of rules – The Times – 22/01/20
Business victims of HBOS fraud in line for bigger pay out – Financial Times, 10 December 2019
Victims of HBOS scandal win payouts review – The Times, 4 May 2019
Lloyds launches review of HBOS fraud compensation scheme – The Guardian, 3 May 2019
MPs call for inquiry into Lloyds fraud ‘cover-up’ – The Times, 8 April 2019
MPs call for investigation into Lloyds ‘cover up’ of HBOS fraud – City AM, 8 April 2019
Inquiry into Lloyds’ handling of HBOS fraud slips to 2020 – source – Reuters, 14 March 2019
Lloyds: how HBOS whistleblower exposed failings in UK regulation – Financial Times, 12 March 2019
Audit watchdog ‘whitewashed’ my HBOS evidence, says whistleblower – City AM, 7 February 2019
UK audit regulator accused of brushing off HBOS whistleblower – Financial Times, 6 February 2019
MPs call for resignation of Lloyds Bank CEO – Financial Times, 18 December 2018
MPs say Lloyds Bank must explain role in HBOS fraud – Law360, 18 December 2018
FCA asked to investigate Lloyds CEO over HBOS cover up – Financial Reporter, 22 November 2018
Lloyds CEO must explain whistleblower actions or quit: Lawmaker – Bloomberg, 22 November 2018
MP seeks probe into Lloyds CEO’s handling of fraud case – Reuters, 21 November 2018
Police Commissioner seeks scrutiny of Lloyds CEO over HBOS – Bloomberg, 16 November 2018
Lloyds pays out to whistleblower who alleged HBOS cover-up – City AM, 14 November 2018
Lloyds Banking Group pays compensation to fraud whistleblower – Insider, 14 November 2018
MPs accuse Lloyds of ‘arrogance’ over HBOS Reading Fraud – Business Matters, 31 July 2018
MPs accuse Lloyds of treating HBOS Reading fraud victims ‘with contempt’ – City AM, 30. July 2018
MPs claim Lloyds treated victims ‘with contempt’ – Finance, 30 July 2018
Lawmakers criticise Lloyds compensation scheme for HBOS fraud victims – Reuters, 30 July 2018
Report on HBOS collapse prompts scrutiny of bosses conduct – The Telegraph, 13 May 2018
Lloyds and the HBOS time bomb: how not to deal with fraud – Financial Times, 6 Oct 2017
Lloyds under fire over HBOS fraud compensation – BBC News, 21 July 2017
Lloyds misses HBOS scandal payouts date – The Times, 29 June 2017
Lloyds faces grilling over HBOS Reading fraud – FT Adviser, 8 February 2017
Lloyds to review compensation for victims of HBOS fraud – The Telegraph, 7 February 2017
Pay up for HBOS scam, Lloyds told – The Times, 7 February 2017
Lloyds apologises for distress caused by £245m HBOS loan scam – The Guardian, 7 February 2017
Bank launches customer review after HBOS corruption case – Sky News, 7 February 2017
MPs press Lloyds to compensate HBOS fraud victims – BBC, 6 February 2017
MPs call on Lloyds to pay up compensation following HBOS Reading fraud – City AM, 6 February 2017
Clydesdale Bank/TBLs
Whistleblowing
Financial Industry Advertising
The Financial Sector
ClearBank and Tide apply for £60 million in grants from RBS bail out scheme – Finextra – 03/08/20
UK Supreme Court clarifies the rule of “reflective loss” – Lexology – 28/07/20
Top UK Court Limits Reach Of Loss Principle In Marex Case – Law 360 – 15/07/20
UK Finance chief lets cat out of bag in video conference call – Financial Times – 01/05/20
UK Revives Emergency Bank Lending For Businesses – Law360 – 03/04/20
Five Lenders Withdraw From U.K. Small Business Rescue Plan – Yahoo Finance – 01/04/20
Banks axe dividends and bonuses – The Telegraph – 31/03/20
Criticism mounts for ‘farcical’ RBS-funded UK banking scheme – Financial Times – 01/03/20
Banking Competition Fund attacked after Metro hands back £50million – The Telegraph – 27/02/20
Luke Graham: why banks must be made to pay for branch closures – Yorkshire Post, 5 November 2018
Bank Signature Forgery Campaign
MPs pursue claims bank signatures were faked on UK court papers – the Guardian – 17/10/20
We did not pass buck on bank forgery, says National Crime Agency – The Times, 24th September
FCA hits back at accusations of inaction – The Financial Times Advisor, 9th September 2019
New bank probe is golden opportunity to revive FCA’s reputation – The Yorkshire Post 11th July 2019
MPs call for inquiry into alleged forgery of signatures – BBC News, 29 March 2019
Are banks guilty of faking signatures on British court papers? – The Guardian, 16 February 2019
Supreme Court Intervention
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