In The Press

Covid-19 and Government Support Schemes

Small firms will go bust if banks fails to support them – Yorkshire Post – 18/08/20 Exclusive: MPs slam ‘inconsistency and incompetence’ as SMEs struggle to get bounce back loans – City A.M. – 29/09/20 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 Fraud fears spark ban on business accounts: Lloyds, NatWest and HSBC stop taking on new customers and rush of bounce back loan cheats – This is Money – 06/12/20 Rishi Sunak ‘to extend emergency Covid business loan schemes’ – City A.M. – 18/12/20 Hundreds of thousands of small businesses blocked from coronavirus loans as banks close doors to new customers – The Sun – 25/07/20 Thousands of small firms blocked from Covid loans as banks close doors to new customers – The Telegraph – 25/07/20 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 Small print of Government’s £617m ‘top-up’ grant fund proves a cruel letdown – The Yorkshire Post – 04/05/2020 Interest on UK coronavirus bounce-back loans to be capped at 2.5% – The Guardian – 02/05/20 British Business Bank faces pressure for reform over stumbling loan schemes – The Telegraph -09/05/20 Interest on UK coronavirus bounce-back loans to be capped at 2.5% – The Guardian – 02/05/20 Lloyds Bank comes under fire for its ‘disappointing’ efforts to help small businesses through coronavirus crisis – This is Money – 28/04/20 FCA launches probe as lenders are accused of cashing in on Covid-19 by fee-gouging to exploit desperate firms – This is Money – 28/04/20 Rishi Sunak eyes offering 100% guaranteed loans and overdrafts for microbusinesses – Small Business.co.uk – 25/04/20 New pressure from Tory MPs to point way out of lockdown – Evening Standard – 23/04/20 Big banks refusing to disclose how they are helping firms in Covid-19 pandemic – This is Money – 22/04/20 Banks urged to ramp up lending as just 12,000 small firms get crucial loans to survive the coronavirus crisis – This is Money – 20/04/20 Big banks join forces with fintech rivals for lifeline loans – The Telegraph – 15/04/20 British Business Bank approves four new lenders for CBILS – but no P2P! – Peer2Peer Finance News – 14/04/20 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 Four new banks join emergency coronavirus loan scheme for small businesses – Business Matters -11/04/20 Former business secretary Greg Clark leads calls for overhaul of coronavirus loan scheme – City AM – 08/04/20 I’m in the middle of applying for a mortgage but my employer has put me on furlough – will this affect my application? – This Is Money – 07/04/20 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 Pressure growing on UK’s largest banks to cut bosses’ bonuses and shareholder payouts to preserve cash in face of growing coronavirus crisis – This is Money – 30/04/20 Firms are being denied lifeline loans by ‘cynical’ banks: Business owners applying for special coronavirus help are being offered more expensive standard loans instead – The Daily Mail – 30/03/20 Banks criticized for coronavirus loan model – The Parliamentary Review – 29/03/20 Small business owners asked to put homes on the line to get emergency coronavirus loans – The Telegraph – 29/03/20 There’s a big catch in the government’s plan to help businesses through coronavirus – The Canary – 26/03/20 ‘Outrageous’ banks put risk on struggling business owners for government-backed coronavirus loans – The Morning Star – 26/03/20 Rishi Sunak orders banks to help firms amid claims they are ‘profiteering’ from coronavirus crisis – Politics Home – 26/03/20 The ‘short, sharp shock’ is our best hope of halting the coronavirus pandemic – The Yorkshire Post – 25/03/20 TSB unveils support for SME suppliers and customers during coronavirus outbreak – The Paypers – 24/03/20 Filey MP defends tweet saying he will use Government’s emergency coronavirus loans for his estate agency firm – The Scarborough News – 23/03/20 UK Chancellor Preparing Wage Subsidy Bill To Protect British Workers Hurt By Coronavirus Pandemic – Infosurhoy – 23/03/20 Coronavirus and why Parliament must stay open to scrutinise – The Yorkshire Post – 21/03/20 UK Chancellor Preparing Wage Subsidy Bill To Protect British Workers Hurt By Coronavirus Pandemic – International Business Times – 20/03/20 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 ‘Gold standard’: Bankers draft net zero rules for financial services sector – Business Green- 22/12/20 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 Kevin Hollinrake on his bid to become the Treasury Select Committee’s new chief – This is Money, 3rd August 2019 New Business Banking Resolution group must give meaningful redress, says Kevin Hollinrake MP – The Yorkshire Post, 26th July 2019 Court told of Treasury’s ‘pervasive’ impact on controversial RBS unit GRG – CityAM, 8th July 2019 Kevin Hollinrake speaking about the Bank forging signatures campaign – Victoria Derbyshire, 5th July 2019 Kevin Hollinrake accuses Treasury officials of ‘coordinated skullduggery’ over conflict-of-interest claims – CityAM, 25th June 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 Greg Wright: Why the new Prime Minister must create financial services tribunal and suspend the loan charge – Yorkshire Post, 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 MPs push for law change to give shareholders and business owners more power to sue – City AM, 8 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 Government lacks understanding of challenges facing SMEs in dispute with banks, says MPs – Yorkshire Post, 13 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 Mouchel Shareholder Group backs plans for a Financial Services Tribunal – The Yorkshire Post, 10 December 2018 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 Bank Bosses are urged to support ‘truth and reconciliation’ inquiry for misconduct victims – Yorkshire Post, 15 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 A tribunal system to protect small businesses from banks cannot come soon enough – The Times, 31 October 2018 MPs slam ‘regulatory black hole’ for bank lending to small businesses – Financial Times, 26 October 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 SME advocates say new ombudsman powers will not bring banks to justice – The Daily Mail, 16 October 2018 Ombudsman to rule on more company finance fights – The Times, 16 October 2018 More British firms get access to financial arbitration services against banks – Reuters, 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 Kevin Hollinrake: Banks victims deserve nothing less than justice 10 years after the financial crisis – The Yorkshire Post, 16 September 2018 Small companies need a tribunal to take on the banks – The Times, 17 July 2018 Dyson backs parliamentary group’s plea for new financial services court – The Law Gazette, 12 July 2018 MPs call for banks to pay for new tribunal system to settle disputes for small businesses – City AM, 12 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 MPs call for tougher action to protect small firms from bullying banks – The Yorkshire Post, 13 April 2018 Small firms who have been bullied by the banks could have affordable route to justice – The Yorkshire Post, 27 March 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 RBS chief backs our campaign. ‘No excuses. There are things we just did not get right. I apologise’ – Mail on Sunday, 21 Jan 2018 MPs call for lawyer-free forum for financial disputes – The Law Gazette, 19 January 2018 Hopes of a breakthrough in small companies’ bank abuse campaign – Financial Mail on Sunday, 13 Jan 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 JUSTICE FOR OUR FIRMS: Now City regulator plans shake-up to help entrepreneurs – Mail on Sunday, 5 Nov 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 There are still unanswered questions a decade after banks took us to the brink – Yorkshire Post, 31 Oct 2017 Market ‘must learn lessons of RBS scandal’ – The Times, 25 Oct 2017 Britain’s top entrepreneurs back our campaign for an official ombudsman to help small firms battling big banks – Mail on Sunday, 22 Oct 2017 Why we need a skilled ombudsman to tackle injustices faced by small businesses from banks – Mail on Sunday, 22 Oct 2017 Top regulator demands justice for small firms: FCA chief says company owners have nowhere to turn – Mail on Sunday, 18 Sept 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 MPs slam inadequate compensation scheme for small firms who have been mistreated by banks – The Yorkshire Post, 25 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 PPI scandal: Banks are trying to block new claims dubbed ‘PPI 2’ – what you need to know – Daily Express – 29/08/20 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 Why is the regulator protecting RBS – instigator of the greatest banking scandal in Britain’s history – Conservative Home, 10 September 2018 MPs hit out at watchdog over inaction on RBS banking scandals – The National, 14 August 2018 FCA slammed for not punishing RBS over treatment of small businesses – Financial News, 14 August 2018 Parliamentary group considers enhancing FCA powers after RBS GRG scandal – Financial Reporter, 13 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 The city’s Lilliputian watchdog has made a mockery of itself in RBS scandal – The Times, 5 August 2018 Regulator ducks further action on GRG scandal – Big Issue, 3 August 2018 Greg Wright: lets create a new regulatory regime to ensure nobody is untouchable, Yorkshire Post, 1 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 Inadequacy of regulatory regime must not create untouchables says Yorkshire MP Kevin Hollinrake – Yorkshire Post, 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 MPs say Financial Conduct Authority must stand aside for next look at RBS Global Restructuring Group – The Times, 15 April 2018 MPs defy regulator to publish full Financial Conduct Authority report into RBS – The Times, 14 February 2018 City watchdog risks ‘losing public confidence’ over handling of RBS – Evening Standard, 14 February 2018 We need a regulator with teeth who is willing to bite, says MP – The Yorkshire Post, 12 February 2018 Full report into RBS GRG must be published as soon as possible, say MPs – The Yorkshire Post, 7 February 2018 Former Government adviser welcomes decision to publish full report into RBS unit – The Yorkshire Post, 31 January 2018

Mortgage Prisoners/Cerberus Capital Management

Co-op Bank deal with ‘aggressive’ US private equity firm spells ‘devastation for customers’. warns MP – This is Money – 19/11/20 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 FCA’s new boss must ride into battle on behalf of mortgage prisoners and forgery victims – The Yorkshire Post – 24/06/20 MPs call for probe into alleged exploitation of mortgage prisoners by unregulated funds – The Yorkshire Post – 16/06/20 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 The agony of mortgage prisoners who do not know who really owns their homes – The Yorkshire Post – 20/05/2020 Lenders withdrawing from mortgage market causes concern among MPs – Mortgage Introducer – 03/04/20 Lenders should be clear that mortgage holidays are available to those in arrears, MPs say – Mortgage Solutions – 02/04/20 Unregulated funds are threatening to repossess homes of mortgage prisoners, MPs warn. – The Yorkshire Post – 01/04/20 MPs urge unregulated lenders to halt mortgage prisoner repossessions – Financial Reporter – 10/03/20 MPs call on lenders to halt all repossessions against mortgage prisoners until help arrives – This is Money – 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 The sale of mortgages to ‘vulture funds’ must be made illegal, say campaigners – The Yorkshire Post – 04/02/20 Sack John Glen now, demand bank victims – The Times – 30/01/20 Why the Government must smack down the lenders who fail to free the mortgage prisoners – Greg Wright – The Yorkshire Post – 29/01/20 Government must stop banks from selling loan books to vulture funds, says influential group of MPs – The Yorkshire Post – 23/01/20 Sainsbury’s Bank urged to move borrowers to a regulated lender after pulling out of mortgage market – This is Money – 18/01/20 Mortgage prisoners: 100,000 households were left high and dry by and Northern Rock and rivals crashing and 12 years on they’re STILL stuck on crippling rates – This Is Money, 3 September 2019 Treasury expects FCA to implement mortgage prisoner affordability reforms ‘rapidly’ – Mortgage Solutions, 7 June 2019 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 Tesco Bank can’t guarantee customers’ home loans will be sold to an active lender, as MPs express fears over ‘mortgage prisoners’ – This is Money, 29 May 2019 Hope for ‘mortgage prisoners’ as MPs and regulator act to free them – The Guardian, 25 May 2019 Mortgage prisoners call for public inquiry after ‘paying through the nose’ after Northern Rock collapsed – Yorkshire Post, 20 May 2019 Greg Wright: It’s time to get tough with the vulture funds and liberate the mortgage prisoners – Yorkshire Post, 8 May 2019 British families driven to ruin by ruthless US equity firm – Mail on Sunday, 4 May 2019

HBOS Reading Fraud/Compensation Scheme & Lloyds Banking Group

Fresh Lloyds review of HBOS scandal ‘could fail victims again’ – The Times – 25/08/20 MPs raise concerns about second attempt to compensate victims of bank fraud – Yorkshire Post – 27/08/20 Lloyds to widen compensation review for HBOS fraud victims – the Telegraph – 18/10/20 UK businessman tracks down Noel Edmounds in NZ, claims he owes him money – New Zealand Herald – 10/09/20 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 Herbert Smith unethical or incompetent during bank scandal review, MPs claim – The Law Society Gazette – 15/07/20 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 Lloyds chief António Horta-Osório’s pledge to HBOS Reading fraud victims – The Times, 12 December 2019 HBOS Reading victims are still suffering real hardship, says SME Alliance – The Yorkshire Post, 11 December 2019 Lloyds found to have failed customers hit by HBOS Reading branch fraudsters – CityAM, 10 December 2019 Business victims of HBOS fraud in line for bigger pay out – Financial Times, 10 December 2019 Britain’s Lloyds Criticized for Mistreating Victims of Major Fraud – The New York Times. 10 December 2019 Lloyds Bank chief ‘very sorry’ as HBOS compensation probe uncovers failings – The Telegraph, 10 December 2019 City watchdog urged to publish HBOS findings after lender’s former boss lands top job at The Restaurant Group – This is Money, 3 May 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 DAILY BRIEFING: MP calls for Lloyds boss Antonio Horta-Osorio to quit over Reading HBOS fraud – This is Money, 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 Humiliation for Lloyds over £1bn small firm fraud: Bank forced to compensate whistleblower over damning dossier on scandal at HBOS Reading – Daily Mail, 14 November 2018 Lloyds accused of ignoring police whistleblower request in HBOS probe – Financial Times, 26 September 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 Lloyds slammed after failing to compensate victims of the HBOS Reading Scandal – This is Money, 30 July 18 Lawmakers criticise Lloyds compensation scheme for HBOS fraud victims – Reuters, 30 July 2018 Secret Report: HBOS fraud cover-up went to the very top – we reveal the damning claims from the dossier the bank kept under wraps for five years – Daily Mail, 13 May 2018 Report on HBOS collapse prompts scrutiny of bosses conduct – The Telegraph, 13 May 2018 Lloyds rescue unit supposed to rescue firms was out to make profit, admits executive – Daily Mail, 10 March 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 for Lloyds to compensate victims of HBOS fraud scandal – International Business Times, 6 February 2017 MPs call on Lloyds to pay up compensation following HBOS Reading fraud – City AM, 6 February 2017 Lloyds banks urged by MPs to compensate customers scammed by corrupt HBOS bankers in £245m fraud – The Independent, 6 February 2017 MPs call for Lloyds bank to compensate businesses affected by HBOS crooks – The Daily Mail, 6 February 2017

Clydesdale Bank/TBLs

MPs back businessman on hunger strike at Clydesdale Bank – The Guardian, 30th August 2019 Clydesdale Bank, led by David Duffy, under fire – The Times, 3 February 2019 Prominent MP slams City watchdog over lack of action on allegations of interest swap mis-selling – City AM, 20 January 2019 Regulator Andrew Bailey has been toothless over Clydesdale mis-selling claims, say MPs – The Times, 20 January 2019 Clydesdale berated for ‘brownbeating’ small business client – The Herald, 16 January 2019

Whistleblowing

Baroness Susan Kramer Delivers Keynote Address at University of York Whistleblowing Symposium – Front Line Whistleblower News – 27/07/20 Senior politicians propose UK whistleblower policy reform – Open Access Government -08/07/2020 FCA chairman’s office to handle RBS whistleblower’s complaint into Bailey’s conduct – Thomson Reuters Accelus 17th October 2019 MP Sir Norman Lamb demands apology from FCA boss Andrew Bailey for alleged defamation – The Independent 16th October 2019 Banking whistleblowers being gagged and hunted down – Lord Cromwell – Euronews, 7 Nov 2017

Financial Industry Advertising

TV presenter Noel Edmonds urges bank ad ‘health warnings’ – This is Money, 22 September 2018

The Financial Sector

Let’s give our SMEs all the help they need to expand overseas — by tackling unfair payment charges – CITYAM – 07/08/20 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 Boomerang skyscraper dispute comes back to haunt the corporate undertakers – the Telegraph – 07/06/20 Seven big firms backed out of state aid amid peculation they did not want their names to be made public – This is Money – 6/06/20 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 Now give up your bonuses, bankers told: Industry under fire over pay after axing £8bn of dividends – This is Money – 01/04/20 Deluge Of SMB Applications Prompts Lenders To Drop Out Of UK Stimulus Program – Pymnts.com – 01/04/20 Banks axe dividends and bonuses – The Telegraph – 31/03/20 Bank bosses urged to slash their pay and axe dividends amid mounting fears lenders are ripping off desperate borrowers – This is Money – 27/03/20 ‘It smacks of a cartel’: Yorkshire MP slams banks’ ‘disgraceful’ behaviour – The Yorkshire Post -26/03/20 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 Non-disclosure agreements are being abused to scare victims into silence, says Yorkshire MP – Yorkshire Post, 6 March 2019 Luke Graham: why banks must be made to pay for branch closures – Yorkshire Post, 5 November 2018 Big banks press watchdogs to ‘level the playing field on regulation’ to P2P lenders – The Telegraph, 4 November 2018

Bank Signature Forgery Campaign

MPs pursue claims bank signatures were faked on UK court papers – the Guardian – 17/10/20 National Crime Agency undertakes ‘through assessment’ of bank signature forgery claims – Yorkshire Post – 20/10/20 Why there must be through probe of claims made by Bank Signature Forgery Campaign – Yorkshire Post – 27/10/20 We did not pass buck on bank forgery, says National Crime Agency – The Times, 24th September Pressure on National Crime Agency for action over bank forgery claims – The Times, 10th September 2019 FCA hits back at accusations of inaction – The Financial Times Advisor, 9th September 2019 Evidence of criminal activity by banks to be probed by finance watchdog and National Crime Agency – The Yorkshire Post 11th July 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 Greg Wright: complaints to MPs over alleged signature forgeries must be investigated – Yorkshire Post, 6 February 2018

Supreme Court Intervention

Justice Weigh Limits Of Economic Duress in Airline Lawsuit – Law360 – 03/11/20 Duress in banking contracts under the microscope at the UK Supreme Court – Financier Worldwide – 11/11/20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp v Times Travel – 05/12/20

Calls for a Public Inquiry

MP calls for new insolvency regulator over ‘massive’ conflict of interests – Accountancy Age – 15/07/20 Greg Wright: Even the dead could not escape from the greedy bankers’ clutches – Yorkshire Post, 13 March 2019 MP demands inquiry into regulators bank probe failure – Daily Business Group, 15 August 2018 Yorkshire MP calls for full public inquiry into business banking sector – Yorkshire Post, 13 August 2018 MPs want public inquiry into business banking sector – The Insider, 12 August 2018 MPs call for public inquiry into banks mistreatment of small business customers – The Mail on Sunday, 11 August 2018 City Minister shies from public inquiry into business lending – Law360, 10 May 2018 Kevin Hollinrake MP calls for public inquiry over ‘concealment of HBOS fraud’ – The Yorkshire Post, 10 May 2018 Greg Wright: two pronged attack will provide justice for victims of bullying – The Yorkshire Post, 18 April 2018 Britain’s small business banking scandal – what lessons will be learnt? – The Telegraph, 17 February 2018

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