Saturday, June 15, 2013

Big banks lose 2.4million customers in protest against scandals...

An estimated 2.4 million customers quit the UK's five biggest banks in 2012 as people "voted with their feet" in response to a string of scandals, according to latest figures.

The Move Your Money UK campaign and website, which issued the figures, said they showed a "mass movement" away from the big banking groups: Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland/NatWest, Barclays, HSBC and Santander.

Laura Willoughby, Move Your Money chief executive, said: "The constant slew of scandals last year has opened the floodgates, and people are beginning to realise they don't have to put up with the arrogance of the big banks."

The Libor rate-fixing affair, bankers' bonuses and a wave of scandals and regulatory clampdowns involving the mis-selling of products such as payment protection insurance and interest rate swaps have all fuelled anti-bank sentiment, and created an appetite for challenger brands within the sector. The campaign group said local, ethical and mutual financial service providers were among those that had increased their customer base significantly.An estimated 2.4 million customers quit the UK's five biggest banks in 2012 as people "voted with their feet" in response to a string of scandals, according to latest figures. Full story...

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