Archive for Bank of Scotland

Bank of Scotland cards made shoppers pay twice

A technical problem with Bank of Scotland’s electronic card terminals has led to shoppers being charged twice for purchases made using chip and pin.

Top mandarin Kingman’s departure the drum roll for a Brownite exodus

How to explain John Kingman’s seemingly premature decision to quit as chief executive of United Kingdom Financial Investments UKFI the quango set up to manage the taxpayers’ interest in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group?

Lloyds ponders sale of joint ventures division

Lloyds Banking Group is exploring a sale of assets out of the division that coinvested with some of Britain’s bestknown property entrepreneurs during the credit boom.

High Street banks criticised by customers

High street banks have been criticised after topping a list of current accounts with the worst customer satisfaction.

Banks’ support of ‘viable’ businesses in question

Banks say they are supporting ‘viable’ businesses but there is evidence to the contrary