{"id":1466,"date":"2013-10-23T22:04:44","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T15:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ethical-alternatives-to-the-co-operative-bank\/"},"modified":"2016-01-14T11:51:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T04:51:48","slug":"ethical-alternatives-to-the-co-operative-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ethical-alternatives-to-the-co-operative-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethical alternatives to the Co-operative Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWith US hedge funds calling the shots, the Co-op Bank’s green credentials look increasingly fragile. But there are other accounts worth looking at\u2022 Poll: Will you stay with the Co-operative Bank?Can the Co-operative Bank continue to be ethical now that it will be controlled by profit-hungry US hedge funds? The former boss of the Co-op Group, Peter Marks, doesn’t think so. This week he told MPs that the ethical label doesn’t apply to the bank any more – and it appears many customers feel the same.If you are thinking about baling out of the Co-op Bank, but don’t want to give your money to one of the “big four” banks, there are more options available than you might think. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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With US hedge funds calling the shots, the Co-op Bank’s green credentials look increasingly fragile....<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-nE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44668,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/co-op-bank-is-up-for-sale-is-it-time-to-leave\/","url_meta":{"origin":1466,"position":0},"title":"Co-op Bank is up for sale \u2013 is it time to leave?","date":"February 18, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Its ethical values and cooperative approach are under threat. 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