[Closed] Cooperative Bank - should I withdraw my money?

You ACTUALLY WENT to a [i]building[/i] and STOOD IN A QUEUE? That's SO far back into "last century"...

I recall reading a number of articles in the financial press recently about the Co-op being under attack by numerous hedge funds. I'm sure those interested can find them.

All of a sudden Co-Op in the news for irresponsible leadership. Journalists lose interest in News International trial and pursue story of foolish habits on someone of previously very limited public exposure. Co-incidence?

Pinstriped fool takes coke v hacking into phones of murdered kids.

PS - Opinion possibly influenced by recent completion of 'A Week in December'

Who'd have thunk it. The head of the Co-Op was the Toronto Mayor of UK banking?

The bank has a huge whole in its finances. How they could 'oops' that much for so long smacks of something.

There are also rumours of problems in the other parts of the Co-op.

Personally in 2013 if my bank hid a 1.4billion hole I'd bloody be concerned.

I echo the frustration of others. We have banked with Smile for 15 years I think, and they are nothing short of brilliant. Again, chosen for ethical reasons as well as service.
Flipping frustrating that this has happened, and again feels like a real change to the way things have been run just prior to the big takeover.
I spent a couple of days canoeing with the new boss Euan Sutherland, and he is fantastic. Genuinely likeable, not your usual CEO material in someways and yet insightful and driven still.
I too am torn about leaving, but am staying for now.

I'm a coop bank staff and member, I'm pretty angry that we've had poor managers as a result of the britannia merger and onwards and the credit trashing by Fitch was er unhelpful

retail depositors are covered by the FSCS, and nobody wants to see it go into resolution

the ethics and values are going to be written into the constitution of the new banking entity with a dedicated board committee to ensure these are upheld

Binners, please get in touch with customer services http://www.co-operativebank.co.uk/customerservices/contactus/complaints if I remember I'll find the email address tomorrow

It has also emerged that, at the time he was recruited by Miliband, Flowers had resigned from Bradford Council after pornographic material was found on his computer. One newspaper has claimed that the Labour party were aware of the reason for the resignation.

Weeks after Miliband appointing Flowers to his group, the Co-operative bank handed the Labour party a £1.2m loan.

Miliband has admitted to having at least one private meeting with Flowers. The Labour leader has also confirmed he attended informal dinners and had other meetings with the former councillor, one in Downing Street which Mr Miliband hosted with colleague Ed Balls.

Last July, Miliband hailed the Co-op Bank as his preferred model for banking reform, saying that the bank had "always understood that ethics of responsibility, cooperation and stewardship must be at the heart of what you do."

Flowers has also admitted sanctioning a fifty thousand pound payment to Labour Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls, cash he claimed was handed to the MP for a "researcher to assist the shadow chancellor in the work that he needed to do,".

I think binners was a little confused and was talking about the Co-op food store seeing as they don't have checkouts in banks.

Scotroutes - there is a lot of muddy water swirling around labour and the coop and that should be correctly exposed. But lets not also forget that v recently Osbourne was also pressing the EU to give Coop special status and exemption from tougher rules.

It's a pity that his has become a political squabble now. Yes, Labour have dirt hands here but the Tories are not Persil white either.

Ed M is running a risky strategy here. He called Falkirk a disgrace and then nothing comes from it (yet) and now Labour acted with integrity over the Coop. We shall see......

It s Cameron who has appeared more rattled recently but Balls going on about Cocaine yesterday suggests he might be the one feeling the heat a little here.

politics and prostitues seem to go hand in hand

http://www.latimes.com/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-british-leader-escort-agency-twitter-20131120,0,3421460.story?track=rss

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I saw that yesterday Kimbers. Quite bizarre. It would be fun to know the background!!!! Politicians' ability to do stupid things never fails to amaze. What is it about power corrupting???

nor even husbands of politicians, and Union leaders eh? 😉

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that ones ace stoner

For the one and only time in my life, my sympathies lie with Harriet.
🙂

I can accept that No 10 confused Carltons with the Carlton Club.

I just wonder what Jack confused "Big Black Gay Cocks" with?

I can accept that No 10 confused Carltons with the Carlton Club.

I just wonder what Jack confused "Big Black Gay Cocks" with?

To "favourite" one such tweet is an accident. Two of them, however?

From the comments section of the source of Stoner's post above! 😉

I must speak out in the defence of my poor colleague, Mr Dromey.

Internet related blunders can happen

..For instance, yesterday I was innocently searching for an antique car horn for my 1920?s vehicle restoration project. I needed a specific bulb horn that would fit snugly onto a smallish round bracket with a clamp. And perhaps some sort of automotive oil to help it engage easily.

Imagine my horror when I typed [b]Squeezey Massive Mature Hooters.. grip them Hard and Get my Hole moist[/b] and some unexpected images popped up.

I tried to delete the page from the interweb, but seem only to have managed to have favourited it, shared it on twitter and saved it to my bookmarks and also a special file on my computer marked ‘very boring man stuff relating to football, Top Gear and sheds..don’t open.’