Several banks finance Israeli settlements, weapons, and military, which contributes to human rights abuses in Palestine.
In this article Marlous Veldt and Jasmine Owens assess which UK current account providers are most and least complicit.
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Includes guides to: Curretn Accounts, Savings Accounts, Mortgages
The latest magazine includes guides rating:
- Current Accounts
- Savings Accounts
- Mortgages
Plus:
- score tables rating and comparing the brands
- Best Buy recommendations
- banks financing climate change and weapons
- the rise of building societies and why they are more ethical than banks
- Coventry Building Society buys Co-op Bank
- green retrofit mortgages
- we list the highest paid directors for the 39 banks & building societies
- gender and ethnicity pay gaps, bank by bank
- banks assessed on gender inequality of lending
Features
- which banks support Israel
- imagining a world without corporate power - how to reinvent the corporation
Issue 214 (May/June 2025) now in print and online.
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- Choosing an ethical bank account is one of the simplest and most ethically productive things you can do. In this ethical banking guide, we rate the ethical and environmental record of 28 UK current accounts, with recommended buys and who to avoid.Read more
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