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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking

@cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social

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Join 10,000 other members and supporters in the world's first independent customer union. We represent customers of the UK's Co-operative Bank, and support ethical banking and #coops.

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

The Co-op Bank has confirmed Coventry Building Society *will* adopt the bank's Ethical Policy. 👏 The move will mean a major expansion of ethical banking in the UK. 👍 Our latest newsletter: customerunion.coop/newsletter-2...

Abdrea Melville, CEO of the Co-operative Bank, speaking at Co-ops Congress 2026

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Good to see the Co-op Bank with new ads that lead on ethics. What do you think of them? saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Here's the Co-op Bank's position: "We will not provide banking services to any business .... that ... Manufactures or transfers indiscriminate weapons ... torture equipment ... or armaments supplied to oppressive regimes."

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

The Co-op Bank turned away seven businesses due to breaches of its ethical policy in 2024. What do you think of the bank's reporting on this? Let us know! Read more in our latest newsletter: saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

A snip from the Co-op Bank's Sustainability Report 2024 describes the businesses it turned away.

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Our first newsletter of 2025 is out now, with news of the Co-op Bank's take-over by Coventry Building Society: what it means for customers and what it means for us as a union. TL:DR : it's great news 🚀 saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

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CUEB: The Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We set up the #SaveOurBank campaign with two main aims: to ensure the Co-op Bank stuck to its ethics, and to work for an eventual return to cooperative ownership. With the takeover now approved, we consider these aims achieved. Our statement: saveourbank.coop/merger-go-ah...

Text of the Customer Union's statement:

We’re delighted by this news. We set up the Save Our Bank campaign in 2013 with two main aims: to ensure that the bank stuck to its ethics, and to work for an eventual return to cooperative ownership. We’re now confident that the bank has effectively been “saved” and that these aims have been achieved. As such, we will be hanging up the “Save Our Bank” name.

Following the initial success of the campaign, we established what we believe is the world’s first customer union in 2016, representing more than 1,000 paid-up members who are customers of the bank, and around 10,000 supporters in total. This organisation, the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, will continue, with the primary aim of representing the interests of our members in the new merged organisation. We’re keen to ensure that the ethical policy and principles of the bank are not only maintained but strengthened, and that the new organisation builds on the ethical leadership that the Co-op Bank has established over 30 years.

The combination Co-op Bank and Coventry creates a strengthened ethical banking sector in the UK, and will lead to more people and businesses being able to ensure their money is invested in line with their values. We are positive about the future for our members, and look forward to representing their interests in a constructive working relationship with the building society.

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