Dame Alison Rose, the chief executive of NatWest Group, has stood down after a row over the closure of Nigel Farage’s bank account with the private bank Coutts, which NatWest owns.
Rose has resigned from the banking group after the former UK Independence party leader complained to the BBC about a report that claimed his accounts with Coutts were closed for commercial reasons. The broadcaster has since apologised and amended its story.
Farage said Rose’s exit was “a start” but called for the whole Natwest board to go. He told GB News that the resignation “had to happen”, adding: “The first rule of banking is you have to respect the privacy of the customer.”
The Ukip leader told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme the entire board ought to quit because it had approved a statement from Rose earlier on Tuesday in which she said she had not revealed “any personal financial information”. » | Anna Isaac and Kalyeena Makortoff | Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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