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Welcome to this June newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

Our regular newsletter author Ryan is away on sabbatical, his place is taken by Rob with a bit of help from Shaun. Rob will be well known to readers of Ethical Consumer magazine.

This month’s newsletter has just one thing to report....

Welcome to this April newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

This month’s newsletter has two main items, both with positive news. Firstly a major milestone in the Coventry Building Society’s bid to buy the bank. And secondly, a response from the bank on its Sustainability Report, accepting our “challenge” on independent review of the Ethical Policy.
 

Welcome to this March newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

This month’s newsletter focuses on our view of the bank’s new Sustainability Report, as well as the latest update on Coventry Building Society’s bid to buy the bank.
 

Welcome to this, our first newsletter of 2024, from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this newsletter, an update on the merger talks between the bank and Coventry Building Society and what it means for us; the bank picks up the Ethical Markets Report after a ten-year hiatus; and some bad news for Barclays.
 

Welcome to this December newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this newsletter, an update from our Gathering, but first - breaking news on a new bid for the bank.

Welcome to this short November newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this newsletter, our Gathering is coming up! And an update on who made a bid for the bank and who didn’t.
 

Welcome to this October newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this newsletter, reports that the Co-op Bank is up for sale again, who might be bidding to buy it, and what it means for us as ethically-driven customers.  There is also some news about our Annual Gathering in November,
 

Welcome to this newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this month’s newsletter: a new video about our crowdfunder; sale rumours at the bank; and the bank’s response on app outages.

Welcome to this newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.

In this month’s longer newsletter we read the Co-op Bank’s new Sustainability Report, so you don’t have to. But first, an update on our crowdfunder.