Commenting on the publication of the first comprehensive report from the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), Rob Macquarie, …
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RBS 2018 results: Positive Money comment
Responding to RBS' 2018 results, which show profits doubling to £1.62bn, and a £977 dividend payment to the government, Fran Boait executive …
Only one in ten Britons support government’s RBS strategy
Fewer than one in 10 believe that the Government should sell its stake in RBS in the near future Most Britons don’t believe a …
Making RBS work in the public interest
This blog originally appeared on Left Foot Forward. As RBS bosses yesterday sat down to their AGM with a plan to speed up the bank’s …
Bank of England Financial Stability Report: Positive Money response
Commenting on expectations of lower capital requirements as a result of the Bank of England's stress testing, Fran Boait, executive director …
Another top economist supports our Digital Cash proposal
As we explored last week, our proposal for Digital Cash in the form of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) is rapidly gaining the …
Could a central bank digital currency halt the privatisation of our money?
Over the past few days top policymakers from the IMF, ECB and Bank of England have addressed the prospect of a central bank digital …
RBS Q3 results: Positive Money response
Responding to RBS’ 2018 Q3 results which saw a 14% rise in pre-tax profits, Fran Boait, executive director of Positive Money …
10 Years On: why has so little changed since the financial crash?
As the tenth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers approaches, the Financial Times’ chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, …