Options for Banking Reform

RBS 2018 results: Positive Money comment

February 15, 2019 by Simon Youel

Responding to RBS' 2018 results, which show profits doubling to £1.62bn, and a £977 dividend payment to the government, Fran Boait executive …

February 14, 2019 by Simon Youel

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 …

February 8, 2019 by Simon Youel

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 …

January 17, 2019 by Rob Macquarie

[Technical read.] Positive Money’s report Escaping Growth Dependency, published in early 2018, drew a link between the current …

This blog was originally posted on the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose blog, hosted on Medium. In academic and policy …

November 16, 2018 by Simon Youel

Over the past few days top policymakers from the IMF, ECB and Bank of England have addressed the prospect of a central bank digital …

August 29, 2018 by Frank Van Lerven

The UK’s two most influential economic institutions are pulling in opposite directions. History suggests it’s time for the Treasury to take …

June 20, 2018 by Simon Youel

Responding to the launch of the Labour Party’s ‘Financing Investment’ report, Fran Boait, executive director of Positive Money said: “It …

Positive Money's Director Fran Boait was on the news discussing the so-called 'Brexit dividend' funding boost for the NHS, alongside the …