This week the Big Four UK banks — Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays and HSBC — announced pre-tax profits of £44.3 billion - an average of 66 per …
Options for Banking Reform
How much could a windfall tax on banks raise?
Momentum is growing for a windfall tax on banks in the UK, with Italy this week following Spain in adopting one. But there is …
Leading thinkers call for more inclusive public conversation on the future of money
30 June 2023 34 leading thinkers from civil society and academia have signed a joint statement organised by Positive Money in response to …
Banking for People: Lessons from the UK’s Girobank
In the comments of a recent Positive Money blogpost on central bank digital currency (CBDC), Stephen Hart raised an interesting …
Mark Carney: “There will be a change” in “unsustainable” monetary system
Bank of England governor foresees monetary reform and puts forward Positive Money proposal as possible solution In August the outgoing …
Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money, Part 3: Shadow Banking
As part of our series of blogs examining the relationship between Modern Monetary Theory and Positive Money’s proposals, this guest post by …
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 …