New data released last week reveals that the disappearance of cash machines is continuing at a rapid pace. A total of 1,400 closed in the …
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Cash machines closing at record rate: Positive Money response
Responding to the confirmation from Link that cash machines are closing at a rate of 250 per month, David Clarke, head of policy at Positive …
Banks’ war on cash halted after Positive Money campaign
This week, we scored a significant victory in the fight to protect the UK’s access to cash. The Link scheme has cancelled planned cuts to …
RBS sell off: Positive Money response
Responding to news that the government has incurred a loss of £2.1bn in its latest sell off of RBS shares, Fran Boait, executive director of …
Banks are lending to buy houses, not build businesses
The days of the credit crunch can seem to be well and truly behind us. 2016 was the second successive year when bank lending to the economy …
Banks can be stripped of money creation power without starving economy of credit (New Report)
Positive Money has today released a report showing that stripping the banking sector of its ability to create money, a proposal endorsed by …
Election manifestos offer bold aims but little detail on banking reform
The banking system needs to do a better job of supporting businesses and serving customers according to the manifestos of the three main …
Would stripping banks of their power to create money cause a shortage of money, high unemployment and an economic decline? (Report)
Some economists and commentators have claimed that Positive Money’s proposals for a sovereign money system, in which banks are not permitted …
Should we accept the world’s banks can do what they like? (BBC World Service)
Barclays Bank have been criticised for cutting between 10,000 and 12,000 jobs on the same day it announced it was increasing the total paid …