# Ethical Banking for Co-operatives

**URL:** <https://community.coops.tech/t/ethical-banking-for-co-operatives/664>\
**Category:** General\
**Tags:** coops\
**Created:** [19 March 2018 14:06 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/ethical-banking-for-co-operatives/664 "2018-03-19T14:06:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris](https://community.coops.tech/user_avatar/community.coops.tech/chris/32/2_2.png) [@chris](https://community.coops.tech/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [20 March 2018 10:52 UTC](https://community.coops.tech/t/ethical-banking-for-co-operatives/664/5 "2018-03-20T10:52:13Z")

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Perhaps we should split this discussion of banking off into a new thread?

The problem I had with the Co-operative Bank, in 2014/2015 when Webarchitects decided to to move, was that the bank appeared to be following a neocon agenda, first they [closed Cage’s account](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/06/cage-complaint-bank-accounts-closed), then the [Cuba Solidarity Campaign account](http://www.cuba-solidarity.org.uk/news/article/2888/co-op-bank-closes-cuba-solidarity-campaign-bank-account) and [the Palestine Solidarity Campaign accounts](https://www.palestinecampaign.org/co-operative-bank-close-pscs-account/). The last straw for me was [the closure of the Sheffield PSC accounts](http://www.sheffieldpsc.org.uk/?p=433) as many of the activists are friends and neighbors.

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