Tag: bank accounts closed

Coutts Apologises to Nigel Farage After Bank Account Closure

Natwest’s chief executive, owner of the prestigious bank Coutts, has apologised to Nigel Farage and has promised a full review of the bank’s processes after a dossier said that his views “were at odds with our position as an inclusive organisation.” On Thursday, Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest Group, of which Coutts is part…


The Rise of Totalitarianism: Banks Denying Services Based on Political Views

Commentary When the Berlin Wall fell, I naively supposed that freedom was now secure, that never again would the spectre of totalitarianism return to Europe. I failed to take into account what I should have known, that the thirst for power is at least as great as that for freedom. Freedom and power are forever…


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Controversial Podcaster, Army Veteran Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie said he will consider legal action. “I might need to sue…


Scotiabank to Close Accounts of Diagolon Founder Jeremy MacKenzie, Bans Him From Branches

Jeremy MacKenzie, a Canadian Armed Forces veteran and former infantry soldier with three children, who runs a podcast called “Raging Dissident,” has been banned from his banking institution, Scotiabank, and told by the bank that it no longer wants him as a customer. MacKenzie, who is the founder of Diagolon, said he will consider legal action….