Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36155147)

Coutts is a private bank so works on discretion. That and service are what its high net worth individual customers pay for. It never declares who banks with it* and it probably has far more toxic customers on its books than Farage.

* Thanks to data protection laws, banks these days don't do this usually anyway.

Originally Posted by richard-john56 (Post 36155194)

Coutts is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) who has a toxic name.

Originally Posted by jonbxx (Post 36155223)

You would need a heart of stone to not be amused that EU Directive 2014/92/EU gives all EU citizens the right to a basic payment bank account, regardless of their financial situation

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36155226)

Not sure what he's looking for is a basic bank account.

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36155226)

As a directive it would've had to be passed into primary UK law.
UK Law
Not sure what he's looking for is a basic bank account.

Originally Posted by ianch99 (Post 36155238)

I think the most probable cause for his situation is the receipt of monies from problematic donors e.g. RT.

Interesting echoes of his past :D

Nigel Farage’s top aide sentenced for wire fraud

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36155243)

BBC reporting he doesn’t have the assets for Coutts and got offered a pleb account with Natwest.

Originally Posted by Damien (Post 36155246)

Farage lying!? What were the chances?

Originally Posted by jfman (Post 36155243)

BBC reporting he doesn’t have the assets for Coutts and got offered a pleb account with Natwest.

Originally Posted by Hugh (Post 36154877)

We’ve had half a story, and as stated in another thread, Coutts routinely close customers accounts when they don’t meet their assets threshold…

Originally Posted by 1andrew1 (Post 36154881)

And offer them an account with their sister bank NatWest instead.