We need to stand up for the thousands of people who have been treated horrifically by the banks. Join the fight back.
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) July 20, 2023
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U.K. banking chief Dame Alison Rose on Thursday apologized to Nigel Farage after the former Brexit leader accused Coutts of closing his bank account over his political beliefs.
Farage took to Twitter on Tuesday, reading from a 40-page internal memo he had obtained from the bank. The documents, he alleged, showed internal correspondence between bank officials who said retaining him as a customer would be incompatible with the bank’s position as an "inclusive organization."
Alison Rose, chief executive of NatWest Group, which owns Coutts, wrote to Farage to apologize for "deeply inappropriate comments" made about him in the documents and said the bank has offered him alternative banking arrangements.