Register now for the Customer Union's annual gathering on Saturday 22 November! All welcome. Hear from the Co-op Bank, ask them questions, get the latest on the merger, and help discuss our strategy for the year ahead. More details and registration form here: customerunion.coop/2025-gathering

💡 Did you know the Customer Union has a formal recognition agreement with The Co-operative Bank? 🤝We met with the bank to represent our members and ask their questions. 📖Read our update on the meeting in our latest newsletter: saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2... #union #coops #ethical #banking

The Co-op Bank has sold on its Mas5 subsidiary, which contains "mortgage prisoners". Why did the bank (& its new owner, Coventry Building Society) not help them by taking them on as normal customers? The bank has declined to comment. More in our latest newsletter: saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

Coventry Building Society is no stranger to ethical business, but tends to be less vocal about it. Now that it owns the Co-op Bank, will it follow the bank in being a noisy advocate on climate change and human rights? We hope so! Read more in our latest newsletter: saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

It was nice of Co-op bank to email me about account security, to tell me they will never (sorry, 'NEVER') send me an email with a link, and to include a link for me to follow up for more details… @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social Am I the one being especially thick here, or is the Bank?

👋 ⭐ Good news for #coops! ⭐ 📢 If you want to grow, adapt or tackle challenges, our Business Support for Co‑ops programme offers 6 days of tailored expert guidance to help take you to the next level. It has already helped some 500 groups to start, develop or convert to a co‑op! (1/2)

The Co-op Bank had plans to join the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Now the NZBA has retreated from its 1.5 degree target, and leading ethical bank Triodos has quit in protest. How will the Co-op respond? Our latest newsletter: Https://customerunion.coop/newsletter-2025-04-26

After the exodus, the NZBA had two options: double down and align with the science, or reduce its ambition to keep fossil banks on board. Today members voted for the second option. www.unepfi.org/net-zero-ban...

The Co-op Bank had plans to join the Net Zero Banking Alliance. Now the NZBA has retreated from its 1.5 degree target, and leading ethical bank Triodos has quit in protest. How will the Co-op respond? Our latest newsletter: Https://customerunion.coop/newsletter-2025-04-26

In practice of course, ethical arms companies don’t exist. But worth remembering that the Co-op Bank’s Ethical Policy on the arms trade has always focused on human rights, & never excluded defence companies supplying conventional arms to open, democratic governments. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Now that the Co-operative Bank is back in mutual hands, under the ownership of the Coventry Building Society, we’ve retired the #SaveOurBank name, and given ourselves a new logo, web address and email. Find us at customerunion.coop

👏 Great news that our film—Toadwatch—received Bronze at the Smiley Charity Film Awards! 💚 A huge thanks to Proper Good Films and The Co-operative Bank for making this possible—and raising awareness for the urgent need to reverse nature’s destruction now. 🐸 www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhlM...

The Co-op Bank turned away seven businesses due to breaches of its ethical policy in 2024. What do you think of the bank's reporting on this? Let us know! Read more in our latest newsletter: saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

Democracy may be in decline. But we can still vote with our money. Divest away from banks that fund fossil fuels, tobacco and weapons companies. Some of the most ethical UK banks are: Triodos The Co-operative Bank Nationwide A full list by country can be found here: bank.green

Our first newsletter of 2025 is out now, with news of the Co-op Bank's take-over by Coventry Building Society: what it means for customers and what it means for us as a union. TL:DR : it's great news 🚀 saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

Our first newsletter of 2025 is out now, with news of the Co-op Bank's take-over by Coventry Building Society: what it means for customers and what it means for us as a union. TL:DR : it's great news 🚀 saveourbank.coop/newsletter-2...

Lord Sharkey tells SFO to investigate Co-op Bank over mortgage prisoner treatment www.mortgagesolutions.co.uk/news/2025/02...

We are liking the look of the first joint Co-op Bank / Coventry Building Society campaign. Exciting news indeed. As a Customer Union, we will continue to represent the interests of bank customers in the merged organisation. www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/new-cam...

Some of the credit for saving The #Co-operative Bank must also go to the Customer Union for Ethical Banking @cuebcustomerunion.bsky.social (originally Save Our Bank and now a co-op society), which is I think the first ever Customer #Union to achieve a recognition agreement

A big welcome to BlueSky to the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, formerly known as the Save Our Bank campaign. Give it a follow, especially if you're a Co-op Bank customer, and Join The Union.

A reward for 10 years' work - when so many told us we didn't stand a chance.

It’s really exciting news I must say I did begin to lose faith we would ever see the bank return to mutual ownership but I’ve been proven wrong

We set up the #SaveOurBank campaign with two main aims: to ensure the Co-op Bank stuck to its ethics, and to work for an eventual return to cooperative ownership. With the takeover now approved, we consider these aims achieved. Our statement: saveourbank.coop/merger-go-ah...

A short starter pack for UK Co-operators starting with the amazing 🐝 Co-op Party team go.bsky.app/Tv3wtAT

Here it is, our first BlueSky post. The deal for Coventry Building Society to buy The Co-operative Bank has been approved by regulators and will go through on 1st January. We're delighted. Really welcome news for us and our 10,000 members & supporters. www.bbc.com/news/article...