Britain’s money taboo could be costing savers thousands

Britain may pride itself on good table manners, but it seems money is still one subject many of us would rather leave off the menu – and it could be costing savers thousands.

The Co-operative Bank launches free scam checker to help customers spot fraud

The Co-operative Bank has partnered with scam-checking service Ask Silver to launch a free online scam checker, helping customers identify suspicious text messages, websites and images before they become victims of fraud.

The Co-operative Bank launches prize draw giving customers the chance to win back their household bills

• 10 winners each month could win back up to £5,000 of their essential household bills, including mortgage or rent payments
• Eligible bills must be paid from their Co-operative Bank or smile current account
• Open to all new and existing current account holders, who pay at least one Direct Debit from their account

The Co-operative Bank agrees £50 million funding partnership with Fairhive Homes

Funding will support the delivery of new affordable homes with the investment expecting to benefit residents across Buckinghamshire and the surrounding counties.

Customers contacted as legal process begins following Coventry Building Society’s acquisition of The Co-operative Bank

• Proposed transfer is part of the next stage of bringing The Co-operative Bank into Coventry Building Society
• No changes to day-to-day banking services for customers

The Co-operative Bank launches £300 switching incentive and expands Charity and Community Account eligibility

Eligible charity and community organisations of any size can now access the award-winning account following removal of the previous £2m turnover limit.

Summer’s biggest switch: £300 for existing customers, £200 for new switchers

Our switch offer ended on 7 September 2026.

Market-leading switch offer

• Up to £300 current account switch offer for over 4 million Co-operative Bank and Coventry Building Society loyal customers*
• New customers can get up to £200 for switching to a Standard Current Account or Everyday Extra account

The Co-operative Bank scraps foreign card fees and cuts packaged account to £12

• The Co-operative Bank removes its 2.75% foreign transaction fee on debit card spending abroad across all current accounts
• Everyday Extra monthly fee reduced to £12 – now one of the best-value packaged account on the market
• Comprehensive package worth over £640*, including UK & European breakdown cover and family cover for travel and mobile phones

The Co-operative Bank expands historic Manchester office space

• Manchester head office expansion at historic Balloon Street site
• Reaffirms the Bank’s 150+ year commitment to Greater Manchester
• Refurbished floor supports future of hybrid working

The Co-operative Bank has expanded its presence at its historic Balloon Street headquarters in Manchester city centre, reopening a newly refurbished floor and reaffirming its long-term commitment to the city.

The Co-operative Bank offers £200 incentive for small businesses opening new account

New customers can earn £200 by meeting straightforward account criteria

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new £200 cash incentive for small businesses opening a Business Bank Account, offering a straightforward financial boost for those setting up or switching accounts.

Taking the pressure off: The Co-operative Bank launches new business account offer to help businesses manage rising costs

New business current account offer could help business owners save up to £250 of value over time*, with refunded service fees, exclusive savings rates and a £125 bonus.

Up to £175 to switch current accounts – and every six switches funds a warm bed on Christmas day

Our switch offer ended on 18 December 2025.

The Co-operative Bank launches new switching offer with £175 cash, access to a 7% AER Regular Saver, and a donation to Centrepoint for every switch completed.

The Co-operative bank wins award for helping small businesses with slow invoice payments

• The Co-operative Bank's Go Get Paid service for business customers has been awarded with the 2025 Celent Model Bank Award for Open Banking Innovation. Celent is a global research and advisory firm for the financial services industry.
• Go Get Paid allows small business customers to tackle the major challenge of slow or overdue payment of invoices.
• Go Get Paid is available for free to the Bank's 100,000 small business customers

The Co-operative Bank ups the switching stakes with new £175 cash incentive

Our switch offer ended on 4 June 2025.

• Brand new offer enables eligible current account switchers to receive up to £175 cash
• Enables exclusive access to 7% AER interest regular saver
• Current account holders could also reduce the carbon impact of their money by up to 86%**

The Co-operative Bank launches £10,000 prize draw for Charity and Community customers

The Co-operative Bank has today announced a new prize draw for its Charity and Community customers. New and existing customers with at least £5,000 held in an eligible account* before 31 July 2025 will automatically be entered into the prize draw where one lucky business could win £10,000.

The Co-operative Bank celebrates a decade of being the UK's best charity banking provider

The Co-operative Bank has, for the tenth year running, won the Business Moneyfacts award for the UK’s Best Charity Banking Provider.

Consumers warned by the first fossil-free certified bank that who they choose to bank with matters

• Switching to a Co-operative Bank current account from the least planet-friendly UK bank can reduce the carbon impact of your money by 86%.

• The Co-operative Bank’s new Sustainability Report is published in the context of banks worldwide pumping trillions into planet-harming fossil fuels.

New Sustainability Report from The Co-operative Bank highlights the progress made on reducing its environmental impact, and through supporting causes and communities across the UK. The report is published in the context of Europe’s banks failing to set credible net-zero plans and the world’s 60 biggest banks committing $6.9 trillion to fossil fuels in the 8 years following the Paris Climate Agreement.

Co-operative Bank switching offer back by popular demand

Our Switch and Stay offer ended on 6 March 2025.

• Re-launch of popular Switch and Stay offer enables eligible customers to receive up to £150 from Switch and Stay offer; £75 upon completing a switch to The Co-operative Bank, and £25 per month for three months thereafter.
• Customers can also gain exclusive access to market-leading Regular Saver account, offering 7% interest on deposits of up to £250 per calendar month.

Coventry Building Society completes acquisition of The Co-operative Bank

Coventry Building Society has confirmed it has completed the acquisition of The Co-operative Bank. The top-ten UK lender will now have assets of around £89bn and around four and a half million members and customers across the country.

The Co-operative Bank relaunches £150 Switch Incentive

The Switch and Stay offer ended on Thursday 9 January 2025.

The Hospice UK offer ended on Friday 13 December 2024.

• Eligible customers could receive up to £150; £75 upon completing a switch to The Co-operative Bank, and £25 per month for three months thereafter.
• By switching to The Co-operative Bank*, customers can help to provide someone in a hospice with a Christmas celebration, at a time where hospice care faces a national funding crisis.

The Co-operative Bank launches new Switch and Stay offer

The Switch and Stay offer ended on Thursday 9 January 2025.

• Eligible customers could receive up to £150; £75 upon completing a switch to The Co-operative Bank, and £25 per month for three months thereafter.
• The Co-operative Bank offers a range of current accounts which new and existing customers can apply to switch to in order to benefit from the offer.

The Co-operative Bank's gold standard service for bereaved customers recognised by Hospice UK

• The Co-operative Bank is the first Bank to receive a Gold award from Hospice UK’s new Compassionate Customer Care programme.
• The programme uses a set of criteria to judge how well institutions perform when dealing with customers who have caring responsibilities, terminal illness and those experiencing bereavement.
• Hospice UK have rigorously assessed The Co-operative Bank on their processes and training for supporting customers coping with bereavement, grief, and caring.

The Co-operative Bank launches new £150 'Switch and Save' offer

• Available from today, the offer includes £75 payable up front for switching to a Co-operative Bank Standard Current Account or Everyday Extra account.
• An additional £15 a month will be paid for five months to any customer that has switched and opens a Regular Saver account.
• Customers must meet the additional terms and conditions of the offer to qualify for the switching bonus and monthly payments.

The Co-operative Bank reaches key milestone with Baa3 investment grade rating by Moody's

Credit ratings agency Moody's has today upgraded The Co-operative Bank’s long-term deposit rating to Baa3, moving the Bank to investment grade.

The Co-operative Bank launches new 'Regular Saver' account with 7% interest rate

• Available from today, the account is open to anyone with a qualifying Co-operative Bank current account
• Anyone who is not a customer can sign up for a current account in order to open a Regular Saver account
• Unlike similar savings accounts, this account allows customers to access their funds penalty-free and has no minimum monthly deposit.

UK ethical consumer spending hits £141 billion as second-hand clothing market booms

The second-hand clothes market is enjoying a boom, according to Ethical Consumer and The Co-operative Bank’s 2023 Ethical Markets report.

The Co-operative Bank celebrates 20 years of its Customer Donation Fund by hitting £1.1 million milestone

The Co-operative Bank is celebrating 20 years of its Customer Donation Fund.

The Co-operative Bank one of only three banks labelled a Which? Eco provider

The consumer champion Which? examined the environmental policies of 13 of the UK's leading current account providers, with only three earning the Which? Eco Provider badge.

Platform rebrands to The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries

From today (25 September), Platform, the intermediary lender of The Co-operative Bank, will rebrand to become The Co-operative Bank for Intermediaries.

Music, sport and TV stars donate exclusive prizes to fund new project aiming to restore nature in towns and cities

• Friends of the Earth launches #BringBackNature competition to help fund an innovative programme to create vibrant green spaces in nature-deprived communities
• The Co-operative Bank has already pledged £25,000 in match-funding to boost donations to the prize draw to kick off a multi-year partnership with Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth and The Co-operative Bank join forces to transform over 1,000 nature-deprived spaces across the country

Platform part of The Co-operative Bank re-launches 95% LTV mortgages

Platform is pleased to announce that 95% LTV mortgages will be available from today

The Co-operative Bank joins forces with Shelter to demand a fairer private rented system, now

Today, Shelter and The Co-operative Bank are announcing a new partnership, campaigning together to demand a fairer private rented system which secures the rights of renters. This new bold partnership will give further momentum to Shelter’s campaign for the introduction of a robust Renters’ Reform Bill.

The Co-operative Bank announces ambitious 2030 net zero target

The Co-operative Bank today announces its commitment to reach net zero on Scope 1 and 2 direct emissions by 2030, and to transition its Scope 3 lending portfolios to align to net zero by 2050 at the very latest.

The Co-operative Bank increases interest rates on all variable rate savings products by up to 0.50 percentage points

The Co-operative Bank will increase interest rates on all variable rate savings products by up to 0.50 percentage points. These changes will apply from 2nd March 2023, for both existing customer accounts and on sale products.

Co-operative Bank customers can access legal support through new partnership with Co-op Legal Services

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new partnership with Co-op Legal Services, piloting an initiative that will provide the Bank’s customers with access to specialist legal support.

The Co-operative Bank celebrates 150 years of ethical banking with fundraising evening

Following a year of events and initiatives to mark the 150th anniversary of The Co-operative Bank the celebrations were brought to a close with an evening of fun, fundraising and awards for colleagues who have embodied the bank's core values and displayed standout service when supporting their peers and bank customers.

The Co-operative Bank tackles financial exclusion through its Bridge to Banking initiative

The Co-operative Bank has launched a new initiative in partnership with youth homelessness charity Centrepoint, to help financially excluded, homeless young people in Manchester to access basic banking products.

The Co-operative Bank leads the charge against the climate-nature crisis with market-leading ESG credentials

For the second year running the Bank has been recognised as the UK’s Best ESG-Rated High Street Bank by leading Rating Agency Sustainalytics*, and as of 2022 also received an MSCI ESG rating of AAA**, validating the Bank’s ethical leadership.

New Mortgage additional borrowing product launched to support customers with green home improvements

Green Additional borrowing is supported by The Bank’s ‘Energy Saving Improvement Tool’, developed in partnership with Energy Saving Trust, to help consumers find ways to save money on their energy bills and become more sustainable.

The Co-operative Bank leads the banking industry with its ambitious sustainability agenda

Today, The Co-operative Bank has launched its externally-assured Sustainability Report alongside its 2021 financial results, providing an insight into The Bank’s market-leading ethical position in the banking industry.

The Co-operative Bank hosts free webinar on supporting SME business to thrive post pandemic

The Co-operative Bank and its partners, Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce, AXA Insurance and Assurant, are hosting a free webinar on 22 September 2021 from 11.00am-12.00pm

The Co-operative Bank launches its Values & Ethics Poll - As 20 million call for a say in how banks operate

More than 20 million people in the UK want a say in how their bank approaches key social and environmental issues, according to new research from The Co-operative Bank.

New Co-operative Bank Campaign 'We won't stop' promotes recognition as the best ESG rated UK high street bank

Today, the UKs leading ethical bank launches its ‘We won’t stop’ print and social media campaign to announce it has been rated as the UK’s best Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) high street bank by Sustainalytics

The Co-operative Bank receives the best ESG rating of any UK high street bank

The Co-operative Bank has been rated as the UK’s best Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) high street bank by Sustainalytics, a leading ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm.

The Co-operative Bank achieves customer growth targets and launches value add services for SME customers

Two years on from its successful £15m award of funding from the Capability and Innovation Fund, The Co-operative Bank has delivered on its commitments to launch value added services such as a preferred Business Insurance provider and a mobile banking app for its SME customers.

Free financial support webinar available for small businesses

The Bank will be partnering with key North West business experts to host a free financial support webinar that will cover a wide range of issues

Stamp Duty Moratorium extension and announcement of Guaranteed Mortgage scheme

Co-operative Bank customers come together to donate more than £1m to key charity partners

The Co-operative Bank is celebrating the milestone of more than £1million being donated across five charity partners through its Everyday Reward scheme.

The Co-operative Bank donates £10,000 to Greater Manchester Hospice Group to keep families connected throughout lockdown

The Co-operative Bank provides Greater Manchester Hospices’ with vital funds to keep families connected throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

Campaign calls for reform to tackle long-term financial impact of economic abuse on survivors

A large proportion of personal debt in the UK could be the direct result of economic abuse, according to a recent report by The Co-operative Bank and Refuge, the UK’s largest national domestic abuse charity.

8.7 million people report experiencing economic abuse and 1.6 million saw this begin as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic

Nearly two out of five UK adults (39%) – approximately 20m people1 – have experienced economically abusive behaviour in a current or former relationship, according to a new report launched today by The Co-operative Bank and Refuge.

Supporting local communities and highlighting the work of good causes in our latest brand campaign

The Co-operative Bank is launching its new brand campaign today (Monday 15 June) featuring customers of The Bank who continue to make a difference to their local communities and who have had support from The Bank through its Customer Donation Fund.

The Co-operative Bank celebrates being named Moneyfacts' Best Current Account Provider in the 2020 awards

The Co-operative Bank becomes signatory of UN Principles for Responsible Banking

Today (2 March 2020) The Co-operative Bank has become an official signatory of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking – a single framework for a sustainable banking industry, developed through an innovative partnership between banks worldwide and United Nations Environment’s Finance Initiative.

Sarah Barker joins The Co-operative Bank's SME Banking operation

The Co-operative Bank is delighted to announce that Sarah Barker joins its SME Banking operation from today and will lead the growing relationship management team looking after the needs of our SME customers.