Serial killer Rose West was allowed to maintain her account with The Co-operative Bank whereas a feminist group which challenged transgender rights was "debanked", studies have prompt.

It is known the High Street financial institution thought of closing West’s account when it carried out a assessment of shoppers with prison information about 10 years in the past.

But West, who murdered at the least 10 girls and ladies along with her husband Fred West within the Seventies and 80s, was allowed to stay a buyer on the financial institution, which carries the slogan: "Ethical, then, now and always".

West was deemed to 'pose little danger to the financial institution's fame', however drug sellers and gang members have been "debanked", in keeping with the Telegraph.

She was jailed in 1995 and is being held at HMP New Hall in Yorkshire. Her husband killed himself earlier than the trial.

A banking insider reportedly informed the Telegraph that The Co-operative Bank reviewed accounts belonging to criminals in 2014 in a bid to "clean up" its books.

It was determined that closing West’s account would trigger issues for her daughter who was the primary consumer. The Co-operative Bank informed the Telegraph it might not focus on the small print of a person buyer's account.

Its boycott of the unnamed feminist group was reportedly uncovered in 2017 within the financial institution's Values and Ethics Report, which listed organisations it thought of unacceptable and turned down.

The financial institution reportedly mentioned the group had "actively declined the rights of members of the transgender community". The ban sparked outrage amongst campaigners who mentioned the choice was extremely inappropriate.

Co-Op Bank mentioned on the time it had given the organisation a possibility to make its place on range and equality clear and the way it complied with the Equality Act.

The Co-operative Bank has been approached for remark.

News of West's account comes after Nigel Farage had an account he held with non-public financial institution Coutts closed over the "reputational risks" of being related to the previous Brexit Party chief.

Mr Farage informed the Telegraph: "In 2023 my sins are considered by the banking industry to be more serious than the acts of serial killers like Rose West."

He added that closing accounts on the premise of reputational danger was extremely political and everybody ought to have a proper to a checking account.

Meanwhile, Coutts proprietor NatWest has mentioned its former boss Dame Alison Rose is in line to obtain a £2.4million pay bundle, a month after she resigned in shame from the banking big.