Coutts chief govt stands down after Farage banking row

Coutts chief govt Peter Flavel will stand down over his dealing with of Nigel Farage's accounts.

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In an announcement from the brand new NatWest chief govt, it was introduced that Mr Flavel had stepped down by mutual consent and with quick impact.

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"We have fallen below the bank's high standards of personal service", Mr Flavel stated. "As chief executive of Coutts it is right that I bear ultimate responsibility".

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He is the latest scalp claimed by the row which noticed former UKIP leaders Nigel Farage's financial institution accounts closed as he didn't meet Coutt's excessive monetary threshold's and was deemed a publicity danger to the financial institution.

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Coutts, as a non-public financial institution and wealth supervisor, requires its shoppers borrow or make investments no less than Β£1m or maintain Β£3m in financial savings.

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In internal Coutts documents released to Mr Farage he was described as, amongst different issues, a "disingenuous grifter".

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The NatWest chief govt, Dame Alison Rose, resigned early on Wednesday morning, simply hours after the NatWest board had expressed full confidence in her.

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Read extraDame Alison Rose's ousting is a sad end to a distinguished career with no obvious successor

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The chancellor and prime minister, representing the financial institution's largest shareholder - the tax payer - stated she did not have their confidence.

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On Tuesday night she admitted a "serious error of judgement" in discussing Mr Farage's banking preparations with BBC enterprise editor, Simon Jack.

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Mr Farage has referred to as for additional sacking and stated the whole board of NatWest, who own Coutts, should go.

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Responding to Mr Flavel's exit, Mr Farage stated it was "only a matter of time" earlier than he stood down.

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"The ultimate responsibility for the dossier de-banking me for my political views lies with him" he stated.

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"I even wrote to Mr Flavel twice before going public and didn't receive an acknowledgment."

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An interim Coutts chief govt, within the type of Mohammad Kamal Syed has been requested to take up the chief govt place.

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