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<h2>Bank back in mutual ownership</h2>

<p>24 May 2024</p>

<p>The Co-operative Bank and Coventry Building Society have announced they had completed a deal for the bank to be acquired by the society.</p>

<p>Bob Dench, chair of the bank said:</p>

<h3>2021 update</h3>

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<p>Bank in 2014 when the Save Our Bank campaighn started, we <a href="https://saveourbank.coop/greatest_hits&quot; target="_blank">published a page</a> highlighting some great examples from the past when&nbsp;the Co-op Bank has taken a strong ethical stance.</p>

<p>Day by day the violence against protesters in Bruma/Myanmar worsens.</p>

<p>This Co-op Bank ad is from 2007 but, tragically, the bank could run it today and more or less every word could stay the same - right down to the Burma Campaign UK calling for tougher EU sanctions.</p>

<p>The Customer Union has urged the Co-op Bank to pick this cause up again. It's a great example of the brave campaigning the bank has done in the past.</p>

<p>We asked members of the Customer Union (and Save Our Bank supporters) to send in questions that they'd like us to ask the&nbsp;Co-operative Bank at our regular meeting with them in September 2020.</p>

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<p>The Co-operative Bank informed us (on Monday 21 December 2020), that the discussions around a potential bid for the bank have ended.</p>

<p>21st November CUEB Gathering – 2:30pm</p>
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<p><strong>Introduction</strong></p>

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<p><em>Welcome to this December newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.</em></p>
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<p>The Co-operative Bank has been approached by a prospective buyer.</p>

<p><em>Guardian and Sky news identify as Cerberus Capital Management</em></p>

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<p><em>Welcome to this October newsletter from the Customer Union for Ethical Banking, the independent union for customers of The Co-operative Bank.<br />
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This is our second newsletter for October, as we are making up for not having sent one in September. This month we focus on our gathering and the bank’s announcement that its Chief Executive of the last 18 months, Andrew Bester, is leaving the bank.</em><br />
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