Nationwide

bank

80 🥰

Nationwide is a British building society owned by its members [1], who voted to contribute 1% of profits to charity [4]. Nationwide does not invest in fossil fuels [2], although hundreds of its employees have faced redundancy [3].

ING

bank

40 😐

ING is a Dutch banking group that has been repeatedly criticized for anti‑money‑laundering failures [1], involvement in money laundering and the extraction of funds from Russia [2][3], and corruption linked to money laundering [4]. The institution has also faced scrutiny for its inaction on climate change while continuing to finance fossil fuels [5], discriminatory treatment of minority clients [6][7], and price‑fixing and other anti‑competitive practices [8].

Bank Mendes Gans

bank

40 😐

Bank Mendes Gans is owned by ING.

NatWest

bank

35 😡

NatWest is a British bank that has invested $2.03 billion in six companies that manufacture nuclear weapons [1] and billions more in fossil fuels [2], has been fined for anti-money laundering failures [3], and executives have expressed indifference to the cost of living crisis [4]. NatWest's energy investments comprise 85% sustainable energy [5] and the bank is halting financing for oil and gas ventures in 2026 [6].

Barclays

bank

20 😡

Barclays is a UK-based bank which is Europe's largest funder of fracking and coal [1], having invested $85 billion into fossil fuels and $24 billion into expansion. Among other controversies, Barclays has been fined £500 million for tax avoidance by the Treasury [2], illegally manipulated the price of gold [3], attempted to manipulate the US energy market [4], and conducted workplace surveillance on its staff [5].

Lloyds

bank

20 😡

Lloyds is a British bank that has engaged in tax avoidance [1], libor interest rate fraud [2], and has misled customers through greenwashing [3][4][5], defrauded customers [6][7][8], used threatening language and misleading branding to intimidate customers into paying bills [9], and engaged in car finance fraud [10]. Additionally, it has pressured employees leading to product mis-selling [11] and financed nuclear weapons and arms sales to Israel [12].

Halifax

bank

? 🤔

Halifax is owned by Lloyds.