Amid suggestions that Co-operative might decide to pull out of banking altogether, it insisted it would continue to offer banking services even though it is now without a permanent boss after Barry Tootell resigned. Until a successor is found, insider ...

Uncertainty about the size of the capital shortfall at the Co-operative Bank has emerged after one forecast put the gap, in a worst case scenario, at �1.8bn.

On Twitter we can see that 13.8% of the Twitter population heard about The Co-Operative Bank on 10 May, compared to 0.5% on the previous day, while on Facebook the amount of people who heard about the Co-op Bank rose to 0.51% of the Facebook ...

Co-Operative Bank Plc, which traces its roots to Britain's 19th-century industrial north, saw its subordinated debt plunge after a downgrade to junk triggered speculation junior bondholders may be forced to take losses.

London, 09 May 2013 -- Moody's Investors Service has today downgraded the deposit and senior debt ratings of Co-operative Bank plc to Ba3/Not Prime from A3/Prime 2, following its lowering of the bank's baseline credit assessment (BCA) to b1 from baa1.

The Co-op's current difficulties do not mean that mutuals are unable to compete with the big City banks. As Nationwide Building Society demonstrates, a well run mutual can offer a viable alternative to the likes of Barclays, HSBC and the other high ...

LONDON May 10 (Reuters) - Co-Operative Bank PLC : * Disappointed by the ratings downgrade announced by Moody's * Acknowledge need to strengthen capital position in light of the broader.

The management of Amanath Cooperative Bank Ltd., which has been besieged by anxious depositors who want their money back, on Tuesday assured depositors that they would have their money after the bank auctions two of its immovable properties in the ...

CO-OP BANK READY TO SELL ASSETS. The future of the stricken Co-operative Bank Plc is under acute doubt as Euan Sutherland, its new chief executive, considers asset disposals, including the property portfolio.

The other seven 'banks' were the Co- operative Bank, Heartland Bank, Credit Union Baywide, Credit Union South, First Credit Union, New Zealand Association of Credit Unions, and Police and Families Credit Union.