http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37677020
So does this fall under banks are a business and can do what they want or instead they are granted privileges by the state and provide a monopolised service and should be held to account?NatWest bank is to close the accounts of Russia's state-run broadcaster, RT.
Editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan tweeted: "They've closed our accounts in Britain. All our accounts. 'The decision is not subject to review.' Praise be to freedom of speech!"
The bank said the decision was "not taken lightly" and that the accounts were "still operative" at present.
An MP from Russia's ruling party has said its parliament will demand an explanation from the UK.
RT says the entire Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) Group, of which NatWest is part, is refusing to provide its services.
It's not the first time services like that have been abusing their customers.
http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/news/maj...n-dealer-22181
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3556849.stmA member of staff at Mr Bell’s branch of HSBC, in Fulham, London, said that his gun dealing business was not considered “a moral company” and that it was “in the same league as pornography”.
This comment made me chuckle, he must have been prescient.The Bank of Ireland, which had also provided finance for the deal, pulled out in response to public pressure.
Shane O'Riordain, a spokesman for the Bank of Scotland, admitted its regrets about a decision which offended some of its customers.
This is not the first time the Bank of Scotland has found itself embarrassed by its business decisions.
A venture with the American television preacher Pat Robertson ended after he described Scotland as a "dark land over-run by homosexuals".