I can’t get no satisfaction
This article was written by the Jenny Robinson, BSB Senior Behavioural Scientist, Dr. Jesal Sheth, BSB Policy Associate and Behavioural Scientist, and Yuwei Zhang, BSB Data Scientist.This...
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The sound of silence
This article was written by Jenny Robinson, BSB Senior Behavioural Scientist, Dr. Jesal Sheth, BSB Policy Associate and Behavioural Scientist, and Yuwei Zhang, BSB Data Scientist. When...
Read More 03 September
My lockdown experience at Unity Trust Bank
This article is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, Unity Trust Bank Human Resources Director, Julia Tarpey.When lockdown first started in March, I...
Read More 12 August
BSB, CMHA, FCA and Bank of England CEO regulatory roundtable
On 14 July 2020, the City Mental Health Alliance, the BSB, the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority hosted a roundtable discussion with CEOs and directors...
Read More 11 August
Workforce resilience: adaptation based upon reflection
This article was written by Sir Brendan Barber, Chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas) and Deputy Chair of the BSB.How do we assess...
Read More 21 July
How HSBC ran their behavioural trial on speaking up
This article (the second in the series on our behavioural trial on speaking up) is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, HSBC UK Retail Branch Manager, Natasha...
Read More 17 July
Workforce resilience with Sir Brendan Barber and Susan Clews
On 25 June 2020, the BSB held a virtual discussion with Sir Brendan Barber, Chair of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) and Deputy Chair of...
Read More 25 June
Creating change ambassadors: equipping employees in investment banking with the tools to improve gender equality, diversity and inclusion
Gender equality, diversity and inclusion is one of the areas highlighted in the results of the BSB’s annual culture Assessment as in need of further understanding...
Read More 19 June
HSBC, the BSB and running a behavioural trial on Speaking Up
This article is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, HSBC Head of UK Employee Insights and Engagement, Helen Smith.As a member firm of the...
Read More 15 June
Why we shouldn’t stop talking about mental health
This article was written by Rick Borges, BSB Head of Assessment (UK and International).Last year I had the opportunity to train and become one of four...
Read More 03 June
Managing mental wellbeing during a crisis; sharing challenges and experiences
On 28 May 2020, the BSB held a virtual discussion, led by Paul Litchfield, Chair of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. This roundtable (the latest...
Read More 28 May
Assessment Results 2019 explained
The BSB recently released the results of the fourth annual BSB Assessment; an exercise designed to inform, support and challenge banks and building societies committed to...
Read More 30 April
The purpose of work: intrinsic motivations in banking
This essay was written by BSB Senior Behavioural Scientist Carol Franceschini and was originally published the FCA Discussion Paper on driving purposeful cultures.A consistent body of research from behavioural economics...
Read More 05 March
BSB Assessment Results 2019
BSB Survey results in 2019 show little change for banks and building societies collectively, but considerable movement and difference between and within firms (including between the...
Read More 28 January
Tim Bowen – Penrith Building Society CEO talks culture and leadership
This article is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, Penrith Building Society CEO Tim Bowen. When I became CEO of Penrith Building Society...
Read More 20 January
BSB, FRBNY and LSE: Working together; an interdisciplinary approach to organisational culture
On 14 January 2020, the BSB, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY) and London School of Economics (LSE) held a seminar exploring the role of behavioural...
Read More 17 January
Culture is king by Saker Nusseibeh, CEO, Hermes Investment Management
This article is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, Hermes Investment Management CEO Saker Nusseibeh.As I reflect on the extraordinary decade we have...
Read More 16 January
New Year message from BSB Chair Dame Susan Rice
From all of us at the BSB, I’d like to wish you a healthy and prosperous new year.It’s been a great privilege for me to have...
Read More 05 January
Elizabeth Morrison interview on speaking up
The leading academic on speaking up, the role of leaders and the power of the messenger. This is our interview with Elizabeth Morrison.Elizabeth Morrison, a leading...
Read More 06 December
The Senior Managers and Certification Regime: BSB publishes full suite of good practice guidance
One of the core purposes of the Certification Regime is to foster high standards of governance, accountability and professionalism. As an organisation established to help raise...
Read More 04 November
Technology in banking
This article was written by Mikael Down, BSB Executive Director for Assessment and Insights.Technology has always performed an important function in banking; and the banking industry...
Read More 22 October
I’m proud of the transformation by RBS CEO Ross McEwan
This article is being published from the BSB by a guest writer, RBS CEO Ross McEwan. When I became CEO of RBS in October 2013 there was...
Read More 10 October
BSB publishes guidance on regulatory references
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) is today publishing the final good practice guidance on regulatory references. This is in response to the BSB’s consultation published earlier...
Read More 03 September
Blog series: International Challenges to Certification – Embedding F&P across a global group
James Ewing, Head of Assurance, Risk and Planning, Banking Standards Board and Maximilian Weidlich, Policy Associate, Banking Standards BoardThis is the third blog in a series on...
Read More 22 August
Blog series – International Challenges to Certification: Varying F&P assessment approaches
James Ewing, Head of Assurance, Risk and Planning, Banking Standards Board and Maximilian Weidlich, Policy Associate, Banking Standards BoardThis is the second blog in a series on...
Read More 14 August
Blog series – International Challenges to Certification: Identifying overseas roles requiring certification
James Ewing, Head of Assurance, Risk and Planning, Banking Standards Board and Maximilian Weidlich, Policy Associate, Banking Standards BoardThe Senior Managers and Certification Regime [1],[2]stipulates that, where...
Read More 06 August
Are you listening?
Rick Borges Head of Assessment, Banking Standards BoardThis article was originally posted on Protect.I recently attended a leadership training course where one of the exercises was...
Read More 31 July
BSB publishes BSB Consumer Framework: What do good banking outcomes look like to consumers?
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today published the BSB Consumer Framework.The BSB was established to help raise standards of behaviour and competence in the banking...
Read More 25 July
Speaking up: small steps to big changes
Kate Coombs, Senior Behavioural ScientistThis article was originally posted on FCA Insight.There is no magic bullet for getting employees to speak up. But asking four questions...
Read More 24 July
Dame Susan Rice appointed as Chair of the Banking Standards Board
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dame Susan Rice as Chair of the BSB with effect from 1 January 2020.Dame...
Read More 17 July
Speaking up matters; but it needs firms to listen and respond
A blog by Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman, Banking Standards BoardTen years have passed since the financial crisis of 2008, which had enormous repercussions for people's welfare...
Read More 02 April
Annual Review 2018/2019 Explained
Listen to BSB Chief Economist Qamar Zaman explain our key findings, the underlying analysis and how to interpret some of the graphs and tables in the...
Read More 01 April
BSB Annual Review 2018/2019 – Speaking up matters; but it needs firms to listen and respond
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) today (2 April 2019) released its Annual Review 2018/2019. This includes the results of the third annual BSB Assessment; an exercise...
Read More 01 April
Factors to promote employee wellbeing and resilience
Helen Reeve Morris, Director of Policy, Research and StrategyOver recent years, there has been a growing public interest in employee wellbeing. Indeed, we’ve seen it shoot...
Read More 06 March
BSB highlights eight areas of focus that promote employee wellbeing and personal resilience
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today published a paper outlining eight situational factors that affect employee wellbeing and resilience at work.The paper summarises relevant research...
Read More 06 March
BSB seeks next Chairman
Having led the BSB since we opened for membership in 2015, our Chairman Dame Colette Bowe is nearing the end of her five-year term and will...
Read More 24 February
BSB consultation launched
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today launched a consultation on its proposed good practice guidance on regulatory references, a core element of the Senior Managers...
Read More 30 January
BSB consultation: Good practice guidance on regulatory references
On 30 January 2019 the Banking Standards Board (BSB) launched a consultation on its proposed good practice guidance on regulatory references, a core element of the...
Read More 30 January
Dame Colette Bowe appointed to BoE Financial Policy Committee
BSB Chairman Dame Colette Bowe has been appointed to the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee, announced by the Chancellor on 3 January. For further information...
Read More 07 January
Mikael Down joins the BSB Board
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Mikael Down to its Board of Directors. Having fulfilled the role of Director of Policy & Analysis...
Read More 25 October
Employee Wellbeing – Why Does it Matter?
This article was written by Maximilian Weidlich, a Policy Analyst for the BSB. It first appeared on the Responsible City blog to promote World Mental Health Day (Wednesday...
Read More 10 October
BSB Submission to the Australian Royal Commission
The BSB has today (Thursday 4 October 2018) submitted written evidence to the Australian Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry....
Read More 04 October
Federal Reserve Bank of New York: Conference on culture and behaviour
On Monday 18 June, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York held a conference on culture and behaviour in the financial services industry. The conference explored...
Read More 17 September
The Banking Standards Board publishes summary of responses to consumer consultation
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today published a summary of responses to its consultation on what good banking outcomes look like to consumers.The consultation ran...
Read More 13 September
Summary of responses to the BSB consultation on what good banking outcomes look like to consumers
In 2017, the Banking Standards Board (BSB) launched a consumer consultation on what good banking outcomes look like to consumers.The consultation consisted of 14 questions addressing...
Read More 13 September
Knowledge-sharing workshop: Wellbeing and Resilience (Panel video: Paul Litchfield)
On 3 July the Banking Standards Board (BSB) held its first knowledge-sharing workshop on wellbeing and resilience. Our knowledge-sharing workshops aim to enable firms to share and...
Read More 18 July
Knowledge-sharing workshop: Wellbeing and Resilience (Panel video: Qamar Zaman)
On 3 July the Banking Standards Board (BSB) held its first knowledge-sharing workshop on wellbeing and resilience. Our knowledge-sharing workshops aim to enable firms to share and...
Read More 18 July
Loretta Minghella joins the BSB Board
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Loretta Minghella to its Board of Directors. Loretta is the First Church Estates Commissioner and...
Read More 26 June
Getting the Measure of Managing Culture
Alison Cottrell, CEOThis essay was originally posted on the Federal Reserve Bank of New York blog The financial crisis provided a reminder of why capital matters in...
Read More 05 June
Walking the talk
Rick Borges, Head of AssessmentThis article originally features on the City of London, Responsible City blogIn our everyday lives we are guided by our personal values and...
Read More 15 May
The UK Banking Standards Board: An outcome-based approach to assessing organisational culture
This was first published in the Journal of Risk Management in Financial Institutions in January 2018. It is not an adequate ethical standard to aspire to get through...
Read More 16 April
Annual Review Assessment Explained
Head of Analytics Qamar Zaman describes how the results of the Annual Assessment are produced and set out in the Annual Review.See the 2017/2018 Annual Review and...
Read More 16 April
BSB announces new board member
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment of Sir Alan Wilson to its Board of Directors. Sir Alan is the Chief Executive Officer of...
Read More 10 April
Banking Standards Board publishes Annual Review 2017/2018
The Banking Standards Board (BSB)1 has today (15 March 2018) published its Annual Review 2017/2018. In 2017, the BSB conducted the largest ever survey of behaviour,...
Read More 14 March
Banking Standards Board challenges banks and building societies to promote high standards of professionalism
The Banking Standards Board has today published the BSB Statement of Principles for Strengthening Professionalism – the role of the firm. These principles are intended to help...
Read More 12 March
BSB Statement of Principles for Strengthening Professionalism
About this Statement of Principles In April 2017 the BSB launched a year-long project to explore ways of strengthening professionalism in the UK banking sector for the...
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Supporting Guidance to the BSB’s F&P Assessment Principles
The BSB is today (20 February 2018) publishing Supporting Guidance to its Statement of Good Practice: Fitness and Propriety (F&P) Assessment Principles. This guidance focuses on...
Read More 20 February
New Supporting Guidance on implementing the Certification Regime
The BSB has today (20 February 2018) published new supporting guidance to help firms identify and deal with risks and issues that may arise when assessing...
Read More 20 February
BSB announces new Board appointments
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) has today announced the appointment from 1 January 2018 of two new practitioners to its Board of Directors: Janet Pope, Chief of Staff,...
Read More 08 January
BSB responds to FCA Consultation: Individual Accountability: Extending the Senior Managers & Certification Regime to all FCA firms
The Banking Standards Board welcomes the opportunity to respond to the FCA’s consultation on extending the Senior Managers and Certification Regime and Conduct Rules to all...
Read More 03 November
BSB Consultation: What do good banking outcomes look like to consumers?
The BSB is today (2 November 2017) launching a Consultation Paper on ‘What do good banking outcomes look like to consumers’. The purpose of this consultation...
Read More 02 November
Onora O’Neill wins Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture
It was announced on 3 October 2017 that Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve has been awarded the 2017 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy and Culture.The Berggruen Institute promotes and...
Read More 09 October
BSB launches consultation on F&P risks and issues draft guidance
The BSB is today (13 July 2017) launching a Consultation Paper on proposed supporting guidance to help firms identify and deal with risks and issues when...
Read More 13 July
Liam Gover, winner of the Chartered Banker of the Year Award Audience Prize, on his time with the BSB…
Visit the Chartered Banker website to find out more about the Young Banker of the Year Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, commenting on...
Read More 07 July
Gillian Guy speaks at BBA Retail Banking Conference 2017
At the recent BBA Annual Retail Banking Conference in June, our Board member, Citizens Advice Chief Executive Gillian Guy spoke on giving a voice to those...
Read More 04 July
Baroness Onora O’Neill accepts the 2017 Holberg Prize
Many congratulations to our Board member Onora O'Neill on her award of the 2017 Holberg Prize. Onora travelled to Bergen, Norway to collect the prize from...
Read More 16 June
Worthy of trust? Law, ethics and culture in banking
On 21 March 2017 the BSB held a morning event entitled Worthy of trust? Law, ethics and culture in banking, kindly hosted by the Bank of England....
Read More 03 May
Blog series – David Duffy
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 20 March
Blog series – Gillian Guy
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
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Blog series – Charles Bowman
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
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Blog series – Chris Megone
Do I trust my bank? Well, I have been a customer/client of X Bank for more than forty years. I suppose that reflects a level of...
Read More 20 March
Can integrity be quantified?
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
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Blog series – Susan Rice
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
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Blog series – Robin Bailey
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Blog series – Revd Dr Fiona Stewart-Darling
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Blog series – Nicholas Morris and David Vines
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Blog series – Andrew Hall
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Banking needs a new social identity
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Blog series – James Bardrick
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Law, ethics and culture: the if, the how and the what
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 17 March
Blog series – David Rouch
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 16 March
Blog series – Giles Cuthbert
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 16 March
Building mutual trust in society
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 16 March
Blog series – Peter Montagnon
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 16 March
Blog series – Clare Woodman
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 16 March
Can bankers be trusted?
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 15 March
Blog series – David Roberts
Trust is at the very heart of financial services, so it’s nothing short of a tragedy that an industry so reliant on trust should have lost...
Read More 15 March
Blog series – Michael Held
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 15 March
What is banking for?
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 15 March
Blog series – Alison Cottrell
In advance of our event at the Bank of England on 21 March 2017, we asked interested parties to write on the theme: Worthy of trust?...
Read More 15 March
BSB publishes Annual Review 2016/2017
Review presents a picture of the sector and identifies areas of good practice but attitudes and behaviour that still need to change, says Colette Bowe The Banking...
Read More 14 March
BSB Professionalism Forum
Update: The first Professionalism Forum took place on 23 May 2017. Read Sir Brendan's comments after the first Forum and see the attendee list.The purpose of the...
Read More 14 March
Banking Standards Board Publishes Certification Regime, Fitness and Propriety Guidance
The Banking Standards Board has today (Tuesday 28 February) published good practice guidance for banks and building societies putting in place procedures to assess the fitness...
Read More 27 February
BSB F&P Guidance
Statement of Good Practice 1 — Certification Regime: Assessing fitness and proprietyThe new Certification Regime commenced on 7 March 2016. It requires senior managers to attest...
Read More 27 February
Response to FCA’s Our Future Mission Consultation
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the FCA’s consultation on its mission. In this response, we set out in broad terms...
Read More 08 February
Remarks by Baroness Onora O’Neill
“What is banking for?” Remarks by Baroness Onora O’Neill Federal Reserve Bank of New York October 20, 2016 Purposes The most basic question we can ask about any activity or any...
Read More 20 October
Dame Colette Bowe talks on professionalism in banking
Following the publication of the report we commissioned from the University of Leeds, looking at the role of professional bodies and professionalism in banking more widely,...
Read More 06 October
Independent report highlights potential for professional bodies to play a greater role in banking
An independent report commissioned by the Banking Standards Board (BSB) and released today (3 October) concludes that the potential exists for professional bodies to play a...
Read More 03 October
BSB podcast: The Certification Regime and assessing F&P
Jenna Cotter, Linda Reed, Ande Hardiman, Sara Thorpe In January 2016 the BSB set up a working group of members to look at fitness and propriety in...
Read More 22 August
BSB Consultation Paper – Certification Regime: Fitness and Propriety
BSB Consultation Paper - Certification Regime: Fitness and Propriety The BSB is today (8 June 2016) launching a Consultation Paper based on the outputs of our members’...
Read More 08 June
Dame Colette: Better bankers, better banks; strengthening professionalism and restoring trust
In April our Chairman Dame Colette Bowe spoke at ifs University College as part of its Prestige Lecture series.Dame Colette spoke about the banking sector, how professionalism...
Read More 24 May
BSB Blog: Sir David Walker on banking conduct and culture
At the recent conference on banking conduct and culture, hosted by Queen Mary University of London, former Chairman of Barclays Sir David Walker gave the keynote...
Read More 24 May
BSB summer 2016 internship – now closed to applications
Thank you for your interest in the BSB summer internship. Applications for this position are now closed. We are offering a summer internship position, read on to...
Read More 11 May
BSB comments on FCA discussion paper on SMEs as users of financial services
We note that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) raised in its Discussion Paper (DP) the potential for voluntary standards to play a role in harmonising the...
Read More 21 March
A look at the Senior Managers and Certification Regime
Having been almost three years in the making, the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR) came into effect on 7 March 2016.To get to this point,...
Read More 18 March
BSB supports Chartered Banker Young Banker of the Year 2016 competition
Do you have what it takes to be one of tomorrow's leaders in the UK banking industry? Then enter the Chartered Banker Young Banker of the...
Read More 10 March
Banking Standards Board publishes first Annual Review
See the Annual Review online or download the pdf (7MB) BANKING STANDARDS BOARD PUBLISHES FIRST ANNUAL REVIEW"Re-building trustworthiness will be a long haul, but a start has been...
Read More 08 March
Sir Brendan Barber appointed BSB Deputy Chairman
The Banking Standards Board (BSB) today (Tuesday 1 March) announced the appointment of Sir Brendan Barber as its Deputy Chairman.Commenting on the appointment, Dame Colette Bowe,...
Read More 01 March
The Banker Special Report January 2016
The Banker: Regulating from Within, Bank StrategyFeatures comment from Alison Cottrell and Mikael Down...
Read More 19 January
Dame Colette Bowe talks to City AM about the BSB’s place in an industry with heavy regulation
Speaking to City A.M. last week, Bowe acknowledges that while the BSB was set up with the intention of overhauling poor practices in the City and...
Read More 07 December
Dame Colette Bowe and Clare Woodman feature in this list of influential women in finance
The Sunday Times: Selected from the annual FN100 Most Influential Women list are at the forefront of this drive.Leading the cleansing operation is Dame Colette Bowe, chairwoman...
Read More 25 November
Race to the top in professionalism in banking
The Banker: Alison Cottrell calls for a ‘race to the top’ when it comes to professionalism in banking...
Read More 23 November
BSB chairman Dame Colette Bowe gives Dean’s Lecture at CASS Business School
Church Times: Dame Colette's lecture explored how the banking sector could move on from some of the worst excesses of the financial crisis and explored the extent...
Read More 20 November
Baroness Wheatcroft speaks to Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Banking Standards Board
As part of DLA Piper's Future of the City series, Baroness Wheatcroft speaks to Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Banking Standards Board, on the role...
Read More 16 November
Innovation in the financial sector could have an impact in Cambridge
Business Weekly: Panel chair Dame Colette Bowe, chairman of the Banking Standards Board, opened the session by referencing Cambridge comments on current funding capabilities, and highlighting...
Read More 12 November
Onora O’Neill, Bishop David Urquhart and Saker Nusseibeh speak at Bank of England Open forum
Bank of England Open forum - Building a social licence for financial markets...
Read More 11 November
BSB chairman Dame Colette Bowe speaks at Bank of England Open Forum
Open Forum: How financial innovation and technology can support the economy...
Read More 11 November
Bishop David on the BSB’s inaugural regional visit to Birmingham
Bishop David Urquhart reflects on the BSB’s first regional visit to Birmingham: Banking on Birmingham, in Birmingham and for Birmingham...
Read More 05 November
Professionalism in banking; time for a race to the top
Professionalism in banking; time for a race to the topWhether banking is a profession, is open to debate. Whether people working in banks can and should...
Read More 07 October
Alison Cottrell speaks at European Banking Federation Conference
BSB Chief Executive Alison Cottrell speaks at European Banking Federation Annual Conference ...
Read More 17 September
Dame Colette Bowe makes The Progress 1000’s list of the most influential people in the City
An economist who cut her teeth in the civil service, Bowe has regulated everything from life insurance to broadband, amassing jobs at the same time as...
Read More 16 September
Dame Colette Bowe on what made her accept the position of BSB Chairman
Dame Colette Bowe has never taken the easy option. She began her working life as a civil servant, and within a few years became embroiled in...
Read More 12 August
Saker Nusseibeh, Chief Executive of Hermes Investments, joins the BSB Board
Financial News: The Banking Standards Board, set up to improve levels of conduct and behaviour in the City, has announced the appointment of its first board...
Read More 27 July
Dame Colette Bowe talks about how the BSB intends to kick off its work programme
CityA.M: The Banking Standards Board (BSB), chaired by former telecoms regulator Dame Colette Bowe, will take boardrooms to task with a questionnaire requesting details on ethical...
Read More 27 July
Saker Nusseibeh joins BSB Board
The Banking Standards Board today (Monday) announced the appointment of Saker Nusseibeh, CEO of Hermes Investment Management, to its Board.Announcing the appointment, Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman...
Read More 27 July
Die Welt profiles Dame Colette Bowe in her role as BSB Chairman
Die Interbanken-Zinsen, die Devisenmärkte, die Rohstoffpreise: Sie alle wurden in den Jahren nach der Finanzkrise manipuliert – und das, obwohl die Finanzinstitute Besserung gelobt und von...
Read More 26 July
BSB chairman Dame Colette Bowe Speech to IOSCO Conference
KEYNOTE SPEECH BY DAME COLETTE BOWE CHAIRMAN OF THE BANKING STANDARDS BOARD, TO THE LONDON IOSCO CONFERENCE, 18th JUNE 2015Welcome to this second day of the...
Read More 18 June
BSB welcomes creation of FICC MSB
Dame Colette Bowe, chairman of the Banking Standards Board and member of the FEMR Market Practitioner Panel said:“The Banking Standards Board (BSB) welcomes the measures announced...
Read More 10 May
Dame Colette Bowe on her career and appointment as Chairman of the BSB
There are six women sitting in the small and sunlit serviced office down the street from the Bank of England. Could the start-up staff of the...
Read More 01 May
BSB Chairman Dame Colette Bowe and Deputy Chairman Lord McFall on how the BSB Board will bring diverse expertise
Telegraph: We are armed with extensive experience, and bring both energy and determination to help build a new organisation committed to tackle one of the biggest...
Read More 12 April
The task of improving behaviour in banks is a tough but important one
Daily Mail: The aim of the Banking Standards Board, under the formidable leadership of chairman Dame Colette Bowe, is to reform the parts of the system...
Read More 04 April
Dame Colette Bowe tackles questions on the challenges that the new BSB will face
The Telegraph: Dame Colette Bowe, of the Banking Standards Review Council, warned that trust in the industry had been "badly damaged" following large-scale insurance mis-selling and the...
Read More 02 April
Dame Colette’s plans for the new BSB and the aims of its diverse new Board
Effort to restore faith in UK banking system...
Read More 02 April
BSB starts its work and announces line- up of new Board
The Banking Standards Board today (Thursday) announced the line-up of its new Board.Unveiling the high-profile line-up, Dame Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Board, made clear that...
Read More 02 April
Dame Colette Bowe appointed Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council
9 Oct 2014 - Dame Colette Bowe has been appointed to the role of Chairman of the Banking Standards Review Council (BSRC), the new body charged...
Read More 09 October