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 MoreBSB 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 MoreThis 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 MoreOn 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 MoreThis 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...
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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 MoreThe 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 MoreOne 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 MoreThis 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...
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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...
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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 MoreJames 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 MoreJames 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 MoreJames 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 MoreRick 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 MoreThe 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 MoreKate 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 MoreThe 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...
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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 MoreListen 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...
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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 MoreHelen 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 MoreThe 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 MoreHaving 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 MoreThe 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 MoreOn 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 MoreBSB 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 MoreThe 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 MoreThis 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 MoreThe 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 MoreOn 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 MoreThe 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 MoreIn 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 MoreOn 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 MoreOn 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 MoreThe 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 MoreAlison 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 MoreRick 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 MoreThis 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 MoreHead 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...
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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 MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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 MoreAbout 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...
Read MoreThe 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 MoreThe 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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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....
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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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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 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...
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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 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...
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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 MoreThe 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 “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...
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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 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 MoreJenna 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 MoreBSB 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 MoreIn 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...
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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 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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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 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,...
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The Banker: Regulating from Within, Bank StrategyFeatures comment from Alison Cottrell and Mikael Down...
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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...
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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...
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The Banker: Alison Cottrell calls for a ‘race to the top’ when it comes to professionalism in banking...
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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 MoreAs 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...
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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 MoreBank of England Open forum - Building a social licence for financial markets...
Read MoreOpen Forum: How financial innovation and technology can support the economy...
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Bishop David Urquhart reflects on the BSB’s first regional visit to Birmingham: Banking on Birmingham, in Birmingham and for Birmingham...
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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 MoreBSB Chief Executive Alison Cottrell speaks at European Banking Federation Annual Conference ...
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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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 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 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...
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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 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 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...
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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...
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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...
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Effort to restore faith in UK banking system...
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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 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...
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