Friday, October 27, 2023

Today's ridiculous neologism is "mediatized" in a story about old-fashioned stock collapse of the bank which canceled Nigel Farage

Trading suspended apparently at 4.21 USD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading in NatWest shares was briefly suspended on Friday morning as the stock slid after a combination of lacklustre earnings and regulators flagging possible rule-breaking in a highly mediatized case. ...

A scandal erupted over the summer over the closure of the Coutts account of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage, for which the politician said the lender did not initially provide a reason. Farage filed a subject access request to obtain a dossier that the bank held on him, which addressed his political views.

NatWest CEO Alison Rose then admitted to discussing Farage’s bank account with a BBC reporter, supplying information that was used in a story and later proved to be inaccurate. She eventually resigned in July, amid heavy criticism.

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