Barclays is the least trusted bank in Britain, according to a new survey.
Nearly one in five consumers say Barclays is the financial provider they trust the least, with the bank receiving more than twice the number of negative votes than Royal Bank of Scotland, the second most reviled institution, according to the Mail on Sunday. The survey by magazine Moneywise revealed that for every positive comment about Barclays, there were four critical ones. Many respondents cited last year's Libor-fixing scandal, which saw the bank fined almost £300m, as the number one reason why they no longer had faith in it. One respondent said: ‘If Barclays lies in such high...
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