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Brexit leader Nigel Farage has filed an official complaint against the NatWest, accusing the bank of passing his information to the BBC, which initially claimed that he lost his account with Coutts for financial reasons before backtracking to acknowledge that the decision was made in part due to political reasons.
The former Brexit Party leader turned GB News presenter has filed a formal complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which has the power to fine financial institutions up to £17.5 million after unnamed sources from Coutts bank — a subsidiary of NatWest — told the BBC that his bank account was shut because it fell below the £1 million threshold, while internal documents revealed that the bank decided to drop him as a customer because his political views “did not align with our values”.
In a letter sent to the ICO, seen by the Mail on Sunday, Mr Farage’s attorneys wrote: “The content of the BBC report gives rise to the inescapable conclusion that the bank was providing confidential information comprising Mr Farage’s personal data about his financial affairs to the Press, which, on the face of it would constitute a serious data breach by the bank.