Outraged entrepreneurs set up own bank - papers

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A group of Cambridge entrepreneurs and businessmen are so outraged by the behaviour of the banks they are setting up their own, The Independent reports.

Telecoms guru Dr David Cleevely told the paper: "We are sick to death of the way the banks are operating. They are offering people almost nothing for deposits but charging small businesses up to 15% for their credit facilities. There is something fundamentally wrong." Dr Cleevely, the founder of Cambridge Wireless and Abcam, the world's biggest catalogue for antibodies, is working with a number of businessmen on plans for a bank serving depositors and commerce. Other businessmen involved include Nigel Brown of NW Brown, the Cambridge-based corporate financial house, and Dr Alan Goodman, a...

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