Your Faith Your Finance

A guide to money, faith and ethics

Your Faith Your Finance

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  • Money & Faith
    • In The World Today
      • In The World Today
      • The Crash
      • Faith And Austerity
    • Wealth And Poverty In The Bible
      • Poverty In The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
      • Money In The Gospels
      • Poverty And Wealth In The Rest Of The New Testament
      • Poverty, Equality And The Churches
    • Usury And The Theology Of Money
      • Usury In The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament
      • Usury In The New Testament
      • Usury In Christian History
      • Thinking About Usury
      • Idolatry
  • Where’s Your Money?
    • Your Own Money
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      • Bank Accounts
      • Building Societies And Credit Unions
      • Pensions, Insurance And Investments
      • Taxes
      • Buildings And Land
    • Your Church’s Money
      • Bank Accounts
      • Building Societies
      • The Stock Exchange
      • Making Change
  • Banking
    • What Is Banking Really?
      • What Is A Bank?
      • Would You Credit It?
      • Interest And Sin
      • Your Money, Your Bank And Your Values
    • Types Of Banking
      • Current Accounts
      • Savings Accounts
      • Loans
      • Investment Banks
    • Ethical Banking
      • Avoidance (Negative Screening)
      • Support (Positive Screening)
      • Critical Engagement
      • Ethical Banks
        • The Co-operative Bank
        • The Islamic Bank of Britain
        • Reliance Bank
        • Triodos Bank
      • Moving Your Money
    • Individual Banks
    • Questions To Ask Your Bank
      • Question 1 – Overall Policy Statement
      • Question 2 – Who Owns The Bank?
      • Question 3 – Retail Or Universal Bank?
      • Question 4 – Arms Companies
      • Question 5 – Environmental Destruction
      • Question 6 – Food Price Speculation
      • Question 7 – Rate Of Interest And Charges
      • Question 8 – Basic Bank Accounts?
      • Question 9 – Tax
      • Question 10 – Living Wage
      • Question 11 – Bonus Ratio
    • Alternatives To Banks
      • Building Societies
      • Credit Unions
      • Peer-To-Peer Finance And Crowdfunding
  • Investing
    • What Is Investment?
      • Direct Shareholders
      • Nominee Holders
      • Indirect Shareholders
      • Pension Funds
      • Banks, Building Societies and Insurance Companies
    • Ethics And Investing
      • Gambling And Usury
      • Avoiding And Engaging
      • Keeping Track
    • Negative Screening
      • Avoidance
      • Divestment
      • Going Further
    • Positive Screening
      • Positive Screening
      • Investment As Mission
      • Mixed Approaches
    • Engagement
      • Shareholder Activism And Engagement
      • Critical Engagement
      • Engagement And Divestment
      • First Steps
    • Influencing Companies And Funds
      • Influencing Companies And Pension Funds
      • How To Engage
      • Contacting Companies
      • Contacting Pension Funds, Charities And Churches
      • Meetings
      • Company “Consultations”
      • Shareholder Resolutions
      • Public Campaigning And Using The Media
      • Is It Worth It?
    • Influencing Your Church’s Investments
      • Influencing Your Church’s Investments
      • Baptist Union Of Great Britain
      • Church Of England
      • Church Of Scotland
      • Methodist Church
      • Religious Society Of Friends (Quakers)
      • Roman Catholic Church
      • United Reformed Church
  • Spending
    • Questions To Ask Yourself
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    • Finding Out More
      • General Ethical Ratings
      • Environmental And Animal Welfare
      • Fairtrade
      • Pay And Conditions
      • Tax Avoidance
    • Boycotts
  • What Can I Do?
    • My Own Money
    • My Church’s Money
      • Make Your Money Promote Your Values
      • Use Your Money To Raise Your Voice
      • Put Economic Issue At The Heart Of Your Church’s Life
  • Group Discussion
    • Charity, Change And Choices About Money
    • Debt, Interest And Usury
    • Poverty In The Bible And Today
    • Jubilee And Justice
    • Jesus And Economic Action
    • Longer Exercise: Your Church’s Money
      • Part A
      • Part B
    • Longer Exercise: Your Own Money
      • Part A
      • Part B

Moving Your Money

If you want to bank ethically, there are several options open to you. We have lots more information about the possibilities. You could:

  • Go for a bank that makes a priority of seeking to be ethical.
  • Choose an alternative to banks, such as a building society or a credit union.
  • Organise with others in your faith community to engage with your bank by asking them some important questions.

Ethical Banking

  • Avoidance (Negative Screening)
  • Support (Positive Screening)
  • Critical Engagement
  • Ethical Banks
  • Moving Your Money
“I keep intending to change my bank to one with an ethical investment policy and haven't got round to it.”

- Duncan, member of Scottish Episcopal Church
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