Mix telephone evangelism with telephone banking and you have… Bank of Scotland’s latest direct banking venture. The bank already has a UK operation in partnership with a supermarket chain, J Sainsbury, but it has chosen a more controversial partner for the US in the form of Marion “Pat” Robertson.
Robertson is a controversial figure in the US because of his antics as a TV evangelist. His outspoken views have led Action for Churches Together in Scotland (Acts), which represents most of the country’s churches, to criticize the Scottish bank for taking him on as a partner.
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