Banks globally eye UK scheme giving accounts to trafficking survivors
London, UK Thomson Reuters Foundation Lucia, a sex trafficking survivor, flashed her new debit card and ran her finger along her name embossed on the plastic. The 44-year-old Congolese nurse was trafficked to Britain last year, abandoned by her captors and is seeking asylum in the country, but she was locked out of the financial […]
Britain’s HSBC to help modern slaves “rebuild lives” with bank access
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation British retail bank HSBC UK launched a scheme on Monday to help victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in Britain “rebuild their lives” by giving them access to bank accounts. The bank, part of the London-listed global finance group , said it had been working with law enforcement and charities to […]