Today, Move Your Money Month begins.

On-going bonus culture, failing to meet lending targets to small business and increasing customer complaints has been the narrative for the exasperated public this February. Post the financial crisis, behaviour in the city hasn’t changed and it’s high time something was done about it.

March 2012 is Move Your Money Month. We’re calling for people to move their money from the 5 big banking groups into local, mutual and ethical alternatives.

Pledge to move your money now.

Move Your Money isn’t about ‘bringing down’ the big banks (they can do that just fine by themselves, thankyou). This is about strengthening the alternatives and creating a more diverse system that works in the interest of wider society.

As part of MYM month we’ll be launching our own ‘ISA page’, starting projects working in schools and with the National Union of Students and collecting signatures for an EDM. We’ll be linking up with interested groups around the country, encouraging local action and supporting events at Credit Unions.

We’ll be collecting the stories of pledgers, inspiring others, and asking for your best ‘I’m cutting up my bank card now’ photos.

This March, whether it’s moving your current account, savings account, ISA or other financial product, make sure you’re part of building the solution. A system that is useful and secure; as well as economically, socially and environmentally fit for purpose.

Pledge to move your money now.

Tell your friends (you can pick a day to switch together), spread the word, get involved and this month, make sure ‘moving your money’ gets off the ‘to do’ list, and into the diary.

It’s time to make British banking better.