The Co-operative Bank plc | 48,643 followers on LinkedIn. Proudly celebrating over 150 years of Ethical Banking | Welcome to the official LinkedIn page for The Co-operative Bank. Our story began in 1872 in Victorian Rochdale and the co-operative values on which our bank was built 150 years ago still stand today. They are more than the foundations of the bank, they are what connect us together – colleagues, customers, the businesses who bank with us, charities we support and the issues we stand for.