The Alison Rose Review of Female Entrepreneurship published its Progress Report yesterday– a year on from launch, and announces the development of ‘The UK Enterprise Fund’ in partnership with BGF. Last year, the Government-commissioned Review identified 8 practical
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NatWest has become the first high street bank in the UK to offer a business banking account without a monthly fee.
Royal Bank of Scotland Group has announced that it will change its name to NatWest Group later this year. The bank, which owns RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank, revealed the name change as it released its full-year results.
RBS has today announced a new £1 billion fund through NatWest to support female entrepreneurs in the UK to scale and grow – the largest intervention by a UK lender focused specifically on female-led businesses. The bank has also announced that it is setting a target to support and inspir
Royal Bank of Scotland Group's investment arm bosses Chris Marks and Richard Place have stepped down as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of NatWest Markets Plc (NWM) respectively. Mr Marks has also stepped down as chair, and Mr Place as a member of the NatWest Markets N.V (MWM.N.V
RBS has partnered with Mastercard, Motive Partners and EFM Asset Management to invest in Pollinate in an attempt to transform the global merchant services market. Pollinate will work with banks around the world to deploy a world-class acquiring platform, offering a merchant-friendly experience which
NatWest is to begin a three-month trial of biometric fingerprint credit cards.
Alison Rose has been announced as the new chief executive of RBS. The Scotsman reported, that following her appointment, Ms Rose said RBS faced "a series of challenges".
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and NatWest are suffering their second IT outage in one week, with online services failing early Tuesday morning.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has provided advice to Royal Bank of Scotland in relation to a historic data breach affecting over 1,600 NatWest customers, according to reports. The data breach, which relates to files left in a former NatWest employee's home for over a decade after she l
The RBS logo has been removed from 250 Bishopsgate, the iconic building home to RBS in London since 2007.
The proportion of people who think now is a good time to start a business has fallen to an all-time low, according to a UK-wide survey conducted by NatWest, the England and Wales arm of Royal Bank of Scotland. The latest NatWest Entrepreneurship Monitor report, published today, found that only 17 pe
Alison Rose Royal Bank of Scotland has announced the launch of a new digital platform where small and medium sized businesses will be able to obtain unsecured loans of up to £150,000 within hours.
RBS and NatWest are refunding tens of thousands of customers who were wrongly charged interest on student overdrafts over a 14-year period. The bank currently offers students interest-free overdrafts and often customers are offered the option of raising their limit mid-way through their course.
RBS weighs shock NatWest spin-off in bid to save W&G project The Sunday Telegraph has reported that the Royal Bank of Scotland has begun drawing up alternative ways to finally separate Williams & Glyn, with a possible option involving NatWest being hived off too.