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An IT glitch at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has prevented its credit card customers from accessing their accounts and paying off outstanding balances.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers Association (SEMLA) are hosting their first networking event for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic professionals working in Scotland. The event is to take place in Edinburgh on September 5 at the bank's historical home of St Andrews

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

An alliance of business owners has called for a £1 billion Royal Bank of Scotland dividend to be used to help fund the planned Business Banking Resolution Service. The alternative dispute resolution service is being set up later this year by seven major banks and small business representatives

Revised plans are in the pipeline for a new neighbourhood on the site of the former Royal Bank of Scotland offices in Edinburgh’s New Town. Real estate firm Orion Capital, the new owner of the building and the 5.9-acre site in Dundas Street, is working with property company Ediston on a planni

Royal Bank of Scotland is bringing its new initiative to support female entrepreneurship across Scotland to Edinburgh next week. The bank has developed a crowdfunding programme called "Back Her Business" in partnership with established provider Crowdfunder, as part of its wider ambition to reduce th

Former RBS executive Jim Brown has been appointed CEO of Sainsbury's Bank, subject to regulatory approval. Mr Brown will join as CEO designate next Wednesday and will work with outgoing CEO Peter Griffiths for a short handover period.

Nationwide Building Society has been awarded £50 million from Banking Competition Remedies to increase competition in small business banking. The Co-operative Bank and Investec Bank have also been awarded £15 million each to expand in the small business market.

A Scottish fintech start-up has announced plans to roll out its flagship banking app within months after securing funding from Scottish EDGE. Nexves, which has also been supported by accelerator programmes run by Royal Bank of Scotland and Elevator, is "a platform that enables a swarm of individuals

Business growth slowed in Scotland in November to the weakest rate in eight months, according to new analysis from Royal Bank of Scotland. The seasonally adjusted headline RBS PMI figure decreased to 52.2 in November. This was down from 53.4 in October and signalled the slowest expansion in private

Royal Bank of Scotland has launched an investigation into allegations that there is a "culture of bullying" at the bank, The Herald reports. A whistleblower has alleged that staff working on "Project Amethyst" faced intimidation, threats and humiliation from two senior managers.

Ross McEwan Ross McEwan, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has told the lender's AGM in Edinburgh that he personally reviewed all of its proposed branch closures.

Paul Pester The chief executive of TSB has welcomed the £775 million set aside by RBS for so-called 'challenger banks' as a "once in a generation opportunity to break the shackles" of the big banks, The Herald reports.

Royal Bank of Scotland has denied claims that it trained staff in how to forge customers' signatures, The Times reports. Bank Confidential, a new organisation which aims to root out unacceptable practices in the big banks, said it had become aware of allegedly fraudulent practices in the bank from w

Paul Wheelhouse The Scottish Government has called on the UK government to establish and enforce a guaranteed minimum level of service provision for essential banking services.