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    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
      NatWest Group
      UK government to cut NatWest stake to less than 50%

      Lender to buy back £1.2bn of shares from the Treasury

    • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
      NatWest Group
      NatWest pleads guilty to US charges over spoofing Treasury markets

      UK-based bank to pay $35m penalty over fraud schemes conducted in London, US and Singapore

    • Monday, 13 December, 2021
      NatWest Group
      NatWest fined £265m for money laundering failures

      Bank failed to spot scheme that involved large cash deposits including £700,000 carried in bin bags

    • Thursday, 18 February, 2021
      NatWest Group
      NatWest to pull out of Ireland and focus on UK market

      Exit of third-largest bank will concentrate role of Irish government in the sector

    • Friday, 30 October, 2020
      NatWest returns to profit following drop in bad debt provisions

      Chief executive Alison Rose cautious on outlook and says ‘challenging times lie ahead’

    • Friday, 31 July, 2020
      NatWest more than doubles loan loss provisions on gloomy UK outlook

      Bank formerly known as RBS says it will face 2020 impairment charges while rival lender TSB also swings to a loss

    • Monday, 20 July, 2020
      RBS tells majority of staff to work from home until 2021

      Bank opts for ‘cautious approach’ despite government efforts to encourage return to offices

    • Friday, 3 July, 2020
      Due Diligence
      Can BNP Paribas become Europe’s JPMorgan? Premium content

      French lender thinks it can avoid pitfalls associated with opportunist approach during a crisis

    • Monday, 22 June, 2020
      LexUK banks
      Bank loan losses: bouncing back Premium content

      Lenders will come under pressure as state support for business winds down

    • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
      UK banks
      British banks warn BoE of pain of negative rates

      Lenders say move to deal with coronavirus impact would hit profits and ability to cope with loan losses

    • Friday, 8 May, 2020
      City InsiderMatthew Vincent
      Black is white for Anglo Irish Bank’s long-suffering shareholders

      PwC’s finest scientific minds attempt to prove banks can exist in two states at once

    • Friday, 1 May, 2020
      RBS braces for sharp increase in soured business loans

      UK lender also says it will wind down its attempt to build a consumer-facing digital bank

    • Sunday, 26 April, 2020
      UK financial regulation
      BoE warns bank loan reserves risk choking business funding

      Regulators fear conservative planning for defaults will restrict much-needed credit to companies

    • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
      RBS cuts 130 jobs in investment bank

      State-backed lender presses on with restructuring despite coronavirus pandemic

    • Friday, 3 April, 2020
      UK banks
      UK banks resisted BoE calls for dividend cuts 

      Central bank forced to make threats of supervisory action if lenders did not fall into line

    • Tuesday, 17 March, 2020
      European banks
      European bankers unite in attempt to calm market rout

      Deutsche Bank, Santander, Lloyds and RBS seek to reassure investors

    • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
      UK Budget
      Treasury puts back deadline for divestiture of RBS shares by one year

      Market turmoil extends target date for long-delayed disposals to 2025

    • Monday, 2 March, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      RBS scheme to help businesses and rivals veers off track

      BCR lost credibility; Finablr contagion; Barclays and Bramson

    • Wednesday, 26 February, 2020
      European banks
      Hunt for next chiefs puts Europe’s banks to test

      Task of replacing leaders is frustrated by shallow pool of candidates

    • Monday, 17 February, 2020
      LombardCat Rutter Pooley
      Bank results show City’s waning affection for investment bankers

      Barclays stands alone; Jupiter boss rehashes playbook; Laura Ashley’s perennial problems

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      LexUK banks
      RBS/NatWest: time trouble Premium content

      A new-old name cannot disguise the same old troubles

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      RBS to change name to NatWest and shrink investment bank

      New chief Rose heralds ‘new era’ as UK lender also aims to cut carbon exposure

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      RBS rivals fail to woo business customers from state-backed bank

      UK government’s switching scheme to reduce lender’s dominance in sector has fallen flat

    • Thursday, 13 February, 2020
      RBS beefs up operations in Poland as staff prepare for job cuts

      Lender keeps foothold in investment banking with cheaper satellite office

    • Monday, 27 January, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Alison of RBS will say it with prickly roses on Valentine’s Day

      Royal Bank of Scotland’s outlook; Amigo’s founder loses heart

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