NatWest - News, Articles & Research

More banks join blockchain-based carbon marketplace

UBS, Standard Chartered, and BNP Paribas have joined Project Carbon, a bank-backed initiative to create a blockchain-based marketplace where firms can buy and sell carbon offsets.

16 February 2022

News/retail

NatWest to close another 32 branches

NatWest Group is closing another 32 branches, citing the migration to online and mobile banking.

14 February 2022

Company announcement/people

NatWest poaches HSBC's Raghu Narula to lead customer engagement activities

NatWest Group has today announced the appointment of Raghu Narula as Managing Director, Customer Engagement & Distribution, within its Retail Banking division.

14 February 2022

News/sustainable

NatWest launches Climate Hub to help SMEs go green

Under its £100 billion Climate and Sustainable Funding and Finance ambition, NatWest is now providing tools, via an online Climate Hub, to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) go green.

11 February 2022

Company announcement/payments

NatWest signs up to Good Business Pays campaign

NatWest Group, the leading banking and financial services organisation that serves 19 million UK customers, has become the first major bank to sign-up and support the Good Business Pays campaign.

28 January 2022

Company announcement/sustainable

Tink and Cogo unite to support NatWest carbon tracking app

Open banking platform Tink and sustainability fintech Cogo have formed a strategic partnership to provide banking customers with personalised carbon footprint tracking services, following the successful launch of the NatWest carbon tracking feature which brought the two fintechs together.

19 January 2022

News/people

NatWest Markets sets up blockchain team

NatWest is to formalise its blockchain strategy with the launch of a new digital team in its capital markets business.

14 January 2022

News/people

Natwest Mettle chief quits to join blockchain outfit Near

Marieke Flament has quit NatWest's online business banking offshoot Mettle to join Swiss-based blockhain foundation Near.

17 December 2021

News/crime

HSBC fined £63.9m for AML failings

HSBC is the second bank this week to be handed down a fine by the FCA for failings in its anti-money-laundering (AML) processes, being hit with a £63,946,800 penalty.

17 December 2021

News/payments

NatWest initiates first live Variable Recurring Payment transaction

NatWest has become the first UK bank to conduct a live transaction using Open Banking-initiated Variable Recurring Payments.

15 December 2021

Company announcement/regulation

NatWest fined £264.8 million for anti-money laundering failures

National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) was today fined £264,772,619.95 following convictions for three offences of failing to comply with money laundering regulations.

13 December 2021

News/startups

Open finance challenge winners unveiled

An Australian startup working to green the housing market has won a global open finance challenge run by NAB, CIBC, Itaú Unibanco and NatWest.

23 November 2021