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One in seven adults now plan to start a business – NatWest

A report published by NatWest has found that one in seven adults now plan to become an entrepreneur, an increase of 50% since the bank’s 2020 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM).

06 September 2021

News/retail

NatWest launches app to help renters spilt shared bills

NatWest has developed an app called 'Housemate' that helps renters living in shared housing split and pay their bills.

24 August 2021

News/retail

NatWest and Mastercard extend payments app to almost half of UK mobile banking users

NatWest and Mastercard have announced the extension of their Pay by Bank app (PbBa) for secure online payments to mobile app users across NatWest Group brands Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts.

23 August 2021

News/sustainable

NatWest partners Spotify on green business podcast

NatWest is teaming up with Spotify to launch a carbon neutral podcast series focused on climate champions from the UK business community.

18 August 2021

News/cloud

NAB, CIBC, Itaú Unibanco and NatWest launch open finance challenge

NAB, CIBC, Itaú Unibanco and NatWest Group have joined forces with Amazon Web Services to run a global open finance challenge, inviting fintechs, universities and other large organisations to prototype and develop new digital banking services.

16 August 2021

News/sustainable

NatWest to offer better interest rate for re-mortgaging of energy efficient properties

NatWest is to offer a preferential interest rate to new or existing customers who are looking to re-mortgage an energy efficient property.

10 August 2021

News/retail

Starling flies high in account switching race

There was a sharp uptick in the number of Brits switching their current account provider in the second quarter, with Starling Bank the biggest beneficiary.

29 July 2021

News/sustainable

NatWest rolls out carbon emissions app

NatWest is to embed a free carbon footprint tracker within its mobile banking app to help customers reduce the climate impact of their spending.

15 July 2021

News/sustainable

Banks launch carbon marketplace

NatWest, CIBC, ITAU and NAB have joined forces to create a blockchain-based marketplace where firms can buy and sell carbon offsets.

12 July 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Payments innovation and the benefits cascading down the waterfall model

EBAday 2021 has flown by, and the sessions throughout day three of the event served to build on the momentum from day one and two. Another punchy strategic roundtable addressed the need for industry-wide collaboration to drive payments innovation, while two boisterous chatrooms tackled the weighty subjects of Open Banking, CBDCs and stablecoins.

30 June 2021

News/payments

EBAday 2021: Modernisation, a catalyst for payments utopia

With day two now under our belt, we are only just beginning to digest the eyewatering number of insights shared across six panel sessions, two roundtables, a lively chatroom forum and of course, non-stop networking on the EBAday platform.

29 June 2021

Finextra TV/payments

Natwest at EBAday: Payments transformation in 2021 – The road to success

Marion King, Director of Payments, Natwest, speaks to Finextra in the lead-up to EBAday 2021 about the top market trends that are influencing industry change, the biggest opportunities driving successful transformation, and what the future holds for the payments landscape.

08 June 2021