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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery: Natwest copies Starling with carers card

NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster bank have followed the example set by Starling Bank in launching a companion card which vulnerable customers can give to trusted people to pay for their groceries or other essential items.

24 April 2020

News/retail

NatWest's Mettle offers subscription-free access to FreeAgent accountancy package

NatWest's online business bank Mettle is to provide hard-pressed freelancers, sole traders and small businesses with free access to cloud-based accountancy software from FreeAgent.

06 April 2020

Company announcement/payments

NatWest waives point-of-sale terminal fees during Coronavirus crisis

NatWest has announced that it is waiving monthly hire fees for Point-of-Sale terminals from its payments product Tyl until the end of 2020, adding to the range of support that the bank has launched for its SME customers during the current crisis, allowing businesses to offer a variety of payment options at a reduced cost.

03 April 2020

News/regulation

VoxSmart banks £5.5 million in growth capital from NatWest

NatWest has invested £5.5 million in VoxSmart, a provider of surveillance software for tapping client conversations.

26 March 2020

News/retail

Monzo and RBS to allow customers to monitor credit score for free

UK banks Monzo and RBS are to enable customers to check their approval ratings for loan applications by looking up their credit score for free through the mobile banking app.

28 February 2020

News

Bailed-out RBS to rebrand as NatWest

Royal Bank of Scotland is calling time on its recent checkered past, rebranding as NatWest and setting out new goals to become a 'purpose-led bank' focused on enterprise, learning and climate.

14 February 2020

Company announcement

NatWest appoints Julie Ashmore as CEO of RapidCash

NatWest has today appointed Julie Ashmore as CEO of its digital overdraft alternative Rapid Cash, as it bids to accelerate growth of its working capital venture throughout 2020.

05 February 2020

News/payments

NatWest rolls out 'Intelligent Safe' for cash-reliant businesses

NatWest is to provide business customers with an 'Intelligent Safe' for same day automated account crediting of daily cash takings without the need to visit a local branch.

29 January 2020

News

Banks and exchanges join document automation consortium

A consortium formed by legal firms to explore the use of a new automated document exchange standard for capital markets firms has held its second meeting with participation from a swathe of banks and stock exchanges.

28 January 2020

News/retail

Monzo and Starling among account switching winners

Just five UK banks, two of them challengers, managed a net gain of customers in the third quarter of 2019, according to figures from the Current Account Switch Service.

23 January 2020

News

Estate agency platform Reapit joins DLT-based home-buying consortium

Reapit, the UK's largest estate agency platform, has joined the IPN Consortium, a gaggle of industry players developing a distributed ledger technology-based system that lets customers go through the entire home buying process through their mobile phones.

20 January 2020

News

NatWest to funnel SME loans through pre-paid card provider Soldo

NatWest is to provide Esme Loans and Rapid Cash lending services direct to users of pre-paid company card Soldo, as the bank aims to increase lending to SMEs throughout 2020.

15 January 2020