Royal Bank of Scotland

397 results about this entity

Period: 23 Oct 2006 - 13 Apr 2023

RBS to refer clients to P2P lenders Funding Circle and Assetz Capital

Peer-to-peer lenders Funding Circle and Assetz capital are to be the beneficiaries of a new initiative by RBS to refer small business customers turned down for loans by the bank.

Seven startups make the cut for third FinTech Innovation Lab

Seven financial technology startups have won the chance to present their ideas to a panel of banks and investment firms at Accenture's London FinTech Innovation Lab, in what many market-watchers are expecting to be a break-out year for innovation in financial services.

RBS to measure customer engagement levels with Artesian social intelligence software

Artesian, the innovative developer of social intelligence software has today announced that the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is using its solution to help it to measure the levels of engagement between its relationship managers and their customers.

RBS suffers another IT glitch

The day after it was fined £56 million over an IT meltdown, Royal Bank of Scotland has suffered a minor glitch which has seen some customers unable to use their credit and debit cards.

RBS and Ulster Bank hit with £56 million fine over IT meltdown

The Royal Bank of Scotland and its subsidiary Ulster Bank have been hit with a £56 million fine by regulatory authorities over a computer malfunction in 2012 that locked customers out of accounts and knocked out payments processing systems.

RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge

A team from RBS took top honors at the Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon on Friday with a trading platform that utilises the Ripple protocol to handle integration with crypto-currencies.

Ulster Bank fined EUR3.5 million over IT meltdown

The Central Bank of Ireland has slapped a EUR3.5 million fine on Ulster Bank over IT governance failures that resulted in approximately 600,000 customers being deprived of banking services during a month-long period in 2012.

More branches to close as UK banks retreat from the high street

The decimation of the UK's branch banking network continues apace as Royal Bank of Scotland earmarks a further 154 branches for closure this year.

Innovation in payments processing

Christophe Vergne, global leader of the cards and payments centre of excellence, Capgemini and William Higgins, managing director of payments, RBS, joined by Brian Caplen, editor, The Banker, discuss, from the findings of the World Payments Report by Capgemini and RBS, why it is time for innovation in payments processing and detail which best approach payments processors should take.

RBS preps P2P lending platform - FT

The Royal Bank of Scotland is set to begin piloting an online peer-to-peer lending platform for SMEs by the end of the year, according to the Financial Times.

Deepening the bank partner relationship

Helen Mason, head of bank partnerships at RBS, looks at how partnerships with friendly banks creates a seemless service for corporate customers.

Payments industry challenged by soaring growth in non-cash transactions

Non-cash payments volumes are expected to increase by nearly 10% percent to reach 366 billion transactions in 2013, fueled by strong growth in developing markets and mobile payments, according to the 10th annual World Payments Report from Capgemini and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).