Royal Bank of Scotland

397 results about this entity

Period: 23 Oct 2006 - 13 Apr 2023

RBS to offer institutional clients PlayBook tablet app

The investment banking arm of Royal Bank of Scotland is to provide institutional clients with access to fixed income, commodity and currency (FICC) research and strategy via a new app developed for the forthcoming BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

Systems error sees Clydesdale Bank mortgage complaints soar

Complaints have flooded in to the Financial Ombudsman Service about Clydesdale Bank over the last six months after a botched systems tweak that saw the firm miscalculate mortgage repayments for thousands of customers.

RBS and NatWest fined £2.8m for poor customer complaint handling

The Financial Services Authority has fined Royal Bank of Scotland and its NatWest unit a total of £2.8 million for failing to deal properly with customer complaints.

RBS and CBA suffer technical glitches

Some Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest customers have been unable to complete payment transfers this morning as the group struggled to fix a systems problem.

Top banks to sound out tech vendors on new FX dealing platform - WSJ

The world's biggest bank players in currency trading are preparing to sound out technology vendors about building them a new bank-only dealing system, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Advent and Bain to invest £200 million in WorldPay

The new private equity owners of payment processor RBS WorldPay say they intend to invest £200 million in the firm and create up to 250 jobs.

RBS worker loses redundancy payout over Facebook comments

A Royal Bank of Scotland back office worker is taking the lender to a tribunal after she was sacked for boasting about an expected redundancy payout on Facebook.

Hester stresses importance of technology in RBS rebuilding plan

Stephen Hester, chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), has highlighted the important role of technology in the bank's recovery plan.

MTS introduces Single Dealer Pages functionality for BondVision

MTS, the electronic fixed income trading market majority owned by the LSE, has signed up six major banks to support its new Single Dealer Pages functionality for the BondVision platform, designed to enhance liquidity and best execution.

RBS chooses Experian for global payment validation and IBAN conversion services

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has selected Experian to provide its corporate customers with global payment validation and data conversion services, enabling them to make Sepa-compliant transactions.

FSA calls on banks to overhaul complaints handling as customer grievances soar

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) plans to shake up its complaints handling rules after revealing that more than 7000 gripes against high street banks are lodged every day, with Lloyds topping the league of shame.

RBS axes 500 back office jobs at investment banking unit

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is cutting around 500 back office staff, mainly in London, at its investment banking unit, according to press reports.