Royal Bank of Scotland

397 results about this entity

Period: 23 Oct 2006 - 13 Apr 2023

RBS and Barclays trial blockchain tech to slash property transaction times

RBS and Barclays Bank have completed a blockchain trial with R3's distributed ledger software which reduced the time taken to complete a property transaction from three months to less than three weeks.

RBS bail out cash window opens

Banking Competition Remedies Ltd (BCR), the independent body established to implement the £775 million Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) State Aid Alternative Remedies Package, today announces the opening of the application window for Pool B of the Capability and Innovation Fund.

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Most UK banks failing to protect online customers with two-factor authentication

UK consumers' association Which? has hit out at much of the banking industry for failing to protect online customers with two-factor authentication (2FA).

Open Banking year one: Insights from the CMA9 and more

A review of the first year of the UK’s groundbreaking experiment in Open Banking. What worked? What didn’t? And what next?

New RBS digital bank invests in Loot

The Royal Bank of Scotland's new digital bank Bó has paid £5 million for a 25% stake in student-focused fintech startup Loot.

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Eight banks make top rankings for European startup partnerships

Eight European banks have been lauded as among the top 36 corporates across the continent for their engagement with the startup ecosystem.

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Royal Bank of Scotland puts freeze on cancelled cards

Thousands of credit card customers misplace their cards every year and have to request a new one, now Royal Bank of Scotland customers will be able to instantly freeze their card, reducing the number of cards that are unnecessarily cancelled.

UK banks publish fintech collaboration toolkit

A collective of top UK banks and and financial technology firms have helped to craft a set of guidelines designed to improve engagement between fintech startups and financial institutions.

Big banks join £10 million Vizolution funding round

HSBC, Santander Consumer Finance and RBS have joined a £10 million funding round in Vizolution, a UK-based software-as-a-service company that helps institutions replace face-to-face interactions with remote channels.

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RBS unveils design of first polymer £20 note

Royal Bank of Scotland has unveiled the design of its first £20 polymer note.

Current account switching: TSB the biggest loser; challengers beat big incumbents

The UK's TSB shed over 16,000 customers in the past quarter as it continued to grapple with the fall out from its botched IT upgrade.

Unite criticises ‘rubber-stamp’ RBS closures in Scotland

Unite the union today (28 September) has criticised the announcement by Johnston Carmichael and RBS that only two branches survive the stay of execution in Scotland.