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Coutts & Co, the private bank owned by Royal Bank of Scotland, has been fined £5 million for allowing $2.4 billion worth of assets related to the 1Malaysia Development Bhd fund to flow through accounts in Switzerland.

Robert Kilgour and Cameron Graham A Scottish tech start-up whose disruptive software has been dubbed “the Facebook for care homes” has landed a five-figure investment from the original founder of Four Seasons Healthcare.

Sir Howard Davies Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced that it will not create a committee specifically designed to represent the interests of its shareholders.

The Financial Conduct Authority has today fined Deutsche Bank £163,076,224 for failing to maintain an adequate anti-money laundering (AML) control framework in connection with a Russian money laundering scam.

Ken Patullo Businesses in Scotland saw a very mixed final quarter of 2016, according to data released today by business rescue and recovery specialist Begbies Traynor, with some sectors seeing improvements whilst other industries were battered by the uncertainty in the economy.

Philip Hammond UK Chancellor Philip Hammond has described the state’s 70 per cent stake in bailed-out Royal Bank of Scotland as a “long-term asset”, dashing any hopes of a sell-off in the near future.

Scottish accountancy firm Campbell Dallas has worked closely with long-standing client, Fleet Alliance, a Glasgow-based vehicle leasing company, on it acquisition of Neva Consultants.

Scotland’s police force has been described as “an organisation in crisis” after the Auditor General’s told a Holyrood committee there is a £200 million deficit in the budget. Caroline Gardner, the Auditor General for Scotland, reported last month that the Scottish Police Authority (SPA), w

Royal Bank of Scotland has today announced a fresh multi-billion-dollar hit to its balance sheet weeks before it reveals its 2016 full-year results.

Homes previously completed at Western Harbour by Hart Builders Royal Bank of Scotland has provided a £6.9 million funding package to Hart Builders to back its plan to construct 146 new homes in Edinburgh.

Boys receive more pocket money than girls, with the pay gap widening with age, according to a new report.

Dundee Sheriff Court (Google) A former team leader dealing with tax credits at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) Dundee office has been charged with defrauding the authority out of more than £75,000.

Lord Woolman The liquidators of a distribution services company which sold its principal asset for half its market value have failed in a legal challenge against the transaction. A judge rejected the claim that the sale amounted to a “gratuitous alienation” and ruled that the price paid was “a

Gordon Chalmers Wylie & Bisset LLP, one of Scotland’s longest established firms of Chartered Accountants, has secured full authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for Consumer Credit Activities following a rigorous assessment process.

Brian Norton Students at Scottish universities are more financially savvy than their UK counterparts, according to new research.