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Alison Rose, the CEO of NatWest Group, has confirmed that the bank would move its registered headquarters to London if Scotland became independent. Ms Rose told The Herald yesterday that the Royal Bank of Scotland owner has “always been very clear” that its balance sheet would be “

Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group has posted its results for the first quarter of 2021 revealing an 82% increase in operating profits before tax. The bank's profits rose to £946 million from £519m in the first quarter of 2020.

Tyl by NatWest has launched a new loyalty app ‘Tyl Rewards’ designed to encourage consumers to continue supporting local businesses, by rewarding regulars as lockdown starts to lift in the UK.

NatWest Group has become one of 43 banks globally to join the Net Zero Banking Alliance, a coalition of financial services companies that have pledged to work together to help deliver the Paris Agreement. As the banking sponsor of the COP26 climate summit, NatWest Group’s membership of this gl

A new New SME Recovery Report from NatWest has revealed that targeted support for SMEs could unlock £140 billion of additional GVA growth by 2030 equivalent to creating around 3.2 million new jobs across the UK. As part of its commitment to remove barriers to enterprise and help the econo

NatWest bankers will offer customers video meetings outside of normal working hours as part of a revamp of the lender’s retail banking division. NatWest, which owns the Royal Bank of Scotland, has formulated a new strategy for the business, including plans to offer new products for savers, exp

NatWest Group has joined forces with Microsoft to help UK businesses better understand their carbon footprint and create tailored action plans to reduce their carbon emissions leveraging digital technologies. Due to be piloted later this year, and building on Microsoft’s innovative cloud, data

NatWest Group has bought back £1.1 billion of shares, bringing the UK Government's stake in the banking group down from 61.1% to 59.8%. The Royal Bank of Scotland owner has agreed with HM Treasury to make an off-market purchase for the total consideration of £1,125,341,269.13 for 590,730

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today announced that it has commenced criminal proceedings against NatWest Plc in respect of offences under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (MLR 2007). The FCA alleges that the Royal Bank of Scotland owner failed to adhere to the requirements of r

The Alison Rose Review into Female Entrepreneurship (Rose Review), published in March 2019, demonstrated that up to £250 billion of new value could be added to the UK economy if women started and scaled new businesses at the same rate as UK men.

NatWest Group has issued a €1 billion affordable housing social bond, the first of its kind by a UK bank. The issuance reinforces NatWest Group’s July 2020 commitment to provide £3bn of funding to the UK’s affordable housing sector by the end of 2022.

NatWest Group has posted its annual results delivering what chief executive Alison Rose has called a "resilient performance" despite the bank's impairment charge of £3.2 billion. For the year ended 31 December 2020, NatWest Group's operating profit before tax and the impairment charge was &pou

Royal Bank of Scotland owner NatWest Group is in talks to sell Adam & Co, one of its private banking subsidiaries. It has been reported that NatWest is working with Evercore, the investment bank, to help divest the majority of Adam & Co's operations.

Banking customers at the Royal Bank of Scotland are the least satisfied in the UK, a survey conducted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found. Just 47% of customers who responded to the poll said that they would recommend the personal current account provider to family and friends.

NatWest Group has launched a joint offering with green energy tech company Octopus Energy to help people and businesses go green, demonstrating the bank’s commitment to playing an active role in tackling climate change as part of its purpose-led strategy. The package is available to NatWest Gr