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Showing posts with label RBS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label RBS. Show all posts

June 20, 2015

RBS says accounts updated after glitch

RBS has said that the payment problems experienced by some customers earlier in the week have now been resolved and accounts have been updated.

November 25, 2014

RBS 'wanted critic Tomlinson's mortgage back'

A businessman who wrote a government report that criticised RBS has been told he can no longer remain a customer of the bank, Panorama has learned. In the 2013 report, Lawrence Tomlinson accused RBS of systematically wrecking viable businesses.

November 17, 2014

Barclays may face massive new penalty over currency rigging

Barclays could face a huge new penalty for rigging currency markets after pulling out at the 11th hour from the settlement talks that led to £2.6bn of fines being slapped on six other big players in the currency markets.

November 09, 2014

Full investigation into the dominance of 'big four' UK banks confirmed

Britain's biggest banks face the prospect of being broken up by the competition regulator, in spite of warnings that this would be hugely expensive and hold back lending to the economy.

August 07, 2014

Barclays to move 2.3m Isa savers

Barclays will shift 2.3 million savers on to a new Isa product with two-thirds of them getting a worse interest rate.

December 04, 2013

RBS must do better after payment fault, says boss

The boss of RBS has admitted the bank "has to do better" amid a day of disruption for many customers following a computer failure.

October 02, 2013

Over-complicated RBS must lend more, says new chief executive Ross McEwan on first day in charge

Ross McEwan, said he wanted to “create a bank that is known for exceptional customer service and not for failure”, admitting that “sometimes we make it too hard for our customers to do business with us”.

March 09, 2013

Barclays and RBS disclose number of staff paid £1m-plus

A total of 428 employees of Barclays and 93 at RBS earned more than £1m last year, the banks have disclosed. Five members of staff were paid more than £5m, the Barclays said, but they did not include the chief executive, Antony Jenkins, who received £2.6m.

November 18, 2012

MPs: Sale of RBS or Lloyds 'not for years'

There is a risk that the £66bn invested in RBS and Lloyds Banking Group by the government may never be recovered, a parliamentary committee has warned In a report into the sale of Northern Rock, the Public Accounts Committee said the sale of the bank in 2011 was "fortunate", and Lloyds and RBS may not be sold "for many years".