RBS News

Britain’s Barclays, RBS Hit Over High Compensation Scheme

Britain’s Barclays and RBS paid more than 500 staff over 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) in 2012, a year when both were embroiled in rate rigging and mis-selling scandals. Both Barclays and RBS are paying out billions of pounds in …

Royal Bank of Scotland Reaches Milestone in Recovery Plan

Royal Bank of Scotland is set to withdraw this week from an insurance scheme set up by Britain during the banking crisis to cover its riskiest loans, having paid the minimum required in premiums, sources familiar with the situation said …

RBS Deal with Spain’s Santander Collapses; New Bidders Emerge

Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland are set to open lower on Monday following the shock decision by Spain’s Santander to pull out of a deal to buy 316 branches from the part-nationalised British bank. The collapse of the deal, …

RBS Insurance Unit Plans Job Cuts

The insurance division of Royal Bank of Scotland says it plans to cut nearly 900 jobs as it prepares for a stock market flotation. The European Commission has set a deadline of 2014 for RBS to dispose of Direct Line …

RBS Confirms Firing Employees over Libor Rigging Scandal

The Royal Bank of Scotland, which is majority owned (82 percent) by the UK government, confirmed on Friday it has dismissed a number of employees for misconduct as a result of its investigations into the Libor interest rate rigging scandal …

UK Auto Insurer Direct Line in Play as Private Equity Groups Circle

Direct Line, the UK’s largest motor [auto] insurer run by government-owned Royal Bank of Scotland, is a takeover target for private equity groups looking to pre-empt what would be one of the biggest initial public offerings in London this year. …

RBS Recovery Undermined by Irish Losses

Royal Bank of Scotland’s high bad debt charges in Ireland and a drop in investment banking income overshadowed the bank’s return to profit in the final months of 2010. Stephen Hester, chief executive of the partly nationalised bank, said on …