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RBS and Lloyds scrape through BoE stress tests as Co-op fails
December 16th, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Lloyds Banking Group scraped through the Bank of England’s stress tests with only Co-op of the eight institutions under scrutiny failing to meet the capital requirements. Although RBS and Lloyds were deemed ‘susceptible ...
FCA fines RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank Ltd £42 million for IT failures
November 20th, 2014
The FCA has taken this action against the Banks for failing to put in place resilient IT systems which could withstand, or minimise the risk of, IT failures. The actual cause of the IT incident was a software compatibility ...
Government to announce curbs on gold import very soon: Sources
November 18th, 2014
In the wake of surge in gold imports, the government would soon impose some curbs on the inward shipment of the metal to prevent current account deficit (CAD) from going out of hand. “Things are being worked out by the Finance Ministry and ...
RBS embraces crypto-currencies in hackathon challenge
November 17th, 2014
A team from RBS took top honors at the Deloitte Digital #GoneHacking capital markets hackathon on Friday with a trading platform that utilised the Ripple protocol to handle integration with crypto-currencies. RBS built on top of its existing FXMicropay ...
EY ends Deloitte’s 14-year audit role at RBS
November 4th, 2014
EY has emerged victorious in the battle to secure the lucrative RBS audit account. The bank announced that EY had wrested the account from incumbent Deloitte, which has been the institution’s auditor since 2000. Last year RBS paid Deloitte ...
RBS Leans Towards Naming EY As New Auditor
October 31st, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is leaning towards appointing the smallest of the big four accountancy firms as its new auditor, a move that would spell the end of its relationship with Fred Goodwin’s erstwhile employer. RBS is closing ...
RBS Returns to Profit, Sets Aside $639 Million for FX Probe
October 31st, 2014
Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc (RBS), Britain’s largest taxpayer-owned lender, had third-quarter profit that beat analyst estimates even as it set aside 400 million pounds ($639 million) for a currency rigging probe. The bank posted net income of ...
Risk of mega-fines holds back RBS privatisation
October 22nd, 2014
Bailed-outbank RBS is almost ready to be privatised, but the risk of major fines is stopping a large scale share sale, UK Financial Investments’ (UKFI) bosses told MPs yesterday. The government still owns 80 per cent of the bank ...
Clyde & Co drafted in by RBS shareholders for potential class action
September 16th, 2014
Clyde & Co partner Julian Connerty is advising a group of shareholders planning to sue the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for allegedly forcing small companies out of business through its global restructuring group (GRG). The action group is ...
RBS confirms plan to move to England in case of Scottish Yes
September 11th, 2014
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has confirmed that it will re-domicile to England if the Scots vote to abandon the United Kingdom on 18 September. In a statement issued this morning RBS said: RBS has undertaken contingency planning ...
