The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the UK. Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in many larger towns and cities throughout England and Wales.
The Royal Bank of Scotland, along with Clydesdale Bank and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes. The UK Government owns a controlling stake of 82% of the RBS's ordinary shares, however the bank itself remains nominally independent of Government.
Net loss: £2.0 billion (2011), £5.97 billion (2012), £8.99 billion (2013), £3.47 billion (2014), £1.98 billion (2015), £6.96 billion (2016), £752 million (2017), £2.17 billion (2018).
HQ: Edinburgh, UK
Founded: 1727
ID: 1072. Updated: 07.03.2019
- Press Releases
- 15.02.2019 Royal Bank of Scotland reports full-year 2018 net profit of £1.62 billion, compared to £752 million in 2017 (+116%). RBS will pay a final dividend of 3.5 pence per share and a special dividend of 7.5 pence per share.
- 04.08.2017 RBS reported a net attributable profit of GBP 939 million for the first half of 2017, compared with a net loss of GBP 2,045 million in the year-ago period.
- 04.11.2011 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group reports a third quarter operating profit of £267 million and a year-to-date operating profit of £2.138 billion, up 15%. Core Tier 1 ratio as of September 30, 2011 at 11.3%.
- 06.08.2010 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group reports a 2010 second quarter operating profit of GBP 869 million, up from GBP 713 million in the first quarter of 2010. Read more
- 07.05.2010 The Royal Bank of Scotland Group reports a first quarter operating profit of £713 million, compared with a loss of £1,353 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. Read more
- Head office: 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YB
- Phone: +44 (0)131 556 8555
- Fax: +44 (0)131 557 6565
- SWIFT: RBOSGB2L
- Key people: Howard Davies (Chairman), Ross McEwan (Group CEO)
- Company type: Public (LSE: RBS)
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