Tag: Royal Bank of Scotland

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2015 - 08:52 UTC

  RBS and Standard Chartered, weakest in Bank of England stress test

  

  Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered were the weakest of Britain's seven largest lenders in a Bank of England stress test. For the second year, the central bank has subjected the UK's biggest lenders to tests to measure whether they would survive a financial shock.

• Saturday, June 7th 2014 - 04:37 UTC

  IMF warns UK about a possible 'housing bubble' and low productivity

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned the government that accelerating house prices and low productivity pose the greatest threat to the UK's economic recovery. Rising property values could leave households more vulnerable to income and interest rate shocks.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2012 - 04:43 UTC

  Santander desists from purchase of 316 branches from Royal Bank of Scotland

  

  Royal Bank of Scotland's proposed sale of 316 branches and other interests to Santander has collapsed. The Spanish bank pulled the plug on the sale, saying that the already-delayed deal could not be completed by the revised deadline.

• Monday, August 22nd 2011 - 20:48 UTC

  Argentina’s Falklands claim will not significantly impact oil commerciality, says UK leading bank

  

  The commerciality of the Falkland Islands Rockhopper Exploration’s Sea Lion oilfield development shouldn’t be significantly impacted by logistical problems arising from Argentina’s claim over the sovereignty of the Islands, according to analysts at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

• Sunday, March 27th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Massive march in London to protest planned measures to cut budget deficit

  

  In possibly the biggest protests since those against the Iraq war in February 2003, organizers say up to 250,000 people took to the streets of London on Saturday to show their frustration with planned austerity measures designed to cut a record budget deficit.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 01:32 UTC

  Could the Greek Crisis Spell the End of the Euro as a Currency?

  

  If Greece was to default it would effectively spell the end of the Euro as a currency, according to Royal Bank of Scotland's (RBS) strategist and chief European economist Jacques Cailloux.