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RBS to set up $400m fund to support businesses affected by its restructuring unit
The FCA is expected to say that steps taken by RBS are enough to avoid enforcement action.
Clydesdale shares fall in Australia amid its proposal to buy RBS's Williams and Glyn operations
RBS is required to divest Williams & Glyn by end of 2017, under the terms of its £45bn bailout.
Lloyds Bank gives fraudsters the 'audio fingerprint' in bid to boost biometric security
The voice biometric technology analyses over 100 "unique features" in real-time.
Stuffing small businesses is latest banking malpractice fad as RBS and Wells Fargo show
Guilty parties and victims change, but unscrupulous practices in financial services lurk in the public consciousness.
RBS 'dash for cash' made billions while small businesses were destroyed
RBS is alleged to have manipulated small businesses into loan defaults in order to profit from their assets sale.
RBS unveils proposed structure to comply with ring-fencing requirements
The UK requires large banks to separate their consumer business from their investment banking activities.
Taxpayers to foot Royal Bank of Scotland's £103m legal bill
State-backed lender is being sued for £4bn by investors, who claim they were misled in 2008.
RBS to pay $1.1bn to settle legal claims for allegedly mis-selling mortgage securities in the US
RBS said this would not affect its core capital ratio as this was covered by existing provisions.
RBS set to charge companies that hold cash in their accounts
Bank set to become the first UK lender to charge negative interest rates onto corporate customers.
RBS CEO Ross McEwan wants to limit use of 'RBS brand' to Scotland and promote other national names
McEwan said the time is right to have 'local aspirations', rather than 'global aspirations'.
Consumer watchdog targets smartphone banking revolution to increase competition
Competition and Markets Authority says digital apps will break dominance of big four banks.
RBS posts £2bn loss due to legacy issues and litigation costs
FTSE 100 lender has shelved plans to make Williams & Glyn a standalone bank after lingering IT issues.
Royal Bank of Scotland, Monte dei Paschi and Allied Irish Banks emerge biggest losers in stress test
Others that performed poorly include Italy's UniCredit, the UK's Barclays and Germany's Deutsche Bank.
RBS and Natwest say they may charge businesses to hold cash
Move would represent first time negative interest rates are levied in UK.
Unarranged bank overdrafts cost more than payday loans, consumer group reveals
Charges for borrowing £100 through an unarranged overdraft for 28 days, were as high as £90.
RBS hedged against sterling following Brexit vote, Chairman says
Sir Howard Davies says UK banks cannot ignore the implications of the EU referendum.
Brexit: Moody's lowers outlook of UK banks and building societies
Credit ratings agency lowers outlook of Barclays, HSBC, Santander UK and TSB Bank, among other.
Barclays says financier Amanda Staveley's $1bn lawsuit is misconceived
Staveley's firm PCP is claiming damages from Barclays for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation.
RBS, KPMG and Cerberus Capital accused of fraud by former Torex Retail boss
Neil Mitchell is seeking at least £30m towards loss of earnings, damages, interests and other costs.
Royal Bank of Scotland to cut 450 more jobs in UK
Services and support jobs to be axed, and some positions will be shifted to India to reduce costs.
RBS and RocketSpace to open co-working space in London for high-growth tech startups
Uber, Blippar, SuperCell and Spotify are some of the members RocketSpace has had earlier.
RBS losses widen to £968m after one-off bailout repayment to UK Government
Taxpayer-owned lender posts £968m loss after making £1.19bn payment for bailout package.
Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds and RBS face £19.5bn in fines, compensation and legal expenses says S&P
The payment protection insurance scandal, which has totalled £34bn is expected to ease off.
RBS to axe 600 jobs in retail banking amid branch closures
Job losses and the closure of 32 NatWest branches ensue to cut costs after it posts £2bn annual loss.
RBS to shut banking operations in India over regulatory snags
Singapore's DBS and lender IDFC had earlier shown interest in buying RBS's India banking operations.
RBS to axe 448 investment banking staff in UK and move 300 jobs to India
The bank will move about 300 of these jobs to existing facilities in Gurgaon and Chennai in India.
Market round-up: FTSE drops ahead of George Osborne's Budget as RBS jumps
Businesses are holding their breath, anticipating possible tax increases introduced by the Chancellor.
RBS to axe 550 staff and replace them with 'robo-advisers'
The move is expected to help save costs for RBS, which posted its eight successive annual loss in February.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn blasts banks for treating British businesses like 'cash cows'
Corbyn issued the attack during his first speech to a business body since becoming Labour leader.
UK weighs in on Malaysia's 1MDB state fund as it launches own investigation
Royal Bank of Scotland drawn into the scandal-hit state fund's activities.