Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, announcing £40bn of tax rises, Central London Alliance comments
FRC calls on firms to account for Brexit impact in annual reports October 24, 2018 The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has told listed companies to lay out how leaving the EU could impact their business in their financial reports due shortly after Brexit. In an open letter to the UK’s finance directors and audit committee chairs, the FRC said they must clearly identify specific Brexit challenges such as changes in import [...]
Brexit boost: Natwest pledges an extra £2bn to help businesses through EU divorce October 23, 2018 Natwest has tripled its funding to prepare British business for Brexit. The bank has set aside an extra £2bn to support companies which rely on EU exports, labour or foreign exchange rates. Read more: Philips warns no-deal Brexit will hit British manufacturing The bank says it beleives nearly 2,000 of its customers could benefit from [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland introduces 1.5 per cent savings rate days after Goldman Sachs October 11, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) today announced a new savings rate of 1.5 per cent just weeks after Goldman Sachs entered the British market. The instant access savings account will pay the annual rate, which will put it near the top of the best-buy tables for some customers, up to the first £10,000, whereas Goldman's [...]
Pregnant woman shot with pellet gun by City cashpoint as muggers try new tactic to distract victims October 9, 2018 An expectant mother was shot with a pellet gun outside a City cashpoint on Monday in what police believe may be a new tactic from muggers trying to grab money from their victims. Five-month pregnant Nikki Morgan was outside Halifax on Fenchurch Street in broad daylight, trying to unlock her pin code when something hit [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland name ‘under review’ as bank rebuilds its reputation after financial crisis October 8, 2018 The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is reportedly considering changing its name to distance itself from the financial crisis 10 years ago. The RBS name is under review as part of a rebrand, chairman Sir Howard Davies said yesterday, as the bank claims to have fixed historical problems as it turns its attention to its [...]
HSBC and TSB outages: Customers locked out of online banking September 28, 2018 Both HSBC and TSB’s digital banking services were down this morning for many customers. HSBC's mobile app outage started at around 7.45am, but the company has confirmed it had fixed the problem for all customers by around midday. "An earlier issue where some customers were unable to log on to the HSBC mobile banking [...]
RBS’ new digital bank to be called Bo September 27, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland is understood to be exploring the launch of a digital-only standalone consumer bank, which will go live under the name Bo. Charging forward with RBS’ former operations chief Mark Bailie at the helm, roughly 100 staff are thought to have been briefed on the project’s name, sources told Sky News. [...]
RBS, Natwest and Ulster outages: Digital banking comes back online September 21, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Ulster Bank and Natwest's online banking services were down for around three hours this morning, leaving millions of users without digital access to their accounts. Natwest’s mobile app couldn't establish a connection, and referred users to an online status page, which failed to open, a problem shared by Ulster and [...]
RBS, Natwest and Ulster outages: Digital banking comes back online September 21, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Ulster Bank and Natwest's online banking services were down for around three hours this morning, leaving millions of users without digital access to their accounts. Natwest’s mobile app couldn't establish a connection, and referred users to an online status page, which failed to open, a problem shared by Ulster and [...]
Royal Bank of Scotland testing new Natwest digital business banking platform September 18, 2018 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has started testing a new business banking platform alongside a separate digital retail bank. The platform, which is being run under the Natwest brand, is in very early-stage tests with a small number of small businesses. The business bank tests are running alongside a separate retail banking offering in development, [...]