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NatWest mulls SME online lender project

NatWest is contemplating the launch of an online lender for small businesses, in concert with Warburg Pincus, according to Bloomberg.

17 May 2022

News/payments

NatWest bank brands fined for overcharging interchange fees

Four banks in the NatWest stable - National Westminster Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Coutts & Company - have been hit with a £1.82 million fine for overcharging interchange fees on credit cards.

16 May 2022

News/payments

NatWest customers charged twice for Visa debit transactions

Thousands of NatWest customers have been affected by a glitch that has seen them charged twice for Visa debit card transactions.

10 May 2022

Company announcement/payments

NatWest to roll out VRP in support of non-sweeping use cases

NatWest Group has signed agreements with three payment providers – TrueLayer, GoCardless and Crezco – to offer Variable Recurring Payments (VRP) as a new and convenient payment option for businesses and consumers.

04 May 2022

News/sustainable

NatWest partners Edinburgh University on climate education programme

NatWest is teaming up with Edinburgh University to build a climate education and training programme for more than 16,000 of the bank's employees.

14 April 2022

Company announcement/retail

Coutts and NatWest launch accelerator for gaming and social media entrepreneurs

Coutts and NatWest have launched a programme to help entrepreneurs in the Interactive Entertainment (IE) space build and develop their businesses.

06 April 2022

Company announcement/security

NatWest adopts Bottomline’s Confirmation of Payee platform

Bottomline (NASDAQ:EPAY), a leading provider of financial technology that makes business payments simple, smart and secure, today announced the NatWest Group has adopted Bottomline’s Confirmation of Payee (CoP) solution to service their Agency Institutions in the fight against authorised push payment fraud (APP) across the UK.

05 April 2022

News/startups

NatWest-backed app-only business bank Mettle records 500% customer growth

Mettle, the NatWest-backed digital account for UK small businesses, has recorded 500% customer growth since the start of 2021, reaching 50,000 customers nationwide.

28 March 2022

News/retail

NatWest and Meta launch support for female entrepreneurs

NatWest and Meta have joined forces to offer digital skills and financial readiness training to female entrepreneurs in the UK.

24 March 2022

News/payments

NatWest hops aboard BNPL bandwagon

NatWest is to enter the UK's crowded buy now, pay later space this summer, promising to put safeguards in place to ensure responsible lending.

22 March 2022

News/sustainable

NatWest to pilot carbon tracking app with SMEs

NatWest is to launch a carbon tracking app for SMEs after conducting research which revealed that nine out of ten firms are unaware of their business’s total carbon emissions.

21 March 2022

News/cloud

NatWest taps AWS for data-driven services

NatWest Group is working with Amazon Web Services to bring together data from across its business in order to better anticipate the needs of customers.

11 March 2022