Latest Royal Bank of Scotland News: Finextra Research

RBS, Mastercard and EFM Asset Management invest in Pollinate

RBS has joined forces with Mastercard, Motive Partners and EFM Asset Management to invest in merchant acquiring startup Pollinate.

01 November 2019

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If you can’t beat them, join them: Fintech partnerships are here to stay

With commercial models, value chains and M&A activity emerging as a leading theme of Money 20/20’s upcoming conference in Las Vegas, we explore how financial institutions are leveraging the opportunity to collaborate with incumbents and disruptors across the space.

22 October 2019

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Where do incumbents look for game-changing innovation?

How can the established players in financial services deliver meaningful game-changing innovation? What are the challenges in building this from scratch and does the key lie in partnerships with fintechs and start-ups?

14 October 2019

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NatWest's Bó selects Loot founder and his team

Bó, the digital bank developed by RBS-owned NatWest, has recruited the founder of Loot, an online banking service aimed at millennials that went into administration last month.

18 June 2019

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Loot calls in administrators - TechCrunch

Student-focused UK digital banking startup Loot has gone in to administration after a sale to the Royal Bank of Scotland fell through, according to TechCrunch.

22 May 2019

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New RBS digital bank invests in Loot

The Royal Bank of Scotland's new digital bank Bó has paid £5 million for a 25% stake in student-focused fintech startup Loot.

07 January 2019

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Eight banks make top rankings for European startup partnerships

Eight European banks have been lauded as among the top 36 corporates across the continent for their engagement with the startup ecosystem.

23 November 2018

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UK banks publish fintech collaboration toolkit

A collective of top UK banks and and financial technology firms have helped to craft a set of guidelines designed to improve engagement between fintech startups and financial institutions.

07 November 2018

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Big banks join £10 million Vizolution funding round

HSBC, Santander Consumer Finance and RBS have joined a £10 million funding round in Vizolution, a UK-based software-as-a-service company that helps institutions replace face-to-face interactions with remote channels.

01 November 2018

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Outage fever strikes UK banks

A spate of online banking glitches has hit the UK's leading high street banks, leading inevitably to discussions of resilience and operational risk in the industry.

21 September 2018

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Starling chief slams Treasury over RBS fund allocation

Anne Boden, chief executive of Starling Bank, has hit out at the Treasury over its decision to allow some of the UK's largest banks to bid for millions of pounds of funding from a Royal Bank of Scotland bailout fund intended to boost competition in the SME business banking market.

12 April 2018

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RBS hatches plan to create digital challenger bank

Royal Bank of Scotland is secretly working on plans to create its own digital challenger bank to face off the threats from startups like Monzo and Starling, according to Sky News.

19 March 2018

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