Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) News

RBS Loses UK Appeal Over ‘Unfair’ Commissions on Payment Protection Insurance

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) on Wednesday lost an appeal over unfair commissions that were charged to customers who were sold payment protection insurance (PPI), potentially increasing lenders’ exposure to litigation over the long-running scandal. The United Kingdom’s Supreme Court …

RBS Risk Manager Gets Day in U.S. Court Seeking Whistleblower Payout

The U.S. Second Circuit Appeals Court on Tuesday considered arguments by an ex-Royal Bank of Scotland employee who is suing the U.S. Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission for a bounty he says he is owed under a whistleblower …

Supreme Court Rejects Banks’ Appeal Over Mortgage Securities Marketing

(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear an appeal brought by Nomura Holdings Inc. and the Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC seeking to overturn an order requiring them to pay $839 million for making false …

RBS Settlement with U.S. Over 2008 Crisis Less Than Feared

Royal Bank of Scotland’s shares rose as much as 6 percent last Thursday after the bank reached a $4.9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities, opening the way for its privatization and return of cash to taxpayers who bailed it out …

Last Shareholder Group in Settlement Talks with RBS; Litigation Insurance an Issue

Lawyers representing tens of thousands of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders have held tentative talks to settle a 1.2 billion pound ($1.5 billion) damages claim over the lender’s 2008 rights issue that was launched shortly before a state bailout, …

Edinburgh Defying Finance Doomsayers over Scottish Independence

For the banks, insurers and fund managers that thrived and survived in Edinburgh through war and recession for two centuries, a whole new challenge is looming. Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and Standard Life Plc might find themselves based …

Britain’s Barclays, RBS Hit Over High Compensation Scheme

Britain’s Barclays and RBS paid more than 500 staff over 1 million pounds ($1.5 million) in 2012, a year when both were embroiled in rate rigging and mis-selling scandals. Both Barclays and RBS are paying out billions of pounds in …

RBS Fined $612 Million for Libor Rate Rigging

Royal Bank of Scotland will pay $612 million to U.S. and British authorities to settle allegations it manipulated benchmark interest rates, and regulators warned there is more to come in the global investigation. RBS became the third bank to pay …