October 5, 2023
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 …
May 13, 2020
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 …
June 27, 2018
(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 …
May 13, 2018
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 …
March 20, 2017
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, …
September 5, 2014
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 …
March 11, 2013
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 …
February 7, 2013
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 …