RBS

State-backed lender Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reported a £3.5bn loss for 2014.

Small firms rejected for a loan by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will be offered alternatives by a pair of peer-to-peer (P2P) lenders, as part of a tie-up to improve access to corporate lending.

The Co-operative Bank has failed a "stress test" carried out by the Bank of England designed to see if the banking sector could withstand another financial crisis.

A businessman who wrote a government report that criticised RBS has been told he can no longer remain a customer of the bank, according to the BBC's Panorama programme.

Regulators have fined the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), NatWest and Ulster Bank £56m for IT failures which meant customers could not access banking services.

RBS has reserved £400m for a currency probe as it reported a third successive quarterly profit thanks to reduced costs and strengthening economic conditions.

Shares in the largest Scottish companies - in particular the banks - helped power the FTSE 100 higher this morning after the results of the Scottish referendum revealed the country had voted to remain part of the UK.

Royal Bank of Scotland could be forced to plug a £5.6bn deficit in its pensions scheme if Scotland votes Yes on Thursday.

Hundreds of business owners affected by Royal Bank of Scotland's "turnaround" division for struggling companies are planning to sue the bank through a group legal action.

Aegon would establish a new registered life company in England should Scots vote for independence on 18 September.