Royal Bank of Canada Banque Royale du Canada
Type	Public (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY)
Founded	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada , 1864
Headquarters	Toronto, Canada and Montreal, Canada
Key people	Gordon Nixon - President & CEO
Industry	Financial services
Products	Financial services
Revenue	20.6 billion (2006)
Employees	60,858 (full time equivalent)
Website	http://www.rbc.com/

The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY, NYSE: RY) is Canada's largest company.^[1] It has over 1,400 branches across Canada, over 70,000 full-and part-time employees worldwide, and offices in over 34 countries. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “TSX” redirects here. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Motto: {{Unhide = {{{}}}}} E Mari Merces (Wealth from the Sea) Logo: Location City Information Established: April 1, 1996 Area: urban area 79. ... 1864 (MDCCCLXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Gordon M. Gord Nixon (born 1957) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada. ... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... For the tax agency in the United Kingdom of the same name, see HM Revenue and Customs. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... “TSX” redirects here. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ...

Its master brand is now RBC and that name is used on all its business units, which are collectively known as RBC Financial Group. In Canada, the bank is branded as RBC Royal Bank, a combination of its new master brand and its traditional Canadian brand. Examples include RBC Capital Markets, full service investment brokerage firm RBC Dominion Securities, and online investment site RBC Direct Investing. RBC also has a large retail banking presence in the southeastern United States, marketing itself there as RBC Centura. The Royal Bank of Canada TSX: RY NYSE: RY is Canadas largest chartered bank. ... The Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY) (NYSE: RY) is Canadas largest chartered bank. ...

RBC is incorporated in Montreal in its formal headquarters at Place Ville Marie, but now, all the decisions are made out of Toronto at the Royal Bank Plaza. RBC ranks number 83 on the Forbes Global 2000 list (2006 edition). Its market cap fluctuates at around CAD$ 63.7 billion as of October 31, 2006. Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Place Ville-Marie Place Ville-Marie or 1, Place Ville-Marie is a cruciform office tower built in the International style in 1962 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | Skyscrapers | Toronto buildings | Canadian skyscrapers ... The Forbes Global 2000 is an annual ranking of the top 2000 corporations in the world by Forbes magazine. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Loonie. ...

Timeline

• 1864 - Merchants Bank founded in Halifax
• 1869 - Changed named to Merchants' Bank of Halifax
• 1869 - Federal charter received
• 1870 - 1880s - Expansion in Maritime Provinces
• 1901 - Name changed to Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)
• 1907 - Head Office moved from Halifax to Montreal
• 1910 - Merged with Union Bank of Halifax
• 1912 - Merged with Traders Bank of Canada
• 1917 - Merged with Quebec Bank
• 1918 - Merged with Northern Crown Bank
• 1925 - Merged with Union Bank of Canada
• 1993 - Merged with Royal Trust
• 2000 - Merged merchant credit/debit card acquiring business with BMO Bank of Montreal's to form Moneris Solutions
• 2006 - Created Institutional Investment Joint Venture with Dexia. It is a 50/50 Partnership called RBC Dexia Investor Services. [1]

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International timeline

RBC has carved out a name for itself as a leader in the Caribbean region. RBC Royal Bank maintains a profitable base from its Caribbean operations, and has retained high brand recognition among its other top competitors. RBC is especially known in the anglophone Caribbean for its various personal and business banking services in retailing, loans, and credit offerings. “West Indian” redirects here. ...

• 1882 - Bermuda office opens
• 1899 - RBC opens an agency in New York and a branch in Havana.
• 1903 - Buys Banco de Oriente de Santiago de Cuba. By the mid-1920s, RBC has 65 branches in Cuba and is the largest bank in the country.
• 1904 - Buys Banco del Commercio de Havana.
• 1907 - Opens a branch in San Juan, Puerto Rico; branches in Mayagüez and Ponce follow.
• 1909 - RBC established a branch in Nassau, Bahamas.
• 1910 - Opens a branch in London and acquires a branch in Trinidad as a result of its acquisition of Union Bank of Halifax.
• 1911 - Opens branches in Jamaica and Barbados.
• 1912 - Opens a branch in British Honduras and another in the Dominican Republic; three more follow
• 1913 - Opens a branch in Grenada
• 1914 - Opens a branch in British Guiana. Buys out Bank of British Guiana and Bank of Honduras.
• 1915 - Opens branches in Costa Rica, Antigua, Dominica, and St. Kitts
• 1916 - Opens a branch in Venezuela
• 1917 - Opens branches in Nevis, Montserrat, and Tobago
• 1918 - Opens a branch in Barcelona, and another in Vladivostok that lasts less than a year.
• 1919 - Opens branches in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paris, Martinique, Guadaloupe, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• 1920 - Opens a branch in Colombia and St. Lucia
• 1925 - Opens a branch in Peru, and acquires the American-owned, and failed, Bank of Central and South America. The purchase of BCSA brings with it subsidiaries, and their branches, in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Venezuela
• 1940 - Branches in Martinique and Guadaloupe close
• 1960 - The Castro regime acquires the RBC's operations in Cuba
• 1970s - As a result of Law 75, RBC's operations in Colombia become Banco Royal Colombiano.
• 1980 - Purchases Banco de San Juan in Puerto Rico, adding its 14 branches to the six that RBC already has in Puerto Rico.
• 1985 - RBC starts to withdraw from much of the Caribbean. It sells its 12 branches in the Dominican Republic to Banco de Comercio Dominicano. It also sells its stake in Royal Bank (Jamaica) to Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance. Furthermore, the Government of Guyana nationalizes its operations there and renames the bank Republic Bank. Additionally the RBC operations in Trinidad and Tobago are floated there and become known as the Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, Ltd.
• 1986 - RBC sells its two branches in Haiti to Societe Generale Haitienne de Banque, a local bank.
• 1993 - RBC sells Royal Bank of Puerto Rico to Spain's Banco Bilbao-Vizcaya.
• 1995 - RBC sold Royal Trust Bank (Austria) to Anglo Irish Bank, which renamed it Anglo Irish Bank (Austria).
• 2001 - RBC acquires Centura bank based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
• 2006 - RBC upgraded its representative Office in Beijing, China to a branch.

RBC now has a large retail banking presence in the southeastern United States, marketing itself there as RBC Centura. RBC Centura has unveiled plans for a move of its headquarters to Raleigh. The bank has recently merged with Flag Bank, increasing its presence in Georgia. RBC continues to grow in the Southeast after acquiring 39 branches of AmSouth Bank in Alabama on March 09, 2007 (previously RBC Centura had no locations in this state)^[2]. Year 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... NY redirects here. ... 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RBC Centura's southeastern footprint has been subject to widespread fraud in Q1 and Q2 of 2007. This fraud has lead to an excess of 50 employees being terminated (including managers and lenders at the branch level) and financial losses in the millions. While details of the fraudulent activity have not been released it is known that much of it has stemmed from their liberal underwriting guidelines and lack of due diligence on their unsecured $50,000 business line of credit product. Possibly related to these events, David Abee the RBC Centura Bank regional president of Personal and Business Banking in Georgia resigned shortly after these fraudulent incidents were uncovered.

RBC Centura had similar fraud problems in 1994 related to mortgages that were made to fictitious people and/or inflated appraisals. The estimated loss was $29,000,000.^[3] The Carolina Hurricanes and NC State Wolfpack play in the RBC Center in Raleigh. The Carolina Hurricanes are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... North Carolina State University Seal North Carolina State University is an institution of higher learning located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... The athletic teams of the North Carolina State University, known as the Wolfpack, compete in 24 intercollegiate varsity sports. ... The RBC Center (originally the Raleigh Entertainment and Sports Arena) is an indoor arena located in Raleigh, North Carolina. ...

Competition

Main competitors are Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas, Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, ING, JP Morgan, Dresdner Kleinwort, Natixis, Lehman Brothers, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia, and SunTrust among others. Major Canadian competitors in personal markets include TD Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, CIBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, and some credit unions. Citigroup Inc. ... The Credit Suisse Group (SWX:CSGN, NYSE: CS) is a financial services company, headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. ... Crédit Agricole is one of the largest banks in France and part of the CAC 40 stock index. ... BNP Paribas (Euronext: BNP, TYO: 8665 ) is one of the main banks in Europe and France. ... Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. ... Wells Fargo NYSE: WFC is a financial services company in the United States, with consumer finance subsidiaries doing business in Canada, the Northern Mariana Islands and the Caribbean. ... The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: [1]) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the UK. Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in... Deutsche Bank AG (ISIN: DE0005140008, NYSE: DB) (English: ) is a bank operating worldwide and employing more than 75,000 people (June, 2007). ... The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ... HSBC Holdings plc (LSE: HSBA, SEHK: 0005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879) is one of the largest banking groups in the world, ranked the fifth-largest company in the world in Forbes Global 2000. ... Ing can refer to one of the following: In Old English tradition and as supposed eponymous ancestor of the Ingaevones (as well as the rune ᛜ/ᛝ named after him) see Yngvi. ... John Pierpont Morgan John Pierpont Morgan I (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913) was an American financier and banker, who at the turn of the century (1901), was one of the wealthiest men in America. ... // Dresdner Kleinwort is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG, part of Allianz since July 2001. ... Natixis, is a french Bank which has been created in late 2006 by two French cooperative banking groups : Groupe Banque Populaire and Groupe Caisses dEpargne. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ... Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is an investment bank and retail broker provider headquartered in New York City. ... Merrill Lynch & Co. ... One Wachovia Tower in headquarters Charlotte, North Carolina Wachovia Corporation (NYSE: WB), based in Charlotte, North Carolina is one of the largest banking chains in the United States. ... SunTrust Banks, Inc. ... TD Canada Trust is the personal, small business and commercial banking operation of The Toronto-Dominion Bank. ... Bank of Montreal (TSX: BMO, NYSE: BMO) is Canadas fourth largest bank[1], and is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). ... CIBC (NYSE: BCM) is one of Canadas major banks. ... Founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1832, the Bank launched its branch banking system by opening in Windsor, Nova Scotia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Logo

Royal Bank of Canada's previous logo (the crown was removed)

The bank's symbol is a golden lion clutching a globe, on a blue background. An older version had a crown above the globe and had the lion facing to the left rather than the right. The change coincided with an expansion in United States markets. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Binomial name (Linnaeus, 1758) Distribution of Lions in Africa Synonyms Felis leo (Linnaeus, 1758) The lion (Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four big cats in the genus Panthera. ...

Corporate governance

Edson Loy Pease (1856-1930), a Quebec native, was a chief executive and managing director of the bank and one of the key people in its history. An employee of the Merchants' Bank of Halifax, he built that bank's Quebec business to where Montreal became its centre of operations. His efforts saw the Bank formally relocate its head office in 1907 to St. James Street in Montreal following which he induced the prominent Montreal business magnate Herbert S. Holt to accept an appointment as the bank's new President. While at the time Holt's presidency was largely a ceremonial position, his name substantially raised the bank's profile and broadened its business connections. Saint Jacques Street (or Saint James Street) (officially rue Saint-Jacques) is a major street in Montreal. ... Sir Herbert Samuel Holt (February 12, 1856 - September 29, 1941) was an Irish-born Canadian civil engineer who became a businessman, banker, and corporate director. ...

The title of Royal Bank's top executive has changed several times. Initially it was styled as President. Later, it became Chief Executive Officer and one often carried additional responsibilities as Chairman of the Board, while the second-in-command was the President. Allan R. Taylor was Chairman and CEO from 1986 to 1994, and he was succeeded by John Cleghorn in that capacity from 1994-2001. Gordon Nixon is currently the President and Chief Executive Officer, as the bank decided to appoint a non-executive chairman after Cleghorn's retirement.

President

• Thomas E. Kenny (1879-1908)
• Herbert Samuel Holt (1908-1934)
• Morris W. Wilson (1934-1946)
• Sydney Dobson (1946-1949)
• James Muir (1949-1960)
• W. Earle McLaughlin (1960-1979)
• Rowland C. Frazee (1977-1980)
• Jock K. Finlayson (1980-1983)
• Allan R. Taylor (1983-1986) - Chairman and CEO (1986-1994)
• John E. Cleghorn (1986-2001) - Chairman and CEO (1994-2001)
• Gordon Nixon (2001-present) - CEO

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• David O'Brien 2004-present

Current members of the board of directors are: Geoffrey Beattie, George Cohon, Douglas Elix, John Ferguson, Paule Gauthier, Jacques Lamarre, Brandt Louie, Gordon Nixon, David O'Brien, Robert Peterson, Pedro Reinhard, Timothy Hearn, Kathleen Taylor, Victor Young, Michael McCain, Alice Labeige. In relation to a company, a director is an officer (that is, someone who works for the company) charged with the conduct and management of its affairs. ... George A. Cohon, O.C., O.Ont. ... The Honourable Paule Gauthier, QC, is a Canadian lawyer, arbitrator and public servant. ... Jacques Lamarre is the CEO of SNC-Lavalin, which is run out of Montreal, Quebec. ... Gordon M. Gord Nixon (born 1957) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Royal Bank of Canada. ... David OBrien (b. ... J. Pedro Reinhard has been a director of The Coca-Cola Company since 2003. ... Dr. Kathleen Taylor is a research scientist in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics at the University of Oxford. ...

History of Head Offices

• 1976-Present: Royal Bank Plaza, at 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario.
• 1962-1976: Place Ville-Marie, at University Street & René-Levesque Blvd, Montreal, Québec.
• 1928-1962: "Old Royal Bank Building, Montreal", at 360 Saint Jacques Street, Montreal, Québec.
• 1907-1928: Four Pillars Building (now destroyed), at 147 Saint Jacques Street, Montreal, Québec.
• 1864-1907: Merchants' Bank of Halifax Building, on Bedford Row, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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Media attention

According to a global Newsweek ranking, which measures how effectively companies manage environmental risks and opportunities relative to their industry peers, Royal Bank of Canada is the most environmentally friendly company in the world.^[4] The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ...

On January 15, 2007, CBC Radio reported RBC is "refusing" people of certain nationalities to open U.S. dollar accounts with the bank.^[5] Canadian citizens with dual citizenship in Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea or Sudan (mostly countries with U.S. sanctions) are affected. The U.S. Treasury Department restricts certain foreign nationals from using the U.S. dollar payment system to limit terrorism and money laundering after the September 11, 2001 attacks. RBC replied that the compliance with such laws do not represent an endorsement by the bank and on January 17, clarified its position on the application of the U.S. laws, specifying that "with some exceptions" it does open accounts for dual citizens of the sanctioned countries.^[6] CBC Radio is the English language radio division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Multiple citizenship is simultaneous citizenship in two or more countries (whether it is recognized by all countries or not). ... The United States Department of the Treasury is a Cabinet department, a treasury, of the United States government established by an Act of U.S. Congress in 1789 to manage the revenue of the United States government. ... Terrorist redirects here. ... Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial transactions in order to conceal the identity, source and destination of the money in question. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...

Memberships

RBC is a member of the Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) and registered member with the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), a federal agency insuring deposits at all of Canada's chartered banks. It is also a member of: The Canadian Bankers Association is an organization representing Canadas chartered banks and provides services to improve the wellbeing of its membership (banking lobby, policy development, research and support) and to consumers of banking services. ... Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation or CDIC is a federal agency that provides insurance (up to a $60,000 CAD per personal and on Canadian accounts only) on financial services provided by chartered Canadian banks and financial institutions. ...

• Interac
• VISA International
• MasterCard in the Caribbean markets
• Plus Network
• NYCE point of sale Network
• CarIFS ATM Network

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References

• McDowall, Duncan. 1993. Quick to the Frontier: Canada's Royal Bank. Royal Bank of Canada.

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External links

• RBC Financial Group
• RBC Royal Bank
• RBC Centura
• RBC Dominion Securities
• RBC Royal Bank of Canada (Caribbean and Bahamas)
• RBC Global Private Banking
• RBC stock chart

Historical bank notes

• 1920 Trinidad and Tobago banknote (front) - Example of Royal Bank Caribbean banknotes
• 1920 Trinidad and Tobago banknote (back) - Example of Royal Bank Caribbean banknotes
• 1938 Saint Kitts banknote (front) - Example of Royal Bank of Canada banknotes
• 1938 Saint Kitts banknote (back) - Example of Royal Bank of Canada banknotes

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