The Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
Type	Public
Founded	1727
Location	Edinburgh, Scotland
Key people	Sir Fred A. Goodwin, CEO Sir George R. Mathewson, Chairman
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Financial Services
Revenue	{{{revenue}}}
Website	www.rbs.co.uk

The Royal Bank of Scotland (LSE: RBS  (http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/prices/Trigger/genericsearch.htm?bsg=true&ns=RBS))is one of Scotland's four national clearing banks and one of the oldest in the UK, founded in Edinburgh in 1727 by Royal Charter. Royal Bank of Scotland logo File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Literally a public company is a company owned by the public. ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Foundation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Fred Goodwin (born 1959 and known by City financiers as Fred the Shred) is the current chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland group. ... Finance and Insurance is an industry group that mainly handles the transfer of paper and money, financial assets. These include: Accounting, Asset Management, Electronic Communications Networks, Financial Services Regulatory Agencies, Investment Banking Investment Firms, Investment Funds, Lending, Outsourced Financial Products & Services Marketing, Securities Brokers & Traders, Stock Exchanges, Trade Facilitation, and... Financial services is a term used to refer to the services provided by the finance industry. ... In business, revenue is the amount of money that a company actually receives from its activities, mostly from sales of products and/or services to customers. ... The front page of the English Wikipedia website. ... The Source by Greyworld, in the new LSE building The London Stock Exchange (abbreviated LSE) is a stock exchange market located in London. ... Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country in northwest Europe, occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain. ... Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Events June 11 - George, Prince of Wales becomes King George II of Great Britain. ... In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ...

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History of the Royal Bank of Scotland

• 1727- founded in Edinburgh by Royal Charter;
• 1783- first branch in Glasgow opens;
• 1874- first London branch opens;
• 1920- acquisition of various small English banks to form Williams Deacons Bank,later combined with Glyn Mills & Co. to form Williams and Glyn's Bank
• 1972- merger with National Commercial Bank of Scotland
• 1980- abortive hostile takeover bid by Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation fails
• 1985- established the Direct Line insurance brand
• 1985- Williams and Glyn's bank name merged with the Royal Bank of Scotland
• 1988- acquisition of Citizens Financial Group of Rhode Island.
• 1997- develops internet banking
• 2000- acquisition of the National Westminster Bank after hostile takeover battle with the Bank of Scotland.

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Constituents of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group

• Royal Bank of Scotland- Scottish clearing bank, head office in Edinburgh
• NatWest - UK clearing bank, head office in London
• Adam and Company - UK private bank
• Citizens Financial Group - U.S. bank group based in New England
• Direct Line - telephone financial services company
• Ulster Bank - Belfast-based bank with branches throughout Ireland
• Coutts and Company- UK private bank based in London
• WorldPay - specialised in Internet Business

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Other facts

£100 banknotes of the Royal Bank of Scotland

• The Royal Bank of Scotland still prints its own banknotes for Scotland
• It was the first bank in the world to offer an overdraft facility
• In June 1997, The Royal Bank of Scotland became the first high street bank in the UK to introduce an Internet banking service.
• The bank's annual gross profits exceeds the annual budget of the Scottish Government

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See also

• Banks of the United Kingdom
• British banknotes
• List of banks

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External links

• The Royal Bank of Scotland Group official site (http://www.rbs.com)

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