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NatWest Group

  • Thursday, 20 June, 2024
    NatWest to buy most of Sainsbury’s Bank

    Deal by state-backed lender’s new chief is latest sign of supermarket sector’s retreat from financial services

    2 hours ago
    People walk past a Natwest Bank branch in central London
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    NatWest to close Polish operations

    Majority of staff in the country are employed in the UK bank’s financial crime unit

    The bank’s logo and name are seen on top of a roof
  • Tuesday, 11 June, 2024
    Ex-NatWest boss Rose joins UK buyout firm Charterhouse

    One of UK’s highest-profile female business leaders has started at private equity group as senior adviser

    Alison Rose
  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    LexUK banks
    Market embrace of banking stocks is helping the UK exit NatWest Premium content

    The next government will want to say goodbye to the last vestiges of state intervention made during the financial crisis

  • Friday, 31 May, 2024
    UK government cuts NatWest stake after suspending plans for retail share sale

    Disposal of £1.24bn of shares via a buyback reduces state’s holding to under 23%

    Two NatWest logos on a glass-fronted building
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    NatWest share sale thrown into doubt by July election

    British government had planned to launch mass campaign to retail investors as early as this summer

    A woman walks past NatWest cashpoints
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    London fights for its future
    State-backed Coutts plans shift away from UK equities

    Move by NatWest’s private bank comes as government tries to revive London market amid taste for US listings

    Coutts HQ window
  • Wednesday, 1 May, 2024
    UK banks
    Interest earned by big UK high street banks on BoE reserves surges to £9.2bn

    MP highlights scale of lenders’ ‘unanticipated income’ in 2023, but acknowledges some progress towards better savings rates for consumers

    Bank of England in the city of London
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    NatWest profits fall 27% as interest rate benefits fade

    UK bank’s shares up nearly a third this year as lender moves on from scandal over closure of Nigel Farage’s account

    A NatWest bank branch in London
  • Tuesday, 26 March, 2024
    NatWest slashes executive team as it prepares for mass share sale

    Move by new chief Paul Thwaite comes day after UK government announced reduced stake in bank

    Pedestrians pass a NatWest logo in London
  • Monday, 25 March, 2024
    UK government ceases to be NatWest’s controlling shareholder

    State’s stake in British high street bank bailed out in financial crisis has now fallen below 30%

    Pedestrians walk past a branch of NatWest bank in London, England
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    UK Budget 2024
    ‘British Isa’ aims to boost ailing equities

    Chancellor to allow £5,000 to be invested tax-free in London-listed companies as he flags summer NatWest retail share sale

    Pound notes and coins
  • Wednesday, 6 March, 2024
    Personal Finance
    What the Budget means for your money

    A cut in national insurance contributions, reform of the ‘non-dom’ tax status and a British Isa dominated the chancellor’s speech

  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    UK business
    More than 140,000 UK SMEs suffered ‘debanking’ last year

    Data to MPs from 8 lenders show concerns over financial crime and risk appetite among reasons for business account closures

    High street bank signs
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    Inside BusinessPatrick Jenkins
    Ten reasons why a mass-market sale of NatWest stock is now a bad idea

    Jeremy Hunt’s plan to sell down the UK government stake risks backfiring badly

    NatWest cash machines
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    Lex
    NatWest’s new chief can start boasting about his bank again Premium content

    Lender shows every sign of leaving its annus horribilis well behind

    NatWest logos outside its headquarters in London
  • Friday, 16 February, 2024
    NatWest results beat forecasts as new chief confirmed

    Paul Thwaite given top job on permanent basis while lender reports higher than expected profits and revenue

    Paul Thwaite with the NatWest logo
  • Wednesday, 14 February, 2024
    NatWest poised to confirm Paul Thwaite as chief executive

    Interim CEO who stepped in after Nigel Farage ‘debanking’ scandal set to secure permanent role

    Paul Thwaite
  • Friday, 9 February, 2024
    Lex PopuliIPOs
    Lex Populi — NatWest’s quest to shake off state ownership

    Bank lacks a permanent boss and its shares are down nearly 30 per cent in the past 12 months

  • Thursday, 8 February, 2024
    UK banks
    Coutts poaches UBS executive after Farage ‘debanking’ scandal

    NatWest hires Emma Crystal to lead its elite private bank

    Coutts Bank
  • Sunday, 28 January, 2024
    UK government could launch NatWest retail offer by mid-year

    Sale of part of state’s holding in high street bank to follow selection of permanent chief executive

    People walk past a NatWest branch in London
  • Friday, 15 December, 2023
    Coutts told to improve communications after Farage scandal

    Probe finds account closures in line with industry standards but better communications with customers needed

    Pedestrians walk past Coutts headquarters in London, England
  • Wednesday, 29 November, 2023
    John Lee
    Take NatWest shares into Britain’s classrooms

    A golden opportunity for the government to boost youngsters’ financial education

  • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
    Autumn Statement
    Hunt plans sale of NatWest stake to retail investors

    UK chancellor will consider option ‘subject to market conditions and achieving value for money’

    People walking outside a NatWest branch
  • Friday, 10 November, 2023
    Ex-NatWest chief Rose to forfeit £7.6mn payout after Farage scandal

    Former boss of government-backed lender will forego £4.7mn in unvested share awards and a bonus of up to £2.9mn

    Alison Rose
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