Royal Bank off Scotland

The Royal Bank off Scotland (RBS) is one of oldest British banks the, it was founded with Edinburgh in 1727 by a royal charter. Today it is more the large bank in Scotland, the second of the the United Kingdom and Europe, as well as the fifth in the world in term of market cap. It should not be confused with the Banque of Scotland.

The head office of the bank is located at St Andrew' S Square, in Edinburgh. The bank has agencies and offices in Europe, America and Asia. The group is with dimensions on the index FTSE of the purse of London. In 2005 its chairman is Fred A. Goodwin.

History

1727 : Creation in Edinburgh by royal charter

1783 : First branch with Glasgow

1874 : First branch with London

1920: Acquisition various small English banks to train Williams Deacons Bank then Williams and Glyn' S Bank after the resumption of Glyn Millets & Co

1972 : Fusion with the Commercial National Bank off Scotland

1980 : Failure of hostile tender offer on HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation

1985 : Creation of the branch Direct insurance Line

1985 : Williams and Glyn' S Bank takes off the name of Royal Bank Scotland

1988 : Acquisition of Citizens Financial Group off Rhode Iceland

1997 : Development of online banking (Internet)

2000 : Acquisition of National Westminster Bank after a stock exchange battle with Bank off Scotland

Financial data

Source: “OpesC”

See too

Classification of the companies leader of the bank

Zh-yue: 蘇格蘭皇家銀行

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