Financial

It is a long running complaint among Scots when travelling south of the Border. An innocent attempt to use a banknote issued by a Scottish bank is refused by a shopkeeper or taxi driver, leaving the customer angry or embarrassed.

In a sign of the changing times within banking, Royal Bank of Scotland had appointed a chief digital officer.

Plans by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to close dozens of branches in Scotland have been branded “economic vandalism” by Labour’s Richard Leonard.

Royal Bank of Scotland is facing fresh criticism over plans to axe more local services with cuts to mobile banking.

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David Durlacher knew, when he took biology at university, that while it would not form the foundation of his career, he wanted to study something he really enjoyed, “that intellectually I found curious, I found fulfilling”.

There’s always a good reason to buy chocolate. Confectioners have hijacked our celebratory moments throughout the year and seamlessly market their wares linked to the annual cycle of special days and ­holidays.

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan has announced staff will provide training on how to thwart scammers to a million people across the UK by 2020.

A Coutts banker has resigned after facing increased pressure over allegations of harassment against female colleagues.

Jim Galbraith is quick to bang the savings drum. But, a little over a year into the top job at Scotland’s largest financial mutual, the Scottish Friendly chief executive knows he has a tough sell on his hands. Squirrelling away a few quid every month or taking out an Isa is way down the pecking order for most people whose household budgets are being squeezed by flat-lining wages and soaring bills.

This time last week Scotland was firmly in the grip of the so-called Beast from the East, with warmer than usual air at the North Pole bringing what many believe to be our heaviest snowfalls for 20 years.

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The Royal Bank of Scotland has been ranked as one of the worst UK financial institutions - by its own customers.

Nearly all of the senior staff at Royal Bank of Scotland’s new turnaround unit for small businesses also worked in the controversial division accused of widespread mistreatment of small businesses, it has been revealed.

Royal Bank of Scotland is braced for potential renewed losses in 2018 due to an impending mammoth settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) despite the bank reporting its first annual pre-tax profit in a decade.

Standard Life Aberdeen has struck a £3.2 billion deal to offload its insurance arm as it takes further steps to overhaul the business following an £11bn mega-merger last year.

A Labour MP is calling for a review of the decision to change how free ATMs are funded, claiming it could create a “cash machine desert” in some areas.

Standard Life Aberdeen has seen its shares come under pressure after Lloyds Banking Group said it was ending a £100 billion asset management contract for its Scottish Widows business.