INTRODUTION – Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is one of the largest financial institutions in the world which is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group. RBS provides branch banking facilities throughout the British Isles, together with NatWest and Ulster Bank. Globally, RBS has a range of operations in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America. There are a number of RBS centres in sixteen North American states, thirteen European countries and eight major Asia Pacific cities. RBS has around 700 branches that are spread in many larger towns and cities throughout England, Wales and rest of the world but most of them are located in Scotland.
Society of the Subscribed Equivalent Debt is from where the bank traces its origin. It was set up by the investors in the failed Company of Scotland to protect the compensation they received as part of the arrangements of the 1707 Acts of Union. In 1724, the “Equivalent Society” became the “Equivalent Company” that wished to move into banking. In 1727, the “New Bank” was chartered as the RBS. Archibald Campbell and Lord Ilay were its first governor. In 1728, RBS was recognised as the first bank in the world to offer an overdraft facility.
The headquarters of RBS in located in Edinburg, Scotland. RBS is one of the world’s leading financial services companies. It provides a range of retail and corporate banking services, consumer finance services, wealth management services and financial markets services. As of 2011, RBS serves more than 36 million
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