Talk:Royal Bank of Scotland

Missing information on nationalisation, financial crisis
There is only *one* sentence in this article, which doesn't even have a source, on the bank's involvement in the 2007-08 financial crisis, collapse and nationalisation. Seems like a huge oversight! There is only slightly more information on the Natwest Group page. 164.97.245.84 (talk) 23:42, 28 March 2023 (UTC)


 * Apparently, Blue Monday, in which RBS announced the biggest corporate losses in British history is not really worth too much figurative ink. 51.171.43.97 (talk) 21:11, 16 July 2023 (UTC)

Infobox 'Native Name'?
How is the 'native name' of RBS its Gaelic translation, when this was coined much, much later than its 1727 charter as "Royal Bank of Scotland"? Stevouk (talk) 17:18, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Government ownership
The paragraph titled Controversies contains "82 percent of Royal Bank of Scotland's shares are now owned by the UK government" and "The Stock has not recovered from the financial shock of early 2009 and is currently at 316 pence (30 October 2015.)". [My italics]

I believe the 82% was down to 39% [] earlier this year, but it may not remain that for long, so the sentence shouldn't say now. But does that date apply to that part of the paragraph or just the sentence it's part of?

Why say currently? Why not say "and was 316 pence on 30th Oct..."? I'm happy to make this change in a few days if no one replies to this, and change the 82% wording, in a similar way. Nick Barnett (talk) 21:17, 12 September 2023 (UTC)

Royal bank established
Royal bank 2400:1A00:BD11:9FEB:A1B2:9A11:2E2A:B40C (talk) 14:32, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Number of branches
It is not that easy to find out the exact number of branches of ANY bank in the UK. This information is usually, as far as I can see, well hidden in the small print of annual reports or in general figures, containing the overall number of branches of all banks and financial institutions thrown together into one figure. Anyway, the information in this article needs an urgent update. There are no longer any RBS branches in England and Wales - they‘ve either been closed or been rebranded as Natwest. RBS lists on its website three English branches, to be sure. However - one of these is Holt’s Military Banking in Farnborough, which will close later this year, the second is Drummond’s in London, only the third one may count: It’s Berwick-upon-Tweed. The latest figure for Scotland as of today is 86. At the end of 2024, it will be 69. Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp3gvmvn2yyo 79.202.178.60 (talk) 12:41, 20 April 2024 (UTC)