The Royal Bank of Scotland is a major retail and commercial bank in Scotland. It is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of NatWest Group, together with NatWest and Ulster Bank. The Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland, though there are branches in many larger towns and cities throughout England and Wales. The bank is completely separate from the fellow Edinburgh-based bank, the Bank of Scotland, which pre-dates the Royal Bank by 32 years. The Royal Bank of Scotland was established to provide a bank with strong Hanoverian and Whig ties.
Dundas House in Edinburgh, built in 1774, acquired by the Royal Bank of Scotland in 1821 and still its registered office
The Royal Bank of Scotland competed with the Bank of Scotland (pictured) in its early history
3–5 Bishopsgate in London, branch building of the Royal Bank of Scotland from 1877 to 1984
Branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in Islington, London.
NatWest Group PLC is a British banking and insurance holding company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.
NatWest Group Registered Office in October 2007
The new headquarters nearing completion in 2005
NatWest Group offices in Brindleyplace, Birmingham