Royal Bank of Scotland

RBS offers new first-time buyer deals

Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday

Royal Bank of Scotland's intermerdiary arm has launched two new first-time buyer products offering a maximum loan-to-value of 90 per cent

Turkey cuts key lending rate to 6.5%

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Turkey's central bank late Thursday cut its overnight lending rate by a quarter percentage point, to 6.5%, in line with economists' expectations. RBS emerging markets strategist Timothy Ash said the data flow preceeding the monetary policy meeting has continued to support the bank's "current easing bias, with limited evidence of a marked uptick in economic activity."...

3Delta Systems Certifies with RBS WorldPay

Payment News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

3Delta Systems has announced that it has been certified to directly process electronic payment transactions with RBS WorldPay. RBS WorldPay offers merchants an range of payment processing solutions – from face-to-face to online, servicing all sizes and sectors of business. “Merchants expect state-of-the-art technology, security, reliable connectivity and the lowest processing rates when...

Edinburgh's Financial Fringe Festival

Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

The Scottish financial hub is on the decline after the bailouts of Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS.

2-Star Stocks Poised to Plunge: Royal Bank of Scotland?

Fool.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Market-lagging returns could be written in these two stars.

Hackers Exploit Prepaid Payroll Cards

Bank Tech (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

Cyber criminals accused of breaking into RBS WorldPay's systems and exploiting payroll cards may indicate a new trend.

Britain Left Holding The Banks

Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

As Barclays and HSBC speed ahead, RBS and Lloyds' state owners could hold their stakes for as much as seven years.

Headline News - November 11, 2009

Payment News (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Security Fix - Washington Post: Eight indicted in $9M RBS WorldPay heist Note: Throughout the day, as Payments News happens, this post is updated. For job opportunities available for payments professionals, visit PaymentsJobs.com. Employers looking to hire payments professionals can post their job openings there as well.

Top Analyst Upgrades, Downgrades, Initiations (ADBE, BCS, STV, FPL, FLR, GME, PCLN, TOL, TSN, TROW)

24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

These are this Wednesday’s top 10 analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls: Adobe Systems NASDAQ: ADBE) Cut to Perform at Oppenheimer. Barclays plc (NYSE: BCS) Cut to Hold at RBS. China Digital TV (NYSE: STV) Cut to Neutral at Piper Jaffray. FPL Group (NYSE: FPL) Raised to Buy at Citi. Fluor (NYSE: FLR) Raised to [...]

HSBC fears Lloyds and RBS sales exclusion

Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

HSBC's chief executive on Tuesday expressed regret that the bank was likely to be frozen out of the bidding process for assets being sold by RBS and Lloyds Banking Group

• HSBC fears Lloyds and RBS sales exclusion - Arts Alerts

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ADBE, ANN, CCE, PIKE, RAX, RBS, WYNN ...

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: Janney Montgomery upgraded Adobe ( ADBE ) to buy from neutral on expectations for a strong CS5 product cycle in 2010. The firm raised its target on shares to $43 from $33. Kaufman Bros. upgraded Rackspace ( RAX ) to buy from hold to reflect the company's "strong" Q3 results and expectations...

London Markets: Traders split on U.K. banks after updates

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

HSBC climbs after reporting declining U.S. impairments and Royal Bank of Scotland rises on an upgrade; Barclays lags after an impressive run this year.

RBS upped to buy at Deutsche Bank

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Royal Bank of Scotland was upped to buy from hold at Deutsche Bank, with the bank's price target upped to 50 pence from 45 pence. "Though the burden of proof around earnings and capital remains with management, we believe the tide is shifting towards a more positive stance from RBS on this front, with better capital run-off and cost cutting targets possible with results...

Forecaster of the Month: Stubbornly optimistic Stanley wins 7th contest

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

There’s a lot of hard work left to bring the U.S. economy back, but Stephen Stanley, chief economist for RBS Capital and winner of the Forecaster of the Month award for a record seventh time, says but the 'general feel' of things is getting 'decisively better.'

Analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations: ANF, AZN, BX, GPS, PH, RAIL, VRSN ...

BloggingStocks (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Filed under: Analyst reports , Analyst upgrades and downgrades , Analyst initiations Analyst upgrades: Keefe Bruyette upgraded Blackstone Group ( BX ) to outperform from market perform following the company's Q3 results and maintains an $18.50 price target on shares. Baird upgraded Astec ( ASTE ) to outperform from neutral citing relative valuation and upside from new multi-year U.S. highway funding...