Financial Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
The property fund manager, agrees to buy a portfolio of UK industrial properties from Royal Bank of Scotland, in one of the first deals to take distressed assets from a UK lender
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) has had Cadbury as a corporate client for decades. The financial firm agreed to help fund Kraft’s (NYSE:KFT) potential buy-out of Cadbury. RBS’s ownership is currently controlled by the UK government. A number politicians have raised the issue of why a bank which the British taxpayers own in large part [...]
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
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
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."...
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...
Forbes (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Scottish financial hub is on the decline after the bailouts of Royal Bank of Scotland and HBOS.
Fool.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Market-lagging returns could be written in these two stars.
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.
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.
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.
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 [...]
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
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...
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.
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...
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