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Big Blue is trying to combine the products of several security-tech companies it has bought in recent years into a fraud detection system that compliance-minded banks want to buy. The challenges facing the vendor and its clients overlap considerably.
March 20 -
Royal Bank of Scotland CFO Bruce Van Saun will replace Ellen Alemany as CEO of its U.S. business. He is preparing Citizens Financial for a partial IPO by 2015, though he said in an interview that he is open to "attractive" takeover offers.
May 9 -
Royal Bank of Scotland's mission to sell its U.S. banking arm Citizens Financial Group to outside investors just got a major boost.
May 27 -
Bank divisions of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group suffered from a mobile banking app glitch for a few hours late last week. The outage affected mobile banking customers at RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank.
April 1
Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest have announced plans to invest more than £1 billion (about $1.7 billion U.S. dollars) in small business and personal banking technology in the next three years.
The focus will be on digital banking services to make banking easier and
System improvements will include mobile access to bank payments and tracking of reward balances; integration of personal and small business banking into one mobile app; and online banking enhancements that will let customers customize their individual banking data.
The bank is investing in processes that help simplify banking and branches, so it is easier for customers to have good conversations with staff when they need help, says Les Matheson, chief executive officer of personal and business banking.
More than 400 branches in the U.K. will upgrade their technology to include iPads, the ability to register for and access online banking, and free Wi?Fi access. In addition, RBS plans to open nearly 100 new ATM locations in high-traffic areas across the U.K., such as railway stations, and will deploy nearly 600 new cash and deposit machines in branches.
