NatWest Group

British banks to join European rivals in hiking profit targets: sources

2026-01-26T05:49:36.000Z
NatWest chief executive Paul Thwaite says the lender is aiming to become a simpler and more efficient bank.

British bank NatWest to close Polish business, cutting 1,600 staff

2024-06-19T15:30:00.000Z
NatWest wants investors to back a resolution that would enable it to acquire up to 15 per cent of its total stock from the government in a 12-month period, up from a previous ceiling of 5 per cent a year.

Norway wealth fund backs NatWest plan to buy more state-owned stock

2024-04-18T08:14:03.000Z
Pre-tax profit for the fourth quarter was £1.26 billion, a 12 per cent drop from the same period a year earlier.

NatWest sees revenue dropping with rate cuts on horizon

2024-02-16T10:32:08.000Z
NatWest chief financial officer Katie Murray says the UK’s blueprint for rolling out stricter international capital standards, dubbed the ‘Basel Endgame’ were too harsh.

UK banks press BOE to soften stricter capital rules

2023-09-19T13:14:28.000Z
Out of 225 asset managers surveyed by NatWest, about 26 per cent say that use-of-proceeds bonds, which include green, social and sustainability bonds, are their go-to financing instruments.

Fund managers prefer using ESG bonds to reach net-zero: survey

2023-07-23T21:00:00.000Z
The government said it would only consider sales of bigger chunks to private investors, or directly to NatWest, when they “achieve value for money for taxpayers”.

UK extends trading plan to sell NatWest stake by two years

2023-04-03T09:07:22.000Z
Shares of Commerzbank have tumbled by more than 6 per cent following the Frankfurt stock market's opening on Friday (Mar 10).

European bank shares sink on concerns over US sector

2023-03-10T09:22:36.000Z
 The NatWest Group says this is the first social bond from a European financial institution where the proceeds are dedicated to funding loans to women-led enterprises.

NatWest adds new label in ESG debt with ‘women-led’ bond

2023-03-07T15:55:00.000Z
Barclays says that persistent inflationary pressures and economic resilience could lead the Fed to hike rates by 50 basis points next month.

Barclays, NatWest expect Fed to raise rate hike pace in March

2023-02-27T13:50:14.000Z