The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (LSE: RBS) is a British banking and insurance holding company in which HM Treasury holds a 70.33% controlling share, through UK Financial Investments Limited. The group is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the world's largest company by assets.
The group controls the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, founded in 1727 by a Royal Charter of King George I, the National Westminster Bank, which can trace its lineage back t...
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The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (LSE: RBS) is a British banking and insurance holding company in which HM Treasury holds a 70.33% controlling share, through UK Financial Investments Limited. The group is based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is the world's largest company by assets.
The group controls the Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, founded in 1727 by a Royal Charter of King George I, the National Westminster Bank, which can trace its lineage back to 1650, and Ulster Bank in Ireland.
RBS Group is the largest banking group in Scotland, and at its earlier peak was the second largest in the UK and Europe (fifth in stock market value), and the fifth largest in the world by market capitalisation. According to Forbes Global 2000, it was the tenth largest company in the world. Its shares have a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange. The registered head office of the group and the UK clearing bank are located at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh. In 2005, Queen Elizabeth II opened the bank's...
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