Top Facts
- One of the world’s largest financial institutions.
- We are number one in the UK in terms of relationships with large corporate and financial institutions. Also number one in Europe and number five in US and Asia Pacific, excluding Japan.
- We have the largest retail banking network in the UK – RBS and NatWest.
In ten years we have grown from being amongst the top 300 world banks, to being in the top twenty. - RBS is only one of six FTSE 100 companies (and the only bank) to have grown profits in each of the last ten years.
- In Ireland last year Ulster Bank launched a number of new products unique to the Irish market, including OneCard, the first all-in-one card in the Irish market allowing smaller companies to rationalise their payments process; and the first personalised credit card, allowing customers to brand their cards with the image of their choice.
- Citizens is the ninth largest bank in the US ranked by both assets and deposits.
- By market value, RBS is now bigger than Sony, bigger than McDonalds, and bigger than Audi and BMW combined (as at 31st December 2007).
- We have more than 40 leading brands, 40 million customers, over 170,000 staff and operate in over 50 countries.
- Citizens remained the number one US Small Business Administration lender in New England, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Nationally, Citizens ranks seventh for such lending.
- We are the sixth largest employer in the FTSE 100 - our UK employees alone could fill the Albert Hall 15 times. We have more employees in the US than Nike, more in Asia than Yamaha, and more in Europe than Puma, Tom Tom and Ryanair combined.
- We employ more people than Vodafone, Orange and Motorola combined.
- Our international business is as big as Starbucks, by income.
Citizens made as much income in 2007 as Harley Davidson. Our profit in the US alone is bigger than the global profits of Ebay and Amazon combined. - In 2007 we invested £57.7 million worldwide in the communities in which we operate.
- We invest more than £1 million every week in deserving causes around the world.
50% of first year full time undergraduates in England and Wales with a student account have one with RBS or NatWest. - We are the second-largest general insurer in the UK.
- Child & Co is one of Britain’s oldest banks dating back to the 17th century.
- We provide the largest free-to-use ATM network in the UK, accounting for one in five and in the past three years supplied over half of all additional free ATMs, especially in rural and deprived areas.
- We employ more people in America than we do in Scotland.
- We have a wider global footprint that Starbucks, with a presence in over 50 countries.
100% of our electricity is purchased in the UK and Ireland from renewable sources. - We are on target to achieve an annual reduction of 97,000 tonnes in our CO2 emissions over three years.
- All our offices in the UK and Ireland use recycled paper.
- We are the largest financier of renewable energy in the World.
- MoneySense (formerly Face2Face) is our financial education and inclusion program. In 2007 our employees delivered more than 16,000 lessons in financial capability to over 635,000 school children.
- In 2004, we committed £5 million to The Prince’s Trust for the next five years.
- Our £3.4 billion tax contribution supports the Government in provision of services such as schools, hospitals and state pensions.
- We sponsor – the RBS 6 Nations Rugby Tournament, The WilliamsF1 Team, Andrew Murray, Jack Nicklaus, The Philadelphia Phillies ballpark and cricket’s NatWest Series.
- We are the American Official Patron of the PGA.
- RBS was founded in 1727 – the same year as Lt Col Francisco de Melo Palheta smuggled the first coffee seeds into Brazil.
- Coutts – leading private bankers since 1692.
- Churchill – one of the UK’s leading providers of general insurance.
- Ulster Bank Group – a leading provider of financial services in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
- Mint – a credit card that has established a strong brand presence – and comes with its own unique shape.
- Direct Line – the UK’s most recognised general insurance brand.
- Green Flag – we provide rescue and recovery services to some five million customers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
- Lombard – we are one of the UK’s leading direct providers of unsecured and personal loans, credit cards and home and motor insurance.
- We are the largest corporate supporter of the Money Advice Trust with £5.83 million committed from 2004-2009.
- Our £3.4 billion tax contribution supports the Government in provision of services such as schools, hospitals and state pensions.
- The One Account – we launched the UK’s first current account mortgage eight years ago, giving people the chance to manage their money all in one place.
- Money Advice Trust offers free, impartial and confidential money advice through organisations such as the Citizens Advice Bureau. We are the largest individual corporate contributor.
- Lone Parent Helpline is the first UK freephone helpline for lone parents. We have committed £1.5 million to the line over four years from 2004.
- Supergrounds is a programme run in partnership with the charities Learning Through Landscapes and Groundwork UK, to help transform existing school playgrounds. In 2007, we helped complete 150 projects.
- The Prince’s Trust has a long-term partnership with the Group. In 2004, we committed £5 million for the next five years; and last year 780 Group employees were involved with the Trust.
- Fairbridge helps 13-25 year-olds in disadvantaged areas return to mainstream society. In 2007 780 employees worked with the charity.
