Bankers' pay is too high and needs to be "corrected", the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Sir Philip Hampton said today. But Sir Philip said t...
While Fred Goodwin seems to be the focus of many today with the stripping of his knighthood, it is very easy to single out somebody to blame for the m...
A leading union has welcomed the decision to strip former RBS chief executive Fred Goodwin of his knighthood. David Fleming, national officer of Un...
Fred Goodwin's life in the banking premier league was shattered as the taxpayer rescue of his wounded bank turned him into a target for public anger. ...
The inglorious stripping of Fred Goodwin’s knighthood today puts the former RBS boss in the company of a colourful list of characters who have exper...
The near-collapse of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) followed a series of "very poor decisions" by executives including Sir Fred Goodwin, the head of the...
The chief executive of the Financial Services Authority has said he did not have the power to stop the Royal Bank of Scotland's ill-fated takeover of ...
William Hague has hinted the government could do more “as and when necessary” to curb the banking sector's bonus culture, after RBS chief Stephen ...
Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester is to waive his 2011 bonus, the bank said on Sunday night. In doing so, Hester will not take...
Labour will force a Commons vote calling for Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Stephen Hester to be stripped of his bonus, a party source said to...
The Government was "protecting the taxpayer" by allowing the Royal Bank of Scotland bonus for chief executive Stephen Hester to go ahead, the Chief Se...
The chief executive of the taxpayer-funded Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is facing mounting pressure to follow the bank's chairman and waive his bonus ...
Stephen Hester, boss of taxpayer-funded RBS, has been awarded a bonus worth £963,000, around 60% of his entitlement, following political pressure to ...
The chief of the taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland will receive a bonus worth almost £1m, despite a cap imposed by the bank's board. RBS chief...
If a CEO can reverse the fortunes of a loss-making, state-owned bank and see some of the profits returned to the taxpayer, just how much does he deser...
Former RBS boss Sir Fred Goodwin could discover whether he gets to keep his knighthood within days, David Cameron has revealed. Speaking during Pri...
Royal Bank of Scotland is said to be coming under pressure from the Government to halve chief executive Stephen Hester's bonus. The Treasury is exp...
Labour leader Ed Miliband has called on David Cameron to block any million pound-plus bonus payout to the chief executive of the predominantly state-o...
Sir Fred Goodwin's knighthood will be examined by a committee with the power to strip people of their honours, David Cameron said on Thursday. MPs ...
Taxpayer-backed Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has announced around 3,500 job losses over the next three years in a bid to downsize its investment banki...
Business Secretary Vince Cable has said he will continue to look into whether any Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) directors should face disqualification ...
A long-awaited report into the failure of Royal Bank of Scotland will blame light-touch regulation and a catalogue of financial errors for pushing the...
Coutts, the private bank that counts the Queen among its clients, has been handed a £6.3m fine by the Financial Services Authority for misrepresentin...
British banks are unfairly profiting from a taxpayer funded subsidy and should be cut down to size, according to a report published on Thursday. Th...
PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The US government has begun legal action against 17 financial firms, including the country's largest banks, for selling billions ...
