NatWest - News, Articles & Research

Company announcement/wholesale

NatWest targets SMEs with two-year free business banking offer

NatWest Group is offering 24 months of free everyday business banking to UK businesses switching their main business banking account.

06 July 2023

News/crime

Mastercard AI tool helps UK banks take on real-time payment scams

Mastercard is tapping into its AI capabilities to help a host of UK banks predict and prevent real-time payment scams.

06 July 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Overcoming Challenges for Real-Time International Transactions in Cross-Border Payments

Simon Eacott, Head of Payments, NatWest, speaks at EBAday 2023 about the importance of cross-border payments, the current status of real-time international cross-border payments, and the challenges to be addressed to meet customer expectations.

05 July 2023

News/retail

NatWest calls for step change in industry approach to open banking

A report commissioned by NatWest concludes that banks, fintechs and regulators need to work together to resolve key economic obstacles that are holding back wider adoption of open banking in the UK.

04 July 2023

Company announcement/payments

Tyl by NatWest to accept Discover payment cards

Tyl by NatWest has partnered with Discover Global Network to increase its card acceptance options for Tyl merchants and end consumers. Discover, Diners Club International and network alliance cardholders, all part of Discover Global Network, will be able to use their cards and mobile payment products with all Tyl by NatWest merchants.

14 June 2023

News/retail

NatWest and Edinburgh Uni launch centre for innovation in banking

NatWest has invested £2 million to create a 'Centre for Purpose-Driven Innovation in Banking' in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh.

07 June 2023

News/security

NatWest compiles Celebrity Scam Super League table

Dragons Den star Peter Jones and national treasure Sir David Attenborough top the list of NatWest celebrity scam ads used by fraudsters to steal millions of pounds in cash from gullible consumers.

01 June 2023

News/markets

BNP Paribas and NatWest go live with CobaltFX Dynamic Credit

BNP Paribas and NatWest are going live with technology from CobaltFX that is designed to simplify and streamline the allocation of credit for FX transactions between banks and improve access to liquidity.

31 May 2023

Company announcement/sustainable

NatWest touts clean energy in £1bn lending pledge to UK manufacturing

NatWest has announced that, from today, it aims to provide an additional £1billion in lending to the UK Manufacturing sector by the end of 2030, aiming to stimulate growth in the sector and help manufacturers invest in cleaner, more efficient forms of energy generation and use, with lending deployed through loans, asset finance, and overdrafts.

26 May 2023

News/payments

NatWest soft launches SoftPOS

NatWest is to launch Tap to Pay on Android, enabling businesses to accept payments with the touch of a card on their smart phone.

22 May 2023

News/payments

EBAday 2023: Contribute to the payments and transaction banking conversation

EBAday, the annual event for payments and transaction banking executives, will return on the 20th – 21st of June 2023, at IFEMA in Madrid, Spain.

19 May 2023

News/people

NatWest bids to help Ukrainian women start tech careers

UK bank NatWest has launched a programme to help displaced Ukrainian women start new careers in technology.

11 April 2023

Company announcement/payments

NatWest's Payit introduces VRP for Williams

Williams, the UK’s largest independent trade only plumbing and heating merchant, has experienced a 666% rise in card interchange fees since 2018.

04 April 2023

Company announcement/people

Tyl by NatWest and Payit appoints Tim Johnson as head of strategy

Tyl by NatWest and Payit has appointed Tim Johnson as Head of Strategy. Tim is a highly accomplished payments industry and Open Banking strategy leader, bringing over 20 years of expertise and experience with him.

03 April 2023

News/retail

Lloyds and NatWest close more branches

Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest are, between them, closing another 80 branches across the UK this year.

31 March 2023

Company announcement/startups

NatWest selects Inicio AI to join Business Accelerator Programme

Female-led start-up Inicio AI is selected to join the NatWest business accelerator programme at the University of Warwick Innovation District hub

30 March 2023

News/identity

NatWest rolls out digital ID service

NatWest Group is making its new Customer Attribute Sharing service available to businesses as an embedded digital ID after signing a deal with identity service provider OneID.

20 March 2023

News/crypto

NatWest sets daily crypto purchase limits

NatWest is the latest UK bank to impose restrictions on customers buying cryptocurrency, citing the risk of scams.

14 March 2023

Company announcement/payments

Tyl by NatWest raises over £500,000 for Giveback Community Fund

Tyl by NatWest, in partnership with Pennies, has reached a new milestone, raising a cumulative total of over £500,000 since launching in 2019, to support national and local charitable initiatives across the UK through its Giveback Community Fund.

27 February 2023

News/retail

NatWest and NAB compare UK and Oz open banking regimes

Australia should consider a purpose-built open banking implementation entity modelled on the UK's OBIE to ensure effective collaboration between the industry and regulators, according to a white paper from NatWest and NAB.

24 February 2023