World news | The GuardianMay 1
NatWest faces £140m hit from Iran war as UK growth slows and inflation rises https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/01/natwest-faces-140m-hit-from-iran-war-as-uk-growth-slows-and-inflation-rises #NatwestGroup #Banking #Business #EconomicGrowthGdp #UsisraelWarOnIran #Inflation #Economics #UkNews
NatWest faces £140m hit from Iran war as UK growth slows and inflation rises

Profits ahead of expectations but almost half of £283m impairment charge follows forecast reassessment

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Environment | The Guardian USApr 28
Singing activists disrupt NatWest meeting over ‘climate backtracking’ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/activists-natwest-meeting-climate-backtracking #NatwestGroup #Banking #ClimateFinance #ClimateCrisis #Environment #Business #UkNews #Protest #Edinburgh #FossilFuelDivestment #FinancialSector
Singing activists disrupt NatWest meeting over ‘climate backtracking’

Shareholder agm briefly adjourned after protesters wearing T-shirts labelled ‘No more big oil’ burst into song

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Climate crisis | The GuardianApr 26
NatWest faces AGM showdown over climate backtracking https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/natwest-agm-showdown-climate-backtracking-protest-vote #NatwestGroup #Banking #FossilFuelDivestment #Business #UkNews #ClimateCrisis #Activism #EthicalBusiness
NatWest faces AGM showdown over climate backtracking

Shareholders including the Church of England back call for protest votes against the bank’s chair

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World news | The GuardianApr 19
Bank bosses called to meeting with Reeves over impact of Iran war on UK economy https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/19/bank-bosses-meeting-rachel-reeves-impact-iran-war-uk-economy #Economics #Banking #RachelReeves #Business #Hsbc #Barclays #LloydsBankingGroup #NatwestGroup #BancoSantander #UsisraelWarOnIran #UkNews #Mortgages #MortgageRates #InterestRates
Bank bosses called to meeting with Reeves over impact of Iran war on UK economy

HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, NatWest and Santander will this week discuss with chancellor how to limit effects of conflict

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World news | The GuardianFeb 13
Paul Thwaite seals largest payout for NatWest CEO since disgraced Fred Goodwin in 2006 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/13/paul-thwaite-natwest-ceo-payout-fred-goodwin #NatwestGroup #ExecutivePayAndBonuses #Business #Banking #FredGoodwin #UkNews #RoyalBankOfScotland
Paul Thwaite seals largest payout for NatWest CEO since disgraced Fred Goodwin in 2006

Thwaite given £6.6m pay package for 2025, while Goodwin received £7.7m when bank was known as RBS

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World news | The GuardianFeb 9
NatWest to buy wealth manager Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/09/natwest-buy-wealth-manager-evelyn-partners-barclays #NatwestGroup #Banking #Business #UkNews
NatWest to buy wealth manager Evelyn Partners for £2.7bn

Banking group beats Barclays to snare biggest acquisition since it was bailed out by taxpayers in 2008

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World news | The GuardianFeb 8
Bank chairs backtracking on climate commitments could face shareholder revolts https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/08/bank-chairs-backtracking-climate-commitments-net-zero-campaign-shareholder-revolts #Banking #Investing #EthicalBusiness #Environment #Business #UkNews #NatwestGroup #LloydsBankingGroup #Hsbc #WorldNews
Bank chairs backtracking on climate commitments could face shareholder revolts

Exclusive: Campaign group calls on institutional shareholders to vote against re-election of bosses overseeing net zero row-back

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World news | The GuardianFeb 7
Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/07/monzo-natwest-hsbc-refunds-fraud-scam-fos-ombudsman #MonzoBank #Banking #ConsumerRights #UkNews #Money #Business #NatwestGroup #Hsbc #Scams #FinancialSector #ConsumerAffairs
Monzo wrongly denied refunds to thousands of fraud and scam victims

Ombudsman found bank wrongly rejected 34% of complaints last year, with NatWest and HSBC close behind

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Business | The Guardian USMay 2, 2025
Markets await key US employment data – business live https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/may/02/shell-profits-fall-oil-prices-uk-natwest-us-non-farm-payrolls-federal-reserve-trump-jobs-business-live #USunemploymentandemploymentstatistics #Manufacturingsector #Oilandgascompanies #Cryptocurrencies #FederalReserve #NatWestGroup #Commodities #USeconomy #Inflation #Business #Banking #Bitcoin #Shell #Euro #Oil
FTSE notches up its longest-ever winning streak with 15th day of gains – as it happened

Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as the FTSE nets its longest-ever winning run, Amazon’s Bezos to sell stock worth up to $4.75bn; US employment figures higher than expected

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US news | The GuardianApr 10, 2025
Trump’s tariffs may be reduced but their impact will be felt in the UK and beyond https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/10/donald-trump-tariffs-impact-uk-beyond #USeconomicgrowthandrecession #Trumpadministration #Economicgrowth(GDP) #Internationaltrade #Globaleconomy #Interestrates #Trumptariffs #NatWestGroup #ThamesWater #Economics #Inflation #Business #Fintech #Tariffs #Shein #Bonds
Trump’s tariffs may be reduced but their impact will be felt in the UK and beyond

We examine potential consequences of US president’s market chaos, which could reach every corner of global finance and economy

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