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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is a famous British banking and insurance company, headquartered in Edinburgh, Scotland. Set up in 1727, RBS is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of NatWest Group along with Ulster Bank and NatWest.

Over three centuries of history, the Royal Bank of Scotland has managed to establish its name as the strongest banking brand in the UK. The bank has demonstrated rapid growth since its foundation. The Glasgow branch was opened in 1783 and in the 1830s the company started to develop a vast network of its branches across Scotland.

The bank has over 700 branches in big cities across Wales and England. The company specialises in providing financial services to commercial, institutional, corporate and personal customers. 

Personal banking services include mortgages, loans, savings and investments, travel and international banking services, internet banking and similar. The corporate banking segment features finance, deposits and investments, electronic services and payments. 

Back in the 1940s, RBS launched so-called ‘mobile branches’ to reach out to rural areas. Today, there are almost 20 ‘mobile branches’.

RBS pioneered overdraft protection and was the first bank in the world that issued a house purchase loan. The company became the first in the whole banking industry to introduce a TouchID functionality for its mobile app. Besides, the RBS mobile banking app was the first app of its kind in the world.

Also, RBS introduced savings and debit cards for people blind or visually impaired. 

The NatWest Group plc (formerly known as the Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc) is primarily listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and additionally on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol NWG.

RBS stock is a component of the FTSE 100 stock market index. You can check out Capital.com’s interactive chart for the latest RBS share price today.

Looking back into historical prices of Royal Bank of Scotland shares, we can see that the stock reached its all-time high of 6,048p in February 2007. During the global financial crisis, the RBS share price fell as low as 121p by January 2009 and slightly recovered to 557p in September 2009. 

Looking at the RBS shares today, you can see that in a 1-year period the RBS stock price has been fluctuating within a range of 90.54p – 265.00p. Having reached the lowest point of 93.32p in September 2020 the RBS share price rebounded to $170.70 in December 2020, which is still 25 per cent down from its 52-week high from February 2020.

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