Royal Bank of Scotland

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The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba

Type	Public¹
Founded	1727
Headquarters	Edinburgh, Scotland
Industry	Finance and Insurance
Products	Financial Services
Employees	22,000
Parent	Royal Bank of Scotland Group
Slogan	Enjoy better banking with RBS
Website	www.rbs.co.uk
¹ Wholly owned subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Scottish Gaelic: Banca Rìoghail na h-Alba^[1]) is one of the retail banking subsidiaries of Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc, which together with NatWest, provides branch banking facilities in the UK. Royal Bank of Scotland has around 700 branches, mainly in Scotland though there are branches in many larger towns and cities throughout England and Wales.

[edit] Banknotes

The Royal Bank of Scotland, along with Clydesdale Bank and Bank of Scotland, still prints its own banknotes. The current designs of the notes depict Lord Ilay (1682-1761), the first governor of the bank on the front, and Scottish castles on the back.

In circulation are:

1 pound note featuring Edinburgh Castle
5 pound note featuring Culzean Castle
10 pound note featuring Glamis Castle
20 pound note featuring Brodick Castle
50 pound note featuring Inverness Castle
100 pound note featuring Balmoral Castle

A £100 Royal Bank of Scotland note.

Occasionally the Royal Bank issues commemorative banknotes. Examples are the £20 note for the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother in 2000, and the £5 note honouring veteran golfer Jack Nicklaus in his last competitive Open competition at St Andrews in 2005. These notes are much sought-after by collectors and they rarely remain long in circulation.

[edit] References

^ Token and symbolic use of the Scottish Gaelic name occurs on some Royal Bank of Scotland plc buildings and customer stationery such as cheque books. Gaelic is not used on the RBS website, for contracts or on their banknotes.