Overview
Lobbying Costs
750,000€
Financial year: Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25 Fte (4)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
3
High-level Commission meetings
11
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
EU Transparency Register
483974815034-52 First registered on 27 Nov 2014
Goals / Remit
RBS is a UK-based banking and financial services company. Headquartered in Edinburgh, RBS currently operates in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East, the Americas and Asia, serving over 24 million customers worldwide.
RBS provides a wide range of products and services to personal, commercial and large corporate and institutional customers through its two main subsidiaries, The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, as well as through a number of other brands including Ulster Bank and Coutts.Main EU files targeted
The main EU initiatives that RBS follows include: Brexit, Capital Markets Union, Banking Union, Bank Structural Reform (BSR), Capital Requirements Regulation and Directive (CRR/CRD IV), Directive on Payment Services (PSD II), Regulation on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions (MIF), Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and Regulation (MiFID II/MiFIR), European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), Payment Accounts Directive (PAD).
Address
Head Office
St Andrew Square, 36
Edinburgh EH2 2YB
UNITED KINGDOM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
4
Employment time Lobbyists 50% 1 25% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
3 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 03 Apr 2018
Name Start date End Date Mr Roderick MACNEIL 15 Sep 2018 14 Sep 2019 Mr Macneil ROD 17 Jan 2018 01 Mar 2018 Mr Leigh RENDERS 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018 Mr Anthony NORRIS 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018 Mr Robert KELLY 08 Dec 2017 07 Dec 2018 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Leigh Renders (Head of EU Public Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Alex Dawtrey (Head of Public Affairs)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
Corporate members of trade associations such as: the Association for Financial Markets in Europe, British Bankers’ Association, CityUK, Confederation of British Industry, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and the International Capital Markets Association.
Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
750,000€
Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
Initiatives that cover EU financial services
- Meetings
Meetings
11 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 09 Dec 2022 Location Dublin, Ireland Subject Ulster Bank Ireland Limited withdrawal from Ireland Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Paul Moley (Cabinet member)
- Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
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Date 11 Oct 2021 Location WEBEX Subject NGEU DG Budget Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
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Date 23 Sep 2021 Location video conference Subject Economic recovery; Situation of the EU financial sector; sustainable finance Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio An Economy that Works for People Attending - Valdis Dombrovskis (Executive Vice-President)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 10 Mar 2021 Location Video Conferencing. Subject Ulster Bank - Irish banking sector, impact of COVID and the recovery, NPLs Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
- Deirdre O’Hea (Cabinet member)
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Date 30 Sep 2020 Location Webex call Subject SURE instrument and resultant bond issuance programme DG Budget Attending - Gert-Jan Koopman (Director-General)
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Date 09 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject Future of EU Financial services Cabinet Cabinet of President Jean-Claude Juncker Portfolio President Attending - Paulina Dejmek Hack (Cabinet member)
- Antoine Kasel (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 27 Feb 2017 Location Brussels Subject Challenges posed by cyber for the RBS Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King Portfolio Security Union Attending - Julian King (Commissioner)
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Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject Ulster Bank-Capital Markest Union/Securitisation Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Lee Foulger (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 Jul 2015 Location London Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Jonathan Hill (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Capital markets union and investment initiative Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Jyrki Katainen Portfolio Jobs, Growth, Investment and Competitiveness Attending - Valérie Herzberg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 03 Dec 2014 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings