Bank Switching news and trends

Eleven Banks Cleared For Piece Of $1B RBS Fund
B2B Payments // December 21, 2018

Eleven banks have been granted access to a £350 million ($443 million USD) program that will allow for them to take business clients away from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). According to Financial Times (FT), RBS is funding the program as concessions for a...

SMBs Aren’t The Only Ones Threatening To Switch Banks: Ovum
B2B Payments // November 13, 2018

As Europe and the U.K. continue efforts to boost competition in the financial services (FinServ) space, much of their attention has landed on small companies’ ability to switch banking providers, should they choose to do so. A new report from Cashfac and Ovum suggested small...

RBS Allocates $2.6B To Help SMBs Prepare For Brexit
B2B Payments // October 24, 2018

With fears mounting over supply chain and financial disruptions as a result of Brexit, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reportedly set aside a fund worth $2.6 billion to help small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) manage and mitigate the uncertainty. Reports in the Financial...

Challenger FinTech Firms Can’t Rely On Tech Offerings Alone: ANNA
B2B Payments // October 24, 2018

U.K. alternative financial service (FinServ) players promising a small business (SMB) banking revolution — and a challenge to the status quo established by high-street banks — may have spoken too soon. The U.K. market has seen a surge in challenger banks and FinTech firms vowing...