NatWest’s Esme Loans service – an automated platform providing unsecured business loans of up to £150,000 – was piloted in 2017 as part of the bank's fintech push. more»

Britain’s small high street businesses will see revenues and footfall hit from a fresh wave of Royal Bank of Scotland branch closures, according to the Federation of Small Businesses. more»

The changes, part of the open banking package of reforms led by the Competition and Markets Authority, have been designed to make banking more competitive and create better access to finance for small business owners. more»

NatWest Receipts will allow the bank’s small business customers to track spending, categorise expenses for HMRC and export receipts for accounting or invoicing. more»

Fresh bank branch closures announced by Royal Bank of Scotland risk wiping out access to vital one-to-one financial support for Britain's small firms, the Federation of Small Businesses has warned. more»

NatWest’s head of business development discloses the secrets of obtaining finance from the lender, before one of the bank’s entrepreneurial customers explains the kind of service fellow founders can expect from NatWest’s offering. more»

Entrepreneurs in the UK’s social enterprise sector generated almost £1bn in 2016, according to the country’s largest study into community-minded businesses. more»

By removing the burden of paperwork for small business customers, the high street bank has claimed its online platform will cut the loan applications process from 21 days to just three minutes. more»

Based in Shoreditch in the heart of London’s digital media community, Accelerator London is a startup incubator gaining notoriety for housing London Metropolitan University’s student enterprise programmes. more»

Some 30 branches of RBS and 128 branches of NatWest are due to close over the coming months, in a move which could see the jobs of around 470 workers affected. more»