United Kingdom · Financial institution
Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC
Legal name in the LEI recordNATWEST GROUP PLC
NatWest Group plc is a public limited company registered in Scotland, with its registered office in Edinburgh. It is the listed holding company of a UK banking group whose brands include NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank, Coutts and RBS International. The group reports three customer businesses: Retail Banking, Private Banking & Wealth Management and Commercial & Institutional. The company was renamed from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc on 22 July 2020, and it completed the acquisition of Evelyn Partners on 30 June 2026.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- ROSGGB21XXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Passive participant (no connection)This BIC is registered for identification only. The institution has no direct connection to the Swift network. Messages and payments reach it through a correspondent bank. The “1” in the eighth character of ROSGGB21 marks a passive participant.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- BIC first registered
- 2014-12-06
- Last updated
- 2014-12-06
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
Publicly listed
Tickers NWG · NWG
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as NatWest Group
- Standing
- The entity was renamed from The Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc to NatWest Group plc on 22 July 2020. The Swift directory still shows the former name for BIC ROSGGB21.
- Ownership
- The shares are widely held after the UK government sold its remaining stake in May 2025.
- Stock listings
- London Stock Exchange NWG
New York Stock Exchange (ADS) NWG - Head office
- 36 St Andrew Square, EH2 2YB Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Company register
- SC045551, Companies House (Scotland)
- Former name
- The Royal Bank of Scotland Group public limited company
Business lines
The company is a holding company, and banking is carried out through subsidiaries such as National Westminster Bank Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Coutts & Company and NatWest Markets Plc, mainly for UK customers.
Online
- Websites & references
- natwestgroup.com ↗
investors.natwestgroup.com ↗ investor relations
Wikipedia ↗
Wikidata Q13218598 ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 12 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/SC045551
- natwestgroup.com/
- natwestgroup.com/who-we-are/board-and-governance/group-board.html
- natwestgroup.com/who-we-are/board-and-governance/executive-management-team.html
- investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/natwest-group--nwg/natwest-group-plc-interim-results-2026-part-1/9697081
- natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/latest-stories/financial-reporting/2026/jul/h1-2026-natwest-group-resul
- natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/news-room/press-releases/financial-reporting/2026/jul/natwest-group-ann
- natwestgroup.com/who-we-are/contact-us/faqs.html
- uk.advfn.com/stock-market/london/natwest-NWG/share-news/Royal-Bank-of-Scotland-Group-PLC-Change-of-Nam
- investegate.co.uk/announcement/rns/natwest-group--nwg/holding-s-in-company-norges-bank/9558020
- sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/844150/000165495426002802/a3266y.htm
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NatWest_Group
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Paul Thwaite
Group Chief Executive Officer
- Chair
-
Rick Haythornthwaite
Chair
- Chief financial officer
-
Katie Murray
Group Chief Financial Officer
- Executive
-
Abib Bocresion
Group Chief Risk Officer
- Executive
-
Gary Moore
Chief Governance Officer and Company Secretary
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- United Kingdom
- Bank of England (Prudential Regulation Authority) Prudential supervisorResolution
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
The bank appointed Abib Bocresion as Chief Risk Officer for the group and NatWest Holdings. He was previously Chief Risk Officer of NatWest Markets.
natwestgroup.com ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
The bank completed the acquisition of Evelyn Partners on 30 June 2026 at an enterprise value of GBP 2.7 billion.
natwestgroup.com ↗ -
Other
The UK government sold its last shares in the bank on 30 May 2025, ending state ownership that began in 2008.
en.wikipedia.org ↗ -
Leadership
Rick Haythornthwaite became Chair of the board on 15 April 2024, having joined the board on 8 January 2024.
natwestgroup.com ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- ROSGGB21XXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- ROSGBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 21Location · passive
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- Operates MIC RBSX list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
- Founded
- 1727
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Natwest Group PLC group has 54 institutions in the directory, in 14 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Natwest Markets N.V., Rbs International Depositary Services S.A., National Westminster Bank PLC, The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company, Natwest Markets Public Limited Company.
See the Natwest Group PLC group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH 00000 UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH EDINBURGH 00000 UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Debtor agent, creditor agent or an intermediary agent
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ROSGGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>ROSGGB21XXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2138005O9XJIJN4JPN90</LEI>
<Nm>ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP PLC</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>EDINBURGH</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>36 ST ANDREW SQUARE EDINBURGH 00000</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>This BIC is not connected to Swift. Messages reach the institution through a correspondent bank, so it cannot be the instructing or instructed agent.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Market identifiers
One trading venue or reporting service run under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
| MIC | Market | Kind | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| RBSX | RBS CROSS | Operating MIC | Not specified |
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Sources & method
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- Wikidata—CC0, matched on the BIC or LEI recorded in Wikidata. It is community-edited, so check key facts.
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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