14 Tweets 2 reads Apr 28, 2023
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The arrival ofΒ North Sea oilΒ to Scotland in the 70s allowed the Bank of Scotland to expand into the energy sector. The Bank later used expertise in energy finance to expand internationally. The first international office was inΒ Houston, Texas,
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@MsPacNWer @StringwallApp @PEEOTUS8 @actuallyreal33 @Standupchai @ImDrinknWyn @25Ribbits @TeresaCCarter2 @arapaho415 @hays_ag @carrybeyond @satirehat @Whew_Lord @TheJusticeDept @BaddCompani @MsMariaT @dwinfrey731 @j2dumfounded @scovilleunits @SDEnyaRedRain @mikes_booh @Geurtie @DavidManOnFire @nimkef @pleasesaveour @TammyinMT406 @business @Scaramucci A controversial period in the Bank's history was the attempt in 1999 to enter the U.S. retail banking market via a JV with evangelist Pat Robertson. In 1999, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) named Pat Robertson chairman of its new American consumer-bank holding company.
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theguardian.com
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@MsPacNWer @StringwallApp @PEEOTUS8 @actuallyreal33 @Standupchai @ImDrinknWyn @25Ribbits @TeresaCCarter2 @arapaho415 @hays_ag @carrybeyond @satirehat @Whew_Lord @TheJusticeDept @BaddCompani @MsMariaT @dwinfrey731 @j2dumfounded @scovilleunits @SDEnyaRedRain @mikes_booh @Geurtie @DavidManOnFire @nimkef @pleasesaveour @TammyinMT406 @business @Scaramucci The Chancellor commissioned N M ROTHSCHILD to undertake an independent review on 20 May 2015 to provide advice on how best to return RBS to private hands, in order to maximise value for the taxpayer.
gov.uk
@MsPacNWer @StringwallApp @PEEOTUS8 @actuallyreal33 @Standupchai @ImDrinknWyn @25Ribbits @TeresaCCarter2 @arapaho415 @hays_ag @carrybeyond @satirehat @Whew_Lord @TheJusticeDept @BaddCompani @MsMariaT @dwinfrey731 @j2dumfounded @scovilleunits @SDEnyaRedRain @mikes_booh @Geurtie @DavidManOnFire @nimkef @pleasesaveour @TammyinMT406 @business @Scaramucci March 2022 - Five bank accounts held by British businessman Graham Bonham Carter who manages the property portfolio of Oleg Deripaska were frozen by a London court. The accounts held by GBC at NatWest and the Clydesdale Bank were subject to asset freezing orders at the request of
@MsPacNWer @StringwallApp @PEEOTUS8 @actuallyreal33 @Standupchai @ImDrinknWyn @25Ribbits @TeresaCCarter2 @arapaho415 @hays_ag @carrybeyond @satirehat @Whew_Lord @TheJusticeDept @BaddCompani @MsMariaT @dwinfrey731 @j2dumfounded @scovilleunits @SDEnyaRedRain @mikes_booh @Geurtie @DavidManOnFire @nimkef @pleasesaveour @TammyinMT406 @business @Scaramucci Sebastian Taylor, Peter Munk (d. 2018), Nathaniel Rothschild, Oleg Deripaska and Peter Mandelson at a Siberian hydro-electric plant. Fast forward to 2019 and Deripaska is using Siberian hydro-electric power for crypto-mining. russiabusinesstoday.com
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