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NatWest Group has said its profits surged by more than a third to reach £5.1 billion last year, as it revealed its chief executive received a pay packet totalling £5.25 million.

NatWest increases bankers’ bonuses after £5.1bn profit

Emma Garry

Hawick-born chartered surveyor to help deliver 300 new homes

Lesley Morrison, Shelagh King and Kath MacDonald at the protest.

Borders protesters say "don’t bank on the bomb"

NatWest is closing 32 of its UK branches (Photo: Shutterstock)

NatWest is closing 32 of its UK branches - see the full list of locations

The murals which surround Tweedbridge Court in Peebles

New site mooted for Peebles murals

The former Royal Bank of Scotland in Eyemouth.

Cheque this out - a former Borders bank could be converted into a bistro bar

Former Royal Bank of Scotland building in Duns.

Grand designs revealed for former Borders bank

Criminal proceedings have been launched against bank NatWest by the Financial Conduct Authority (Photo: Shutterstock)

NatWest being investigated over money laundering claims - as Financial Conduct A...

The Melrose vigil group is now posting messages on the front of the former Royal Bank of Scotland building, rather than hold weekly silent vigils, due to the latest lockdown restrictions.

Vigils cancelled

Online Q&A session participant Blair Kinghorn, pictured, centre, playing for Scotland against France the weekend before last. (Photo by Ian MacNicol/Getty Images)

Jed-Forest in the money as bank hands out £4,000-plus to 14 rugby clubs in Borde...

Jed-Forest club president Paul Cranston (archive image by Alwyn Johnston)

Jed-Forest feel the force as bank funding benefits Borders clubs

Jed-Forest is one of just two Scottish rugby clubs to be awarded ‘Hero Club’ status in this year’s Royal Bank RugbyForce programme of funding awards.

Ralph Mellon

Marion and Bob Chrystie, owners of Chrysties in Hawick, with staff Derek Sharratt, Keith Hedley and Beth Jackson.

£200,000 loan helps secure future of Hawick furniture store after lockdown

Banks are warning about a new wave of TV licence scam emails - here's how to spo...

Banks will let customers defer mortgage repayments during the coronavirus outbre...

This is what the change of name means for the bank (Photo: Shutterstock)

RBS is changing its name to NatWest - here’s why and what it means for customers

Staff at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Kelso branch held their first scam awareness session. RBS is a founding partner of the Friends Against Scams programme, together with Trading Standards. Pictured are Sue Flint (Kelso branch manager), Keith Crombie (cyber crime specialist) and Amanda Baitup (RBS community banker for the Borders)

Borderers making a stand against scamming

Royal Bank of Scotland branches in Galashiels, Kelso and Peebles are opening their doors to members of the local community who want to make donations to regional children’s charity Tweed Togs. Pictured is Amanda Baitup, of RBS, with clothes donated to the Royal Bank of Scotland’s Galashiels branch from both customers and non-customers.

Amanda banking on charitable Borderers to help cloth needy youngsters

The new rules aim to help customers struggling to repay debt (Photo: Shutterstock)

Your credit card could be suspended if you only make minimum repayments under ne...

TSB Jedburgh.

Jedburgh’s TSB to close as four other Borders branches spared the axe

Sammi Logan, Sonja Edwardson, Keifer Reid, Gillian McDonald, Rebecca Hope launch the RBS and Tweed Togs 2019 Christmas campaign.

Tweed Togs hoping to give the gift of kid clothes this Christmas

The iconic British travel firm struggled to find further private investment and is now relying on an unlikely government bailout (Photo: Getty / AFP)

Thomas Cook has collapsed - leaving 150,000 stranded abroad and 21,000 without j...

Thomas Cook could be going bust - here’s what to do if you’ve booked a holiday w...

Make sure your details are safe (Photo: Shutterstock)

This email scam could affect Santander, Royal Bank of Scotland and HSBC custome...

Youngsters who took part in the Saturday skills session at Selkirk (picture by Grant Kinghorn).

The force is with Selkirk

Frederick Carter, a near-victim of phone scammers, at his home in Ednam.

Borders victim warns others to beware phone fraudsters

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Jedburgh's crest will now be displayed outside the Kelso branch.

Jedburgh RBS crest finds a new home in Kelso

Santander's branch, on the left, in Hawick High Street.

Borders banks spared from axe as Santander shuts 140 branches

The crest in situ at the old Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Jedburgh.

New home being lined up for Jedburgh bank's coat of arms

Jedburgh's Royal Bank of Scotland branch might now be history, but its legacy could live on elsewhere.

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The former Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Jedburgh.

Jedburgh RBS building set for new lease of life

Borders school pupils have been learning about managing money during numeracy week with help from the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Lauder Primary in yellow t-shirts with Imogen Heard from DYW (developing young workforce)

Lessons in managing money and party planning for Borders pupils

Leaderdale and Melrose councillor David Parker outside Melrose's Royal Bank of Scotland branch.

Royal Bank of Scotland refusing to guarantee future of last three branches here ...

From left, NS24's Joanne Turner, the chamber of commerce's Jack Clark, Edmund Johnston and John Morton and the Royal Bank of Scotland's Criona Courtney.

Finalists revealed for Borders business awards

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose.

Anger after review fails to save Melrose's Royal Bank of Scotland branch

Colin Graham stands outside the former RBS building in Selkirk.

Trader urging customers to tell RBS its time is up

Selkirkshire councillor Caroline Penman in Market Place, Selkirk.

Problem parking hitting bank van's Selkirk visits

Johnston's of Elgin managing director Nick Bannerman and category sponsor Eileen Pheasant, of Selkirk's Reiver Recruitment, at the 2017 Scottish Borders Business Excellence Awards.

Deadline looming to submit award entries

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose.

Customers urged to show support as time runs out to save Melrose bank

Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce chairman Jack Clark, left, at last year's awards with Douglas Stephen.

Applications now open for Borders business awards

Hawick High Street's Subway, on the left, has shut, and its Royal Bank of Scotland three doors further along will follow on Thursday.

Hawick sandwich store shuts, and bank branch to follow this week

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose.

Battle to save bank not won yet, Melrose folk warned

Rachael Hamilton MSP and John Lamont MP are fighting the closure of six RBS branches in the Borders.

Bank chief to answer queries over closures

Give all 25-year-olds £10,000, says study

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose.

Survey launched to gauge public opinion on future of Melrose bank

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan.

Royal Bank of Scotland boss issued with ultimatum to explain branch closure plan...

Melrose High Street.

Plans revealed for new retail unit in Melrose High Street

Plans have been announced to help revitalise Melrose High Street.

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The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Jedburgh is one of five in the Borders facing the axe.

Three more meetings lined up to rally opposition to Borders bank closures

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose.

Royal Bank of Scotland planning cuts to mobile service in Borders

Melrose post master John Collins is waiting for a new home to be found for the post office before he retires.

Post Office says Melrose will not lose its service

Willie Rennie of the Liberal Democrat's with Jack Clark standing for local election in Selkirk.

Scottish Lib Dem leader Rennie pays visit to Selkirk

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose is no longer facing the axe.

Melrose's Royal Bank of Scotland branch being given stay of execution

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose is one of six in the region facing the axe.

Hopes rising of reprieve for Melrose bank facing axe

MSP Rachael Hamilton and MP John Lamont outside Hawick's Royal Bank of Scotland branch.

Borders MP urging Theresa May to rethink her refusal to intervene in bank closur...

Borders MP John Lamont speaking at this week's Scottish affairs committee inquiry into impending RBS branch closures.

MPs hit out at bank bosses for refusing to rethink branch closure plans

The Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Melrose is one of six in the region facing closure.

Royal Bank of Scotland bosses to be quizzed about Borders branch closures today

Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive Ross McEwan in Peebles with Scottish Borders Chamber of Commerce vice-chairman Bruce Simpson.

Royal Bank of Scotland boss defends Borders branch closure plans