Corporate Banking and Financial Markets

Corporate Banking and Financial Markets (CBFM) is the bank’s corporate banking, treasury and capital markets division. CBFM is the UK’s leading corporate bank and has an underwriting ability matched by few banking groups.

Corporate Banking

CBFM is the UK's clear leader for corporate banking, handling the financial relationships of over one third of the UK's medium and large businesses.

CBFM offers a fully integrated approach to corporate banking, which harnesses the strengths of both banks. In addition to major relationship banking and payment business, it offers access to financial, capital and money markets around the world, and a comprehensive range of specialist products to more than 65,000 customers. These products include:

• Structured Finance
• Leveraged and acquisition Finance
• Asset Finance
• Private Equity

CBFM dominates the UK payment business with its payment and trade operation handling 30 per cent of the UK’s domestic payments. It also has a strong international capacity with a presence in 140 countries through its established relationship with over 2500 correspondent banks.

Financial Markets

The Royal Bank of Scotland, Financial Markets provides specialist services in:

• Global foreign exchange
• Currency and structured derivatives
• Money markets
• Capital markets

These services are offered from the UK, Europe, the US and Asia to The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest international corporate and institutional client base.

Financial Markets has been the clear market leader in Private Placements since 1993 and the No.1 in Sterling Interest Rate Swaps since 1993. It is the number one provider of FX and Interest Rate Derivatives in the UK.

It has dealing relationships with over 200 of the FSTE 250 and 50 central banks; is a top 10 global participant in Foreign Exchange, currency options, money markets and Interest Rate Derivatives, and is a strong player in emerging markets.