This article is about the Canadian multinational commercial bank. For the brand name the bank operates under in the United States, see RBC Bank. For the Canadian central bank, see Bank of Canada.
In Canada, the bank's personal and commercial banking operations are branded as RBC Royal Bank in English and RBC Banque Royale in French and serves approximately 11 million clients through its network of 1,284 branches. RBC Bank is a US banking subsidiary which formerly operated 439 branches across six states in the Southeastern United States,[6] but now only offers cross-border banking services to Canadian travellers and expats. RBC's other Los Angeles-based US subsidiary City National Bank operates 79 branches across 11 US states.[7] RBC also has 127 branches across seventeen countries in the Caribbean, which serve more than 16 million clients.[8]RBC Capital Markets is RBC's worldwide investment and corporate banking subsidiary, while the investment brokerage firm is known as RBC Dominion Securities. Investment banking services are also provided through RBC Bank and the focus is on middle market clients.
In 2011, RBC was the largest Canadian company by revenue and market capitalization.[9] In 2023, the company was ranked 38th in the Forbes Global 2000.[10] The company has operations in Canada and 36 other countries,[11] and had CA$1.01 trillion of assets under management in 2021.[5][12]
History
In 1864, the Merchants Bank of Halifax was founded in Halifax, Nova Scotia, as a commercial bank that financed the fishing and timber industries and the European and Caribbean import/export businesses.[13] By 1869 the Merchants' Bank was officially incorporated and received its federal charter in the same year.[14] During the 1870s and 1880s, the bank expanded into the other Maritime Provinces. When both the Newfoundland Commercial Bank and Union Bank of Newfoundland collapsed on December 10, 1894, the Merchants Bank expanded to Newfoundland on January 31, 1895.[14]
As the bank grew, executives changed its name to reflect its growth and western expansion.[13] In 1901, the Merchants Bank of Halifax changed its name to the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). The centre of the Canadian financial industry had moved from Halifax to Montreal, so the Merchants Bank relocated its head office there. In 1910, RBC merged with the Union Bank of Halifax. In the same year it built a bank branch in Winnipeg, Manitoba, designed by Carrère and Hastings, in beaux-arts classicism proclaiming the financial dominance of Winnipeg in the prairies.[15] To improve its position in Ontario, RBC merged with Traders Bank of Canada in 1912 and in 1917 RBC merged with Quebec Bank, which was founded in 1818 and chartered in 1822 in Quebec City.
RBC's presence in Manitoba and Saskatchewan was strengthened through a 1918 merger with Northern Crown Bank, the product of the 1908 merger of Northern Bank (established in 1905 in Winnipeg) and Crown Bank of Canada (1904), based in Ontario. RBC's presence in the Canadian Prairie was further expanded by the 1925 merger with the Union Bank of Canada, which had begun in Quebec City in 1865 as the Union Bank of Lower Canada, but changed its name in 1886. The Union Bank of Canada had moved its headquarters to Winnipeg in 1912, and had built a strong presence in the Prairies and opened the first bank in the Northwest Territories at Fort Smith in 1921.[16][17]
In 1935, RBC merged with Crown Savings and Loan Co. merged with Industrial Mortgage & Trust Co.[18]
RBC installed its first computer in 1961, the IBM 1401, the first to do so in Canadian banking.[21] In the 1960s, RBC Insurance was created.[13] In 1968, it merged with Ontario Loan and Debenture Company (formerly Ontario Savings and Investment Society).[22] RBC Insurance is the largest Canadian bank-owned insurance organization, with services to over five million people. It provides life, health, travel, home and auto and reinsurance products as well as creditor and business insurance services.[13] The completion of Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto in 1976 saw the relocation of many critical head-office functions from Montreal, with Toronto serving as RBC's corporate headquarters ever since.[23] In 1993, RBC merged with Royal Trust.
In 2000, RBC merged merchant credit/debit card acquiring business with the Bank of Montreal's to form Moneris Solutions. In 2013, RBC completed the acquisition of the Canadian subsidiary of Ally Financial.[25]
In November 2022, RBC and HSBC Canada announced a deal which would see RBC acquiring 100% of the common shares of HSBC Canada for an all-cash purchase price of $13.5 billion, a multiple of 9.4 times HSBC Canada's estimated 2024 earnings. Completion of the transaction is expected by late 2023, subject to regulatory approvals.[27] In December 2023, RBC received approval from Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to take over HSBC Bank in a deal. Conditions for the deal include that none of HSBC Canada's 4,000 employees will be laid off within six months of the closing date or two years for direct staff, and banking services will be provided at 33 HSBC branches for at least another four years. RBC will also provide $7 billion in financing for affordable housing developments in Canada.[28]
1912: RBC bought Bank of British Honduras (incorporated in 1902 by United States citizens from Mobile) in British Honduras, which it converted to a branch.
RBC opened a branch in the Dominican Republic; three more follow.
1913: RBC opened a branch in Grenada.
1914: RBC bought out Bank of British Guiana (est. 1836), in British Guiana, and converted it to a branch.
1915: RBC opened branches in Costa Rica, Antigua, Dominica, and Saint Kitts.
1916: RBC opened a branch in Venezuela.
1917: RBC opened branches in Antigua, Dominica, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Nevis, and Tobago.
1918: RBC opened a branch in Barcelona, and another in Vladivostok that lasted less than a year.
1920: RBC opened a branch in Colombia and a branch in Castries, St Lucia.
1923: RBC bought and consolidated the banking operations of Pedro Gomez Mena e Hijo in Cuba.
1925: RBC opened a branch in Peru, and acquired the American-owned, and failed, Bank of Central and South America. The purchase of BCSA brought with it subsidiaries, and their branches, in Colombia, Costa Rica, Peru, and Venezuela
1960: Fidel Castro's regime acquired RBC's operations in Cuba on December 8.[14] At the time of the forced sale, RBC had 24 branches in Cuba. From 1961 to 1965, RBC maintained a Special Representative in Havana to facilitate trade between Cuba and Canada. After the failed Bay of Pigs Invasion in April 1961, the Special Representative acted as a financial intermediary between the American and Cuban governments to manage the ransoming of the prisoners for food and agricultural machinery.
1970s: As a result of Law 75, RBC's operations in Colombia became Banco Royal Colombiano.
1973: RBC was forced to incorporate its operations in Jamaica, which became Royal Bank (Jamaica).
1980: RBC purchased Banco de San Juan in Puerto Rico, adding its 14 branches to the six that RBC already had in Puerto Rico. RBC sold its assets in Grenada to Republic Bank of Trinidad and Tobago.
1985: RBC started to withdraw from much of the Caribbean.
It also sold its stake in Royal Bank (Jamaica) to Jamaica Mutual Life Assurance. Branches in Curacao, Aruba, St. Maarten and Dominica are still open (1985–present)
Additionally, RBC incorporated its operations in Trinidad and Tobago locally, floating the shares, thereby divesting itself of ownership. The new bank took the name Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (RBTT).
2008: RBC established a representative office in Mumbai, India. RBC re-acquired 98.14% of the shares of Royal Bank of Trinidad and Tobago. This brought RBC back to Trinidad and Tobago 20 years after it had withdrawn and provided it with a presence in other islands served by RBTT.
2011: RBC sold RBC Bank to PNC Financial Services for US$3.62 billion. PNC ATMs are now used by customers with RBC Bank (Georgia), N.A. providing Canadians with bank options when they are residing in the US.
2012: RBC completed the acquisition of Dexia's 50% stake in RBC Dexia Investor Services Limited, making it the sole owner of the newly named [RBC Investor & Treasury Services].[40] RBC also opened a Branch in Wilemstad, Curaçao.
2015: RBC agreed to sell its Swiss private bank Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse) SA to local rival SYZ Group. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. Royal Bank of Canada (Suisse) manages CHF 10 billion (US$10.5 billion, C$13.4 billion) of assets for clients in Africa, the Middle East and South America.[42]
2015: RBC completed the acquisition of City National Bank (November)
2016: On January 21, 2016, Aviva announced the acquisition of RBC General Insurance Company, for C$582 million.[43]
2019: RBC agreed to sell its Eastern Caribbean banking operations, in places such as Antigua, Dominica, and Saint Lucia, to a consortium of banks in the region.[44]
2022: RBC announced the acquisition of wealth manager Brewin Dolphin in the United Kingdom, in a deal which valued Brewin Dolphin at C$2.4bn (£1.6bn).[45]
Branding
Logo
The bank's first modern identity was designed by firm Lippincott & Margulies, and was introduced in January 1962. From this point forward the bank's logo has contained the same basic element of a stylized lion clutching a globe, becoming more simplified with each iteration. Alongside promotion of the Royal Bank Plaza, a tweaked version of the mark by Montreal design consultancy Gottschalk + Ash silently debuted in June 1979. The same basic form was retained, however many lines were thickened and details simplified to facilitate printing at small sizes. The total brand overhaul and shortening of the Royal Bank name to RBC in August 2001 coincided with their expansion into the United States market.[46] The direction of the lion, now further simplified, was reversed, the crown above omitted, and both the symbol and wordmark were placed within a blue shield.
RBC is one of Canada's largest sponsors of amateur sports and is the longest-running Canadian sponsor of the Olympic Games. It employs dozens of top-tier amateur athletes as part-time spokespeople through the RBC Olympians program. RBC is a former premier sponsor of Hockey Canada and previously owned the naming rights to the National Junior A Championship, then called the Royal Bank Cup (later the RBC Cup). In addition, it supports Canadian hockey at the grassroots level through the RBC Play Hockey program.
The head office for the institution was initially located at the Merchants' Bank of Halifax Building, on Bedford Row, Halifax, Nova Scotia. The building served as the head office for the bank from 1864 to 1907. In 1907, the RBC relocated its head office to the Four Pillars Building, at 147 Saint Jacques Street (renumbered 221 in 1928), Montreal. The building was used as RBC's head office until 1928. The Four Pillars Building was later demolished, with only its facade remaining.[54] In 1928, RBC moved its head office to the Old Royal Bank Building, at 360 Saint Jacques Street, Montreal.
In 1962, RBC moved its head office to Place Ville-Marie, at University Street and René-Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal. In 1976, RBC completed Royal Bank Plaza, at 200 Bay Street, Toronto, and shifted the majority of its critical head-office functions from Montreal to Toronto.[55] The Royal Bank of Canada presently operates two headquarters, with its corporate headquarters at Royal Bank Plaza and its head office based at Place Ville-Marie.[2] Most of its management operations are based in Toronto.[3]
Controversies
On April 5, 2024, RBC terminated CFO Nadine Ahn and Ken Mason (vice president and head of capital and term funding) over an undisclosed personal relationship that led to the latter receiving preferential treatment including a promotion and compensation increases.[56]
Discrimination
On January 15, 2007, CBC Radio reported RBC was "refusing" to open US dollar accounts for people of certain nationalities.[57] Canadian citizens with dual citizenship in Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea or Sudan (mostly countries with US sanctions) were affected. The US Treasury Department restricts certain foreign nationals from using the US dollar payment system to limit terrorism and money laundering after the September 11, 2001, attacks. RBC replied that compliance with such laws does not represent an endorsement by the bank and on January 17, clarified its position on the application of the US laws, specifying that "with some exceptions" it does open accounts for dual citizens of the sanctioned countries.[58] There have also been reports that the bank had closed the accounts of some Iranian-Canadian citizens.[59]
A 2020 report on fossil fuel finance by the Sierra Club and Rainforest Action Network found that RBC was the fifth largest funder of fossil fuels in the world, and largest in Canada, investing over US$160 billion on fossil fuel projects since the Paris Agreement in 2015.[61] This sparked criticism from environmental groups and climate activists.[62]
A more recent 2023 report from a coalition of environmental group places RBC as the largest financier of fossil fuel in the world in 2022, investing US$42 billion in fossil fuel projects in that year alone.[63][64]
In 2014, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission fined RBC $35,000,000 for engaging in more than 1,000 wash sales, fictitious sales, and other non-competitive practices over a three year period.[66]
Mismarking
In 2007, the Royal Bank of Canada fired several traders in its corporate bond business, after another trader accused them of mismarking bonds the bank held by overpricing them, and marked down the values of the bonds and recognized $13 million of trading losses relating to the bonds.[67] The bank said it investigated the accusations, and took remedial action.[67]The Globe and Mail noted: "traders might have an incentive to boost [the bonds'] prices because it could have an impact on their bonuses."[67]
The CBC reported on May 7, 2013 that, during Question Period in Parliament, the NDP leveled accusations against the government and then Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper responded that the government has been working on problems with the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for more than a year.[69]
On December 29, 2022, the Supreme Court of Ontario certified a class action lawsuit permitting employees of RBC Dominion Securities to seek $800 million in damages, over alleged unpaid wages for holidays and other vacation days.[70]
The office of Chairman of the Board was created in October 1949 for outgoing president Sydney Dobson. Until 2001, the chairmanship was given to the current or former president. After John Cleghorn's retirement in 2001, the chairmanship was made a separate, non-executive position.
^The bank maintains both a "corporate headquarters" in Toronto, and a "head office" in Montreal, with most of its management operations taking place in Toronto.[2][3]
^Kalman, Harold D.; Vattay, Sharon (December 16, 2013). "Bank Architecture". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Historica Foundation. Retrieved August 5, 2014.
Bandar Udara ItamiBandar Udara Internasional Osaka伊丹空港大阪国際空港Itami KūkōŌsaka Kokusai Kūkō伊丹空港大阪国際空港Itami KūkōŌsaka Kokusai KūkōIATA: ITMICAO: RJOOInformasiJenisPublicPengelolaKementrian Infrastruktur dan Transportasi Jepang (airfield); Osaka International Airport Terminal Co., Ltd. (terminal)MelayaniOsaka, Kyoto, and KobeLokasiItami, Hyogo PrefectureIkeda and Toyonaka, Osaka PrefectureMaskapai penghubung All Nippon AirwaysJapan Airlines Ketingg...
Cet article est une ébauche concernant l’Ukraine. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. Raïon d'Obolon (uk) Оболонський район Vue sur la baie d'Obolon en octobre 2009. Héraldique Drapeau Administration Pays Ukraine Ville Kiev Indicatif téléphonique (+380) Histoire de la division Création 3 mars 1975 Démographie Population 320 300 hab. (2016) Densité 2 907 ha...
Ця стаття є частиною Проєкту:Військова історія (рівень: невідомий) Портал «Війна»Мета проєкту — створення якісних та інформативних статей на теми, пов'язані з війною. Ви можете покращити цю статтю, відредагувавши її, а на сторінці проєкту вказано, чим ще можна допомогти. �...
Pour les autres navires du même nom, voir HMS Galatea. Cet article est une ébauche concernant un bateau ou un navire et la Royal Navy. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. HMS Galatea Type Frégate à hélice de sixième rang Histoire A servi dans Royal Navy Chantier naval Woolwich Dockyard Lancement 14 septembre 1859 Équipage Équipage 450 Caractéristiques techniques Longueur 74,9 m (LP)85,3...
Historical fiction podcast by Stitcher PodcastThe Mysterious Secrets Of Uncle Berties Botanarium Podcast The Mysterious Secrets Of Uncle Bertie's Botanarium is a historical fiction podcast produced by South Coast Shenanigans and Stitcher and hosted by Jemaine Clement. Background The podcast was originally intended to be a film, which had a video trailer released in 2011, but creating a film was too expensive so the creators considered making a graphic novel or radio program instead.[1]...
الثقافة الأعلام والتراجم الجغرافيا التاريخ الرياضيات العلوم المجتمع التقانات الفلسفة الأديان فهرس البوابات [تعديل] ولايات ميكرونيسيا المتحدة ولايات مايكرونزيا المتحدة (Micronesia) هي دولة
العلاقات الأرمينية الأوغندية أرمينيا أوغندا أرمينيا أوغندا تعديل مصدري - تعديل العلاقات الأرمينية الأوغندية هي العلاقات الثنائية التي تجمع بين أرمينيا وأوغندا.[1][2][3][4][5] مقارنة بين البلدين هذه مقارنة عامة ومرجعية للدولتين: وجه المقا�...
Bagian dari seri tentangAnime dan manga Anime Sejarah Industri Animasi net orisinal Animasi video orisinal Fansub Fandub Perusahaan Seri terpanjang Daftar Manga Sejarah Pasar internasional Mangaka Dōjinshi Scanlation Alternatif Gekiga Yonkoma Penerbit Seri terlaris Seri terpanjang Daftar Kelompok demografi Anak-anak Dewasa Shōnen Shōjo Seinen Josei Genre Bara (manga gay) Harem Isekai Mahō shōjo Mecha Ryona Yaoi Yuri Lainnya Tokoh Mitsuru Adachi Fujio Akatsuka George Akiyama Hideaki Anno ...
History of money in China This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: History of Chinese currency – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (November 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) Han dynasty cash coin Part of a series on theHistory of China Timeline Dynasties Historiogra...
American radio broadcasting company This article is about the radio group. For the radio network, see CBS News Radio. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: CBS Radio – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (April 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) CBS Radio Inc.Formerl...
artikel ini perlu dirapikan agar memenuhi standar Wikipedia. Tidak ada alasan yang diberikan. Silakan kembangkan artikel ini semampu Anda. Merapikan artikel dapat dilakukan dengan wikifikasi atau membagi artikel ke paragraf-paragraf. Jika sudah dirapikan, silakan hapus templat ini. (Pelajari cara dan kapan saatnya untuk menghapus pesan templat ini) Indostar II atau Cakrawarta II adalah satelit yang diluncurkan oleh PT Media Citra Indostar (MCI) yang mengelola dan mengoperasionalisasi satelit ...
Children's fantasy novel This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.Find sources: The Amazing Vacation – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2010) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) The Amazing Vacation First edition (publ. Harcourt Brace)AuthorDan WickendenIllustratorErik BlegvadP...
Republik ZambiaRepublic of Zambia (Inggris)Ichalo ca Zambia (Bemba)Cisi ca Zambia (Tonga)Naha Zambia ye Ipusa (Lozi)Dziko la Zambia (Chichewa)Kyalo kya Zambia (Kaonde) Bendera Lambang Semboyan: One Zambia, One Nation (Inggris: Satu Zambia, Satu Bangsa)Lagu kebangsaan: Stand and Sing of Zambia, Proud and FreeIbu kota(dan kota terbesar)Lusaka15°25′S 28°17′E / 15.417°S 28.283°E / -15.417; 28.283Bahasa resmiInggrisBahasa daerahyang diakui Bemba, Tonga, Lo...
Indian actor Rahul KumarBornRahul SharmaNationalityIndianOccupationsActorModelFilm directorSingerYears active2005–presentKnown for3 Idiots (2009)Student of the Year 2 (2019)Bandish Bandits (web series)Parent(s)Suresh Kumar (father)Geeta Devi (mother) Rahul Kumar', is an Indian actor, model, film director and singer working in the Bollywood industry. Active since 2010 through his theater projects, Bollywood films, television commercials and television shows. He is known for his per...
2009 Indian filmSasirekha ParinayamFilm posterDirected byKrishna VamsiWritten byKrishna VamsiProduced bySunkara MadhumuraliStarringTarunGeneliaCinematographySamalabhaskerEdited byShankarMusic byMani Sharma & VidyasagarRelease date 1 January 2009 (2009-01-01) Running time162 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTelugu Sasirekha Parinayam is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language romantic drama film directed by Krishna Vamsi and produced by Sunkara Madhumurali. The film stars Tarun and Genelia....
1947 novel by Albert Camus The Plague Cover of the first editionAuthorAlbert CamusOriginal titleLa PesteCountryFranceLanguageFrenchGenrePhilosophical novelSet inOran, French AlgeriaPublished 1947 (Gallimard, French) 1948 (Hamish Hamilton, English) Pages308ISBN978-0679720218Preceded byResistance, Rebellion, and Death Followed byThe State of Siege The Plague (French: La Peste) is a 1947 absurdist novel by Albert Camus. It tells the story from the point of view of ...
British actor Evan Thomasin North West Mounted Police (1940)BornElystan Owen Evan Thomas(1891-02-17)17 February 1891Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDied1982Kent, England, UKOccupationActorYears active1916–1965 Evan Thomas (February 17, 1891 – 1982), also known as Peter Evan Thomas was a Canadian-born British character actor, whose career spanned both the silent and sound film eras. He began his career in England, in Lady Windermere's Fan, written by Oscar Wilde.[1] Born El...
Ali Seibou Presidente de la República del Níger 20 de diciembre de 1989-27 de febrero de 1993Predecesor Él mismoSucesor Mahamane Ousmane Jefe de Estado de la República de Níger(Presidente del Consejo de Orientación Nacional Supremo) 17 de mayo de 1989-20 de diciembre de 1989Predecesor Él mismoSucesor Él mismo (Presidente del Consejo Militar Supremo) 10 de noviembre de 1987-17 de mayo de 1989Predecesor Seyni Kountché(Presidente del Consejo Militar Supremo)Sucesor Él mismo Informació...
Political party in Finland Citizens' Party Finnish nameKansalaispuolueSwedish nameMedborgarpartietAbbreviationKPChairmanSami KilpeläinenFounded2016 (2016)Dissolved2022Split fromCentre PartyIdeologyEuroscepticismPolitical positionCentreParliament of Finland0 / 200Websitekansalaispuolue.net Politics of FinlandPolitical partiesElections Citizens' Party (Finnish: Kansalaispuolue, Swedish: Medborgarpartiet) was a Finnish political party, founded in 2016.[1] It was found...
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950–1983 Not to be confused with Electoral district of Merthyr. Merthyr TydfilFormer Borough constituencyfor the House of Commons1832–1918Created fromGlamorganReplaced byMerthyrAberdare1950–1983Created fromMerthyrReplaced byMerthyr Tydfil and Rhymney Merthyr Tydfil was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Merthyr Tydfil in Glamorgan. From 1832 to 1868 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of th...