Royal Bank of Scotland has terminated a “contingent capital” deal that would have seen the Government inject another £8bn into the bank if its core capital ratio fell below 5 per cent.
The facility, set up in 2009, acted as an additional debt buffer. The move means the taxpayer-controlled bank will no longer have to pay a £320m fee to the Treasury.
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