NatWest subsidiaries upgraded by Fitch

Fitch Ratings has upgraded NatWest Group PLC (LSE:NWG) across a number of key ratings across the lender's subsidiaries after the agency updated its bank rating criteria. The ratings agency raised the long-term issuer default ratings to ‘AA' from ‘AA-' of National Westminster Bank Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, NatWest Bank Europe GmbH, NatWest Markets Plc, NatWest Markets NV and The Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd.