While RBS is lining up £5m in “golden hello” payouts to 11 new employees from American banking giant Merrill Lynch, about 3000 staff in Scotland are set to forfeit their annual handouts. A similar number at Lloyds will also lose out.
Thousands of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group employees are to lose their cash bonuses in return for another massive taxpayer bailout worth £31 billion.
While RBS is lining up £5m in “golden hello” payouts to 11 new employees from American banking giant Merrill Lynch, about 3000 staff in Scotland are set to forfeit their annual handouts. A similar number at Lloyds will also lose out.