FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / NatWest Group / 6 October 2026
NatWest Group (NWG): news on Tuesday 6 October 2026
+1.3 neutral
Coverage was mixed: directors' share purchases, the Sainsbury's Money loans tie-up and the NatWest Accelerator expansion were positive. These were offset by an app outage, NatWest leading a bank sell-off after the gilt yield surge, and a Coutts departure.
What drove it
- director share purchases
- app outage
- bank sell-off
The 16 stories
- −8.3 Why Did NatWest (LSE:NWG) Lead The FTSE 100 Banking Sell-Off After The Gilt Yield Surge This Week?
NatWest led FTSE 100 bank sell-off after gilt yields rose. - +7.0 Sainsbury’s Money launches loans with NatWest Boxed
NatWest Boxed wins Sainsbury's Money loans partnership. - −6.7 Royal Bank of Scotland banking app goes down as hundreds of users report issues
Banking app outage with hundreds reporting problems. - +6.3 NatWest Accelerator Expands She Scales Nationwide to Empower UK Female Founders
NatWest Accelerator expands female founder programme nationwide. - +6.0 NatWest Accelerator Takes Female-Founder Initiative She Scales Nationwide
NatWest Accelerator takes She Scales nationwide. - +4.2 Ten directors buy shares under NatWest Group (NWG)’s shareholding policy at £6.7040 each.
Directors buying shares under shareholding policy. - +4.0 NatWest directors boost shareholdings in line with board policy
Directors increase shareholdings in line with policy. - +3.7 NatWest Group (LON:NWG) Insider Buys 196 Shares of Stock
Insider share purchase signals confidence. - +3.7 NatWest Group (LON:NWG) Insider Roisin Donnelly Purchases 193 Shares of Stock
Insider share purchase signals confidence. - +3.3 Royal Bank Venture Banking Director announced at Female Founders Summit
Royal Bank venture banking director announced at summit. - −3.3 Nationwide, Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds, NatWest, Santander and TSB customers 'all hit with new costs'
NatWest among banks said to hit customers with new costs. - −2.5 Exclusive: Weatherbys poaches Coutts sports and media head
Coutts loses sports and media head to rival. - +0.8 Bharat Narang steps into director-HR role at NatWest after 9 years at BNP Paribas
Routine senior HR hire at NatWest. - −0.8 NatWest Group stock after-hours at EUR 7.82: minus 0.13 percent versus Lang & Schwarz prior close
Minor share price dip after hours. - +0.3 CIO Monthly - Politics, polls and portfolios: Making sense of US election season
Coutts investment commentary, minor and neutral. - 0.0 Technical Reactions to NWG Trends in Macro Strategies
Generic technical trading commentary.
NatWest Group: every day · Banks on 6 October 2026 · FTSE 100 overview for the day