NatWest Group (NWG): news on Tuesday 20 October 2026

The 13 stories

Each headline's own score, strongest first. Links go to the publisher.

• +9.2 FTSE 100 NatWest (LSE:NWG) Climbs on a Broker Upgrade Kalkine Media
  Shares climb on broker upgrade
• +9.2 NatWest stock: Barclays lifts target for NatWest stock to GBp 850.00 - ad-hoc-news.de ad-hoc-news.de
  Barclays raises price target to 850p
• +9.2 Barclays upgraded NatWest to Overweight with GBp 850 target for NatWest stock - ad-hoc-news.de ad-hoc-news.de
  Barclays upgrades to Overweight with 850p target
• +6.7 NatWest bets on West Midlands founders with new accelerator cluster TheBusinessDesk.com
  NatWest launches accelerator cluster backing West Midlands founders
• +5.8 Top role at Royal Bank of Scotland for ‘outstanding’ banker who started branch career at 16 The Scotsman
  Outstanding banker gets top role
• +5.8 Royal Bank of Scotland appoints new executive chair ahead of 300th anniversary Yahoo News UK
  New executive chair appointed ahead of 300th anniversary
• +5.8 Birmingham Tech Week opens with new West Midlands Accelerator Cluster announcement BusinessCloud
  Accelerator cluster announced at Birmingham Tech Week
• +5.8 Royal Bank veteran Robert Begbie to lead in 300th anniversary year TheBusinessDesk.com
  Veteran insider appointed to lead bank in anniversary year
• +5.0 Long-serving banker Begbie takes top role at RBS Daily Business
  Long-serving banker takes top role
• +5.0 NatWest taps Crédit Agricole for new markets CEO Financial News London
  Hires new markets CEO from Crédit Agricole
• +5.0 Begbie handed new strategic role at RBS Scottish Financial News
  Begbie given new strategic role
• +3.3 What NatWest Group Doubters Got Wrong Simply Wall Street
  Analysis suggesting doubters were wrong about the shares
• +2.5 Moves – NatWest makes senior leadership changes International Financing Review
  Senior leadership changes made