A man passes a branch of Royal Bank of Scotland, in the City of London in this June 2, 2008 file photograph. Royal Bank of Scotland fell to a first-half loss of 691 million pounds, one of the biggest losses in UK corporate history but not as bad as expected, after taking a 5.9 billion writedown on the value of risky assets. RBS, Britain's second-biggest bank, on August 8, 2008, said it swung to a loss from a 5.1 billion pound profit a year ago after being hit by the writedowns on credit products. Photograph taken on June 2, 2008. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files (BRITAIN)
A man passes a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland in the City of London June 2, 2008. Royal Bank of Scotland and Barclays have been raided by the consumer watchdog regarding possible price-fixing in their commercial banking units.The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) said on Monday it had launched the investigation into alleged anti-competitive conduct after raiding the two banks about two weeks ago.
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