Royal Bank of Scotland brings Silicon Valley to Edinburgh

Royal Bank of Scotland has today welcomed some of Silicon Valley’s leading lights to Edinburgh, as it aims to become the UK’s most innovative bank, offering customers the best products and services, driven by the world’s best technology. The event – Disrupt 17 – will hear from tech leaders and host speakers including Singularity University, the influential Silicon Valley think tank and RocketSpace, the world renowned tech incubator that helped the likes of Spotify and Uber get off the ground. The full day event will be attended by business people, tech entrepreneurs and some of the bank’s own customers.

The Royal Bank of Scotland has in recent years brought Facebook at Work  – (now called Workplace), to its employees, introduced AI to help answer customer queries and deployed the latest in biometrics to halt millions of pounds worth of online fraud. These advances have come through the bank’s extensive technology scouting network which takes in the UK, US and Israel. The bank has built extensive links with innovative companies to enable it to deliver significantly easier, faster and more effective services for its customers.

The event is bringing the best of the worlds innovators to Edinburgh, supporting its growth as a leading Fintech hub in the UK.  Edinburgh’s tech community now has a Fintech hub based at the bank’s HQ.

Commenting, Simon McNamara, Chief Administrative Officer of Royal Bank of Scotland said:

“We’re really excited to be welcoming some of the world’s leading lights in digital innovation to our HQ in Edinburgh to discuss the latest trends in technology and continue the progress we’ve made together to develop new products and services that our customers really value. It’s vital that we continue to build relationships with innovative tech firms from around the world, so that we can make the very best technology available for our customers. This event brings partners, customers and colleagues together to help us do just that.  This is also a great opportunity for Scotland’s burgeoning Fintech community to build new relationships with global tech entrepreneurs and help boost our economy in the long run.”