Santander deal for Williams & Glyn could still stall

3rd August 2016

A deal for Santander to buy Williams & Glyn’s 300 branches from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) might still stall if an agreement cannot be reached that ensure more than a million customers move over to Santander

The European Union (EU) had ordered that RBS sells off Williams & Glyn by 2017 as a condition of its £45 billion bailout in the financial crisis.