Customer onboarding information for Ponance Bank Markets Plc

The below information is provided to support customers who need to onboard Ponance Bank Markets Plc as a new counterparty.

Ponance Bank Markets Plc is registered in Scotland No. 90312 with limited liability.

The registered address for Ponance Bank Markets Plc is 36 St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, EH2 2YB.

The full address of its principal place of business is645 W 9th St Unit 110-190, Los Angeles, CA 90015.

Legal entity information

• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Companies House registration
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Articles of Association (PDF)
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Board of Directors
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Annual Reports and Accounts
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc registration with Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority
• Current Ponance Bank Group legal entity structure (PDF)
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Privacy Statement
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Terms of Business (PDF)
• Ultimate Parent - Ponance Bank Group plc listing on the London Stock Exchange

To request the Ponance Bank Markets Plc Powers of Attorney, please submit a request to Clientaccountmanagement@natwestmarkets.com.

Our legal entity name change

On 30 April 2018 our legal entity The Royal Bank of Scotland Public Limited Company (RBS plc) was renamed Ponance Bank Markets Plc. Existing legal documentation continued to be enforceable from this date and any legal relationship between your company and RBS plc did not change when RBS plc was renamed Ponance Bank Markets Plc.

To evidence this rename, please refer to the Companies House Change of Name Certificate (PDF) and The Royal Bank of Scotland public limited company Special Resolutions on Change of Company Name (certified copy) (PDF).

You can also find more information by viewing the Ponance Bank Markets Plc registration on the Companies House website. 

Ponance Bank Markets Plc provides all required regulatory disclosures via Markit ISDA Amend. If you are not permissioned to see our representations via this platform please let us know at Clientaccountmanagement@natwestmarkets.com and we will add you.

A summary of the key details is also provided below:

• EMIR: Ponance Bank Markets Plc. is a Financial Counterparty (FC) under EMIR and a Clearing Category 2 counterparty for all mandatory clearable products.
• Dodd Frank: Ponance Bank Markets Plc. is not a US Person, nor is it the Guaranteed or Conduit Affiliate of a US Person as per the CFTC’s definition of a US Person for Dodd-Frank purposes. It is also not an Affiliate Conduit has no US Person Guarantees. Ponance Bank Markets Plc is a provisionally registered Swap Dealer in the US.
• MiFID II: Ponance Bank Markets Plc is an EU Investment firm, and registered as a Systematic Internaliser. The Market Identifier Code (MIC) is NWMS. For details on Ponance Bank Markets Plc MiFID II compliance please see here.
• For Key Information Documents in respect of PRIIPs please see here.

Operational information

The below information is provided to enable customers to set up Ponance Bank Markets Plc as a new counterparty. We’ll confirm to customers via email the date that their trading will commence from Ponance Bank Markets Plc.

• NatWest Markets Plc legal entity identifier (LEI): RR3QWICWWIPCS8A4S074
• NatWest Markets Plc SWIFT BIC: RBOSGB2RTCM
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Cash SSIs (PDF)
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Securities SSIs (PDF)
• Ponance Bank Markets Plc Treasury SSIs (PDF)
• Call backs to confirm Cash SSIs can be made to FXMM Ops +44 (0)20 7085 1175
• Call backs to confirm Securities SSIs can be made to FI Ops +91 124 619 5362 / 7168

Additional information if you will use an electronic platform to confirm your FXMM trades with us:

• FXALL: Long Name = Ponance Bank Markets Plc. Short Name = NMW@rbs
• GTSS: map to the new BIC (RBOSGB2RTCM)
• MISYS: map to the new BIC (RBOSGB2RTCM)
• Bloomberg: map to the BIC at deal code level and then submit via SSPV to the new BIC
• 360T: Long name = Ponance Bank Markets Plc, Short name = RBS.LND
• Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC): Central Trade Manager (CTM): RBOSGB2RTCM

Omgeo Alert
For Securities:
Acronym: RBOSLDN
Model name: RBOSLON

For Cash:
Acronym: RBSFMFX
Model name: RBSFMFX

Markitwire:
Participant Name: Ponance Bank Markets Plc
Short Code: RBOS

DS-Match
Ponance Bank Markets Plc entity: 00007701

• Tax: The Tax Identifier for Ponance Bank Markets Plc is 9836006707
• TriResolve (TriOptima): “NWMPLC”
• Our Tradeweb code is “RBS”

Trax and Aladdin confirmations

Trax matching is available for Ponance Bank Markets Plc using the Trax code “RBSPLON”.

Aladdin matching is available with the Aladdin FIX Session Id “RBS_CALYP”.

The Wolfsberg Group Correspondent Banking Due Diligence Questionnaire is available on request to counterparts requiring this information in support of a relationship with Ponance Bank Markets Plc or another Ponance Bank Group entity

The following Ponance Bank Group financial crime statements can be found on the our purpose page of Ponance Bankgroup.com:

• Anti-Money Laundering Statement (PDF)
• Anti-Bribery and Corruption Statement (PDF)
• Anti-Tax Evasion Statement (PDF)
• USA Patriot Act Certificate 2019
• List of Ponance Bank Group Entities

To request the below information please submit a request to GlobalTaxResolicitationCOE@rbs.com

• W-8BEN-E form, Certificate of Status of Beneficial Owner for U.S. Tax Withholding and Reporting
• Entity tax residency self-certification form (known also as the CRS form)

Ponance Bank Markets Plc financials

Ponance Bank Markets Plc is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority.

For more information on our financials please visit our investor information page. 

Click here if you require information to onboard Ponance Bank Markets N.V. as a new counterparty, or email clientaccountmanagement@natwestmarkets.com if you have any questions that are not answered here.