The Royal Bank of Scotland: Gone A-Viking

The Royal Bank of Scotland: Gone A-Viking
The Royal Bank of Scotland: Gone A-Viking
Among the clans of Scotland are few that did not bump up against the Norsemen over the centuries. Indeed some clans are descended from Viking raiders and traders of flesh who settled in and took local wives. So Viking traditions survive in some interesting ways - consider the MacNeills of Barra, as Irish a clan as you could find in Scotland, who well into the 17th century would "go a-viking" - setting false lights and claiming salvage on the resulting shipwrecks.
And consider also the Royal Bank of Scotland, which even in this modern day carries on the Viking tradition! How, you may ask? Do brawny oarsmen in pinstripes drunk on schnapps and brandishing golf clubs raid the airport lounge bar? No, even better- they pushed bank clients into liquidation, and passed information to the bank's real estate arm which snapped up properties at bargain prices based on this inside information. I mean, the bank's real estate arm and the client arm both reported to the same person, the appropriately-named Mr. Sach (as in pillage, in the Viking tradition).
Here is a link to a very comprehensive article with some excellent video links.






















