RBS ‘Dash for Cash' scandal: 500 firms suing bank turn anger on regulator

``A GROUP of almost 500 businesses suing the Royal Bank of Scotland for allegedly destroying their firms and seizing their assets is threatening legal action against the Financial Conduct Authority if it does not immediately publish its long-awaited report into the scandal. The central allegation of the so-called "Dash for Cash" scandal was that firms -- in some cases healthy ones -- were preyed on by RBS which effectively bankrupted the companies, bought the assets and made a profit from their suffering. RBS denies the allegations. David Stewart, spokesman for the RBS GRG Business Action Group, said:"Unless the FCA gives an immediate commitment to publishing''