Royal Bank of Scotland business banking is available to eligible customers who are over 18 and have the right to be self employed in the UK. Specific account and service eligibility criteria apply.
Digital Banking or Bankline?
We’ve laid out the key points of comparison to help you choose.
Bankline works better if you have bespoke needs or larger teams. Digital Banking works better if you want a simple service, without a monthly fee, and don’t need to set up different levels of access.
Have a look. And if you’d like to discuss your options, give us a call.
Digital Banking
There’s no monthly service fee for Digital Banking.
There are still payment fees for making different kinds of payments.
Bankline
Bankline has a monthly fee, based on the number of accounts you add to Bankline.
Fees effective until 31 August 2025:
- 1-5 acccounts are £20 per month
- 6-10 accounts are £80 per month
- 11+ accounts are £160 per month.
Fees as of 1 September 2025:
- 1 account is £10 per month
- 2-5 acccounts are £20 per month
- 6+ accounts are £20 + £5 per account over 6 (capped at £160).
Bankline also has payment fees that vary depending on the type of payment.
Download Bankline fact sheet (PDF, 812 KB)
(Charges Effective until 31st August 2025)
Download Bankline fact sheet (PDF, 151 KB)
(Charges Effective from 1st September 2025)
Digital Banking
Add up to 20 users.
Users will all have the same level of access. They’ll be able to:
- View all accounts
- Change settings
- Raise and approve payments.
Bankline
Add as many users as you need.
Users can have different levels of access.
Set what users can see and do by assigning them roles (eg. payment raiser) and limit access to specific accounts if needed.
Option to have two users approve payments and changes in Bankline.
An audit log lets you track user activity.
Digital Banking
- Add up to 50 accounts per business.
- View transactions and balances held with other banks.
Bankline
- Add up to 999 accounts per business.
- View transactions and balances held with other banks.
- Add foreign currency accounts (useful for international trade).
- Make accounts confidential.
- Create account sets to help group and organise your finances.
Digital Banking
Make Faster Payments up to £50k.
Approve up to 15 payments at once.
Send international payments.
Make bulk payments from bulk lists (up to 25 payees per payment).
Bankline
- Make Faster Payments up to £1 million.
- Approve up to 75 payments at once.
- Send international payments.
- Make bulk payments from bulk lists (up to a maximum of 3000 payees per payment).
Additionally:
- Make CHAPS payments.
- Import payment files from external software (handy for high volumes of payments).
- Set your own payment limits.
- View summary of payment activity.
Payment security and controls
Need two people to approve payments or customisable payment limits? Bankline gives you those options.
Digital Banking
Multifactor authentication for log in and payment approval.
Fixed daily payment limit of £50k.
Mobile banking
Both Bankline and Digital Banking have mobile apps that are free to download.
Once you’ve chosen your main service, you can sign up and get the app you need on your phone.
Each app has its own features, but here are some useful things you can do on both:
- Check balances and transactions in seconds.
- Make and approve payments with your fingerprint or facial recognition (if your phone has these features).
The Royal Bank app and Bankline Mobile are available on most iOS and Android devices with a UK or international mobile number in selected countries.
Apply for Digital Banking
It only takes a few minutes to apply for Digital Banking. If you have a business debit card, you may get instant access to your accounts.
Apply for Bankline
You can apply online when you’re ready.