Article - RBC (2024)

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What does RBC stand for? ›

Erythrocyte count; Red blood cell count; Anemia - RBC count. An RBC count is a blood test that measures how many red blood cells (RBCs) you have.

RBC Centura Banks Inc. acquired Birmingham-based Alabama National BanCorporation, parent of 10 subsidiary banks and other affiliated businesses in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. RBC Centura also changed its brand name to RBC Bank following the change of its legal name to RBC Bank (USA).

For 17 years, RBC has been providing secure and easy U.S. banking to over 400,000 Canadians who live, travel, shop and work in the U.S.

We are one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis.

RBC: Short for red blood cells, the cells that carry oxygen and carbon dioxide through the blood. This rather remarkable feat is thanks to hemoglobin, the pigment that makes red cells (and blood) look red. The red blood cells are also known as red corpuscles or erythrocytes (literally, red hollow vessels).

A low red blood cell count can be a sign of: Anemia. Leukemia, a type of blood cancer. Malnutrition, a condition in which your body does not get the calories, vitamins, and/or minerals needed for good health.

City National is a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies.

Royal Bank Of Canada (NYSE: RY) is owned by 44.61% institutional shareholders, 0.00% Royal Bank Of Canada insiders, and 55.39% retail investors. Royal Bank Of Canada is the largest individual Royal Bank Of Canada shareholder, owning 76.87M shares representing 5.46% of the company.

In Canada, the bank's personal and commercial banking operations are branded as RBC Royal Bank in English and RBC Banque Royale in French and serves approximately 11 million clients through its network of 1,284 branches.

You must be 18 years or older and live in Canada or the U.S. to open an account. Make sure you have your: SIN or SSN (we use this information to verify your identity and when necessary, access your credit history with a credit reporting agency.

Is RBC a US bank account? ›

Yes! To open an RBC Bank U.S. account, you don't need to be a resident of the U.S., a U.S. address or Social Security number. You simply need to be 18 years or older and live in Canada or the U.S. Signing up takes just a few minutes.

Only two design elements were retained from the 1901 seal: the lion, a symbol of strength and authority, and the crown to carry out the “royal” symbolism. Added to the new logo was the globe to demonstrate Royal Bank's global presence.

Royal Bank of Canada (the “bank”) is a Schedule I bank under the Bank Act (Canada), which constitutes its charter. The corporate headquarters are located at Royal Bank Plaza, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The head office is located at 1 Place Ville-Marie, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

1864: Merchants' Bank — RBC's original name — was founded on the Halifax waterfront, providing credit to tradesmen importing and exporting through the port. The eight founding merchants included prominent local names like Thomas Kinnear, Edward Kenny and William Cunard.

David McKay

Dave McKay is President and CEO of RBC, Canada's biggest bank, and one of the largest in the world based on market capitalization. He is reimagining the future of financial services to help RBC's clients thrive and communities prosper.

If you are a man or were assigned male at birth, a normal RBC test result is usually 4.7 million to 6.1 million RBCs per microliter of blood. If you are a woman or were assigned female at birth, a normal RBC test result is usually 4.2 million to 5.4 million RBCs per microliter of blood.

What does it mean when your red blood cell count is high? If you have a high red blood cell count, then you have something called erythrocytosis. This makes your blood thicker than it should be, and it could increase your risk for blood clots.

Red blood cells (RBCs)

Patients who benefit most from the transfusion of RBCs include those with chronic anemia resulting from kidney failure or gastrointestinal bleeding, and those with acute blood loss resulting from surgery or trauma. All RBC transfusions must be ABO compatible with the recipient.

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC; French: Banque Royale du Canada) is a Canadian multinational financial services company and the largest bank in Canada by market capitalization.