Citing two persons close to the plan, the newspaper said RBS could exit by the end of this year the program set up to protect U. K. Banks against bad or risky assets.

据《金融时报》报道，有两位熟悉内幕的知情人透露，苏格兰皇家银行有可能提前一年退出这项保护英国银行免受高风险资产影响的计划。

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Investors weren't as certain. U. K. bank stocks took a beating Thursday, with Barclays, HSBC, Standard Chartered and RBS all tumbling.

投资者则没有这么肯定。英国银行类股周四大幅下挫；巴克莱、汇丰、渣打银行和苏格兰皇家银行股票均暴跌。

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But the furor over bankers' compensation remains particularly intense in the U.K., and RBS, because it is still majority-owned by taxpayers, is a prime target.

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