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Contingent liabilities and commitments
 6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Contingent liabilities and commitments  
Contingent liabilities and commitments

 

9. Contingent liabilities and commitments

 

 

 

30 June

 

31 December

 

 

 

2018 

 

2017 

 

 

 

£m

 

£m

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guarantees and assets pledged as collateral security

 
6,262

 
7,718

 

Other contingent liabilities

 
3,278

 
3,391

 

Standby facilities, credit lines and other commitments

 
122,526

 
124,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent liabilities and commitments

 
132,066

 
136,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent liabilities arise in the normal course of RBS’s business; credit exposure is subject to the bank’s normal controls. The amounts shown do not, and are not intended to, provide any indication of RBS’s expectation of future losses.