The British government has said it will need an extra year to fully return state-backed lender NatWest to private hands, targeting 2026 to sell its majority ownership of the bank.
NatWest - formerly Royal Bank of Scotland - remains 62% taxpayer-owned as a legacy of its state bailout in the 2007-09 financial crisis.
The UK government has managed just two sales of state-owned stock to date, with the last one in 2018.
NatWest owns Ulster Bank here, but last month it announced a phased withdrawal from the Republic of Ireland over the coming years that will be managed in an "orderly and considered manner".
