Metro Bank is partnering with the charity Victim Support to provide an independent support service for its customers who have been a victim of fraud. Victim Support’s team of dedicated fraud case workers offer free, confidential and personalised support to help victims manage the impact of the fraud and help to ensure they feel more able to spot fraud in the future.
Metro Bank won three awards at The UK Sponsorship Awards as the Champion of Women’s and Girls’ cricket: Best Sponsorship of the Year, Best Women’s Sport Sponsorship and Best Social Purpose Sponsorship – Community Focus.
Metro Bank has today become the first UK bank to partner with award winning AI scam detector, Ask Silver – allowing customers to spot scams more easily and protect them from fraud. The Metro Bank Scam Checker powered by Ask Silver uses bespoke AI technology to enable Metro Bank’s personal and business customers to instantly check whether they are at risk of a scam. Using their phone or tablet, Metro Bank customers can now simply take a photo or screenshot of any email, website, letter or leaflet they are suspicious about and using the Metro Bank Scam Checker send it via WhatsApp. Ask Silver will then use the power of AI to spot if the communication is fraudulent and provide suggestions for next steps on staying safe – in just minutes. This feature, which is simple and easy to use, will help give customers a route to peace of mind and has the potential to stop scams from taking place.
Hammersmith Metro Bank will be hosting a marketing workshop at its Kings Mall store on Wednesday April 16th from 2.30 – 5.30pm.
Metro Bank has appointed Richard Jenkins as Commercial Lending Director for Wales and the South-West.
Metro Bank has announced a new partnership with Covecta, an AI platform for financial services that will be deployed across its corporate and commercial credit businesses.
Paul Gaynor and Louise Molloy join as Commercial Lending Directors within the North-West region.
Championed by Metro Bank’s Local Director Steve Degg’s the inaugural Netwalking event has just taken place bringing together nearly 20 local businesses for a turn around the lovely streets of Hull for some mutual commercial chat.
Metro Bank is supporting this year’s No More Week (March 2nd – 8th), part of the UK Says No More campaign organised by domestic abuse charity Hestia. The theme of the week is ‘No More Silence’.
Daniel Frumkin, Chief Executive Officer at Metro Bank, said: "It has been a transformational year for Metro Bank as we made substantial progress against our strategy, ending the period ahead of guidance, profitable, and with strong momentum going forward.” “We have successfully continued our pivot towards higher margin business in the form of corporate, commercial and SME lending and specialist mortgages, while also taking significant steps to reduce our costs and optimising our funding model. We have simplified and strengthened our balance sheet, and as a result, end the year with a robust capital position.” “Our network of stores helps us grow our target markets, with our specialist relationship banking colleagues driving positive outcomes for customers and communities across the UK. We are delivering on our strategy. Looking forward, we are confident that Metro Bank has a strong and compelling plan, differentiated model and clear path forward to further growth.”
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