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May 2015

News

Metro Bank SME Finance revolutionises invoice finance fees

Metro Bank SME Finance today announced that it will abolish both value dating and termination fees, providing customers with immediate and significant savings. Abolishes value dating charges, saving average customer over £3,800 per annum. Launches new contract eliminating termination fees. Challenges industry to follow innovative approach

News

Metro Bank wins award for innovative store strategy

Metro Bank, the revolutionary high street bank, has scooped the ‘Best Branch Strategy Award’ at the Retail Banker International Awards 2015.

April 2015

News

Metro Bank celebrates 500,000 customer accounts

Metro Bank, the first new high street bank in more than 100 years, today announces its quarter one financial statement to 31 March 2015. Over 500,000 customer accounts opened; year on year growth of 56%. Deposits increase to £3,375 million; year on year growth of 109%. Total loans grow to £1,830 million; a year on year increase of 91%. Almost half of total lending is to business customers

Corporate

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne celebrates Metro Bank's rapid growth in colleague numbers

Metro Bank, Britain’s revolutionary high street bank, today announces that it has created 1,700 new careers since its launch in 2010 and plans to employ a total of 5,000 colleagues by the end of 2020, as part of its wider expansion plans.

March 2015

Regional

Metro Bank brings the banking revolution to Southend

Metro Bank’s rapid expansion continues in 2015 with the opening of its 34th store in Southend. To mark the occasion, the UK’s most revolutionary bank will be holding two days of celebrations on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th March.

News

Metro Bank recognised in LSE's '1000 companies to inspire Britain' report

Metro Bank, the revolutionary high street bank, has been identified as one of the London Stock Exchange’s ‘1000 Companies to Inspire Britain’. The report is a celebration of the UK’s fastest growing and most dynamic businesses in the UK.

News

Loyal savers penalised: 43% of savings accounts pay existing customers less than new customers

Thousands of loyal UK savers are losing out at the expense of new customers, according to new analysis released today from Metro Bank. Over a third of all saving accounts reduced rates for existing customers, with average reduction of 0.46 per cent. Loyal savers lose out on £4.7 billion in interest. Banks not obliged to tell customers about rate reductions up to 0.5 per cent per year.

February 2015

Regional

Metro Bank brings the banking revolution to Brighton

Metro Bank’s rapid expansion continues in 2015 with the opening of its 33rd store in Brighton. To mark the occasion, the UK’s most revolutionary bank will be holding two days of celebrations on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February.

Business

Metro Bank announces innovative partnership with Xero

Metro Bank, the bank for entrepreneurs, is today proud to announce a new partnership with Xero, the online accounting software specialist. Metro Bank business customers using Xero will soon be able to import and categorise their bank statements automatically, making manual uploads and downloads redundant, and saving them valuable time.

January 2015

News

Metro Bank supports Lohana community with vital new centre

Metro Bank, the revolutionary high street bank, is proud to announce on the first anniversary of its Asian Banking Group, that it has provided a significant loan to the Lohana Community North London.

PRESS ENQUIRIES

Metro Bank Media Team

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