Metro Bank celebrates first year

Metro Bank, which celebrates its first birthday on 29 July, has signed up over 25,000 accounts in the last 12 months. It opened eight stores in its first 12 months and plans to open a further 16 over the next 18 months in its bid to grow to over 200 stores.

Vernon W. Hill II, co-founder and vice chairman at Metro Bank, comments: “We promised a banking revolution and have delivered a new model based on service and convenience, not product and price. The revolution has been embraced by customers everywhere and will, in the years ahead, continue to deliver and strengthen the Metro Bank promise to surprise and delight every customer.”

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