The UK banking sector is gearing up for the introduction of an industry-wide mobile payments service next spring, with eight major institutions committed to the launch.
Metro Bank PLC, the UK's most revolutionary High Street Bank, today announces the appointment of Vernon Hill as Chairman.
Metro Bank has today submitted its second set of accounts to Companies House, for the year ending 31st December 2011.
Royal Bank of Scotland is to slash over 600 UK jobs in reaction to incoming rules on the sale of investment products to customers. The cuts have been described as "brutal" by union leaders and competing banks that have opted to invest in a branch-based sales force.
Metro Bank has raised £126 million as it prepares to step up its assault on the high street with a raft of new branches in London and the South East.
Metro Bank, Britain's first new High Street bank in over 100 years, has selected SunGard's Ambit Asset Liability Management (ALM) solution.
Metro Bank says it will open 16 new UK branches in the next 18 months, trebling the size of its network as it looks to build on a first year on the high street that has seen 25,000 retail and business accounts opened.
Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the global provider of banking software, today announced that Metro Bank, the UK's latest high street bank, will implement ARC Mobile, Temenos' advanced mobile banking solution.
Metro Bank, the first new high street bank in the UK for 100 years, today announced it has enlisted the Trusteer Rapport secure browsing service to ensure its customers are protected and secure in their online transactions with the bank, from the start.
Thales (Paris:HO.pa), leader in information systems and communications security, announces that Metro Bank has implemented Thales's P3™ solution, allowing the bank to deliver on its customer service promise by creating and issuing new bank cards on the spot.
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