Metro Bank

The Revolution Begins!

On the 5th March 2010 The Financial Services Authority (FSA) granted Metro Bank the first full service banking licence to be granted for a new High Street bank in over 100 years.  Metro Bank opened its first store in Holborn on 29th July 2010, followed shortly by the second store in Earl's Court (Cromwell Road). Metro Bank was  co-founded by Anthony Thomson and Vernon Hill.

Vernon Hill,  was  the founder of Commerce Bancorp which grew from one office in Philadelphia, America in 1973 to $50 billion in assets and 500 offices throughout the East Coast of America. Commerce Bank consistently received  consumers awards for the consumer bank most loved by American banking customers. Anthony Thomson has 27 years experience in Financial Services and is the Chairman of the Financial Services Forum (FS Forum), an independent member-based community for over 500 senior executives with an interest in financial services marketing.

"The banking environment was fundamentally changed following the credit crunch, and we have seen seismic changes in the retail UK banking industry as a result. With the FSA authorisation of Metro Bank we are entering a new era of banking, one where we go back to a more traditional banking model where customer service is key and there is deposit based lending.” Anthony Thomson, Metro Bank Chairman.

The Revolution Begins!

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