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RBS Fund Takes Back £50M From Metro Bank

PYMNTS

After Metro Bank recently pulled back from plans to expand and decided to move away from lending for mortgages, the bank said it will return £50 million from the RBS bailout fund, according to a report. The company’s plans were thwarted when it was revealed that it was miscategorizing a number of loans when figuring out capital requirements.

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Metro Bank Plunges on Misclassified Assets, Capital Concern

Bank Innovation

Metro Bank Plc fell the most since going public after applying an incorrectly low-risk weighting to parts of its loan book, with the British lender’s chief saying he doesn’t know how long the mortgages in question had been wrongly classified. The shares plunged as much as 34 percent Wednesday and the bank’s bonds also fell […].

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Metro Bank Links With ezbob For Same-Day SMB Loans

PYMNTS

To provide a digital lending offering for small business clients, Metro Bank has collaborated with banking software provider ezbob. Metro Bank Chief Commercial Officer Paul Riseborough said, according to reports, “We know quick, reliable access to finance is crucial for small businesses to seize opportunities to grow.

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UK Challenger Banks Stumble On Stress Tests

PYMNTS

The recent news about challenger banks — which are striving to ride the wave of payments and financial services innovation sparked by such factors as the rise of smartphones and regulatory encouragement for new products and services — follows a scandal at Metro Bank , the report noted.

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Bitcoin Daily: China Debuts Blockchain-Backed Subway eInvoices; Bitcoin’s Crypto Market Majority On The Decline

PYMNTS

percent of the market’s total capitalization, falling to a low of 50.54 The invoice, which was issued at the Futian Station of the Shenzhen Metro, was developed by the Shenzhen Municipal Taxation Bureau with the help of Chinese tech giant Tencent , according to Coin Telegraph. percent on March 17. This is a pivotal moment for the U.K.,

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Challenges for the neo-challengers: Four hurdles to overcome

Accenture

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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3 Reasons Why Fintech is Thriving in Atlanta

William Mills

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. According to the American Transaction Processors Coalition, more than 70 percent of all payments on a global scale currently pass through companies headquartered in metro Atlanta, earning the city the moniker “Transaction Alley.”

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