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Metro Bank moves towards a £1bn Stockmarket Listing
8th October 2015
With only 35 branches (concentrated in the south east of England) and over 530,000 customer accounts, Metro Bank is not exactly shaking the UK retail banking industry to its roots. But the challenger bank is making some in-roads and is taking steps towards a £1bn stock market listing. This article is worth reading as background when studying barriers to contestability in retail banking.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.
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