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Metro Bank PLC is a retail bank operating in the United Kingdom, founded by Vernon Hill in 2010.〔 At its launch it was the first new high street bank to launch in the United Kingdom in over 150 years.〔 == History == Metro Bank PLC was granted its licence by the Financial Services Authority on 5 March 2010, the first high-street bank to be granted such a licence for over 150 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Computer says no )〕 Its first branch opened on 29 July 2010 in Holborn, followed by Earl's Court (Cromwell Road) on 3 September 2010. Metro Bank opened its 32nd branch on 30 January 2015, in Cambridge. Metro Bank increased its account holders by 50% in the first half of 2013 for a total of 200,000 customer accounts, including 15,000 business accounts. The bank aims to have 200 UK branches open by 2020. Recent expansion includes the opening of a Guildford branch in April 2013〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.metrobankonline.co.uk/News-Events/PressReleases/2013/April/Metro-Bank-brings-the-banking-revolution-to-Guildofrd-with-opening-of-17th-Store/Article/ )〕 and commencement of construction of a Cheapside branch in July, which is due to open by the end of 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.easier.com/116740-metro-bank-comes-to-the-city.html )〕 In 2012 Forbes Magazine reported that Metro's flagship Holborn branch had "...garnered $200 million in deposits, four times the total at the average mature American branch." In 2012, Metro Bank raised an additional $200 million in funding from investors including Fidelity, Steven A. Cohen of hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors, and New York real estate investors the LeFraks and David and Simon Reubens. On 2 May 2013 the ''Daily Telegraph'' reported that, following a loss of £8.8 million in the first quarter of 2013, Metro Bank's pre-tax losses had exceeded £100 million in less than three years since its launch, but the bank stated that these were planned for, and were "a result of its growth initiatives". In an interview with the ''Financial Times'', Hill said the bank was "...in line with the business plan to rapidly grow this company,” he added. "Our primary goal is to expand the business . . . and profit certainly will come." The bank had 850 employees in London by July 2013 and forecasted more than 1,000 London-based employees by the end of 2013.〔 The bank plans to open between 200 and 250 branches in Greater London within 10 years of starting up. Metro Bank acquired SME Finance in August 2013 and rebranded the business as Metro Bank SME Finance in May 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metro Bank (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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