The UK’s community bank, Metro Bank, gives every colleague a Day to Amaze – essentially a paid day off to support a local charity or good cause. Croydon resident, Leah Asfaw and fellow Metro Bank colleagues Chris Locsin and Poonam Gurung spent their day cleaning up litter in Heavers Meadow in Croydon.
Daniel Frumkin, Chief Executive Officer at Metro Bank, said, “Metro Bank has delivered a second consecutive quarter of underlying profitability and March has been our strongest month of performance since the turnaround commenced."
Liverpool has just been named as the one of most expensive cities to live alone[i] in the UK. The estimated monthly cost of living for a single person is £1,532.77.
Metro Bank is warning consumers about scammers posing as trusted organisations as criminal gangs have stolen over £470m in just 12 months by pretending to be banks and other trusted service providers. If anyone receives an unsolicited call supposedly from their bank, they should simply hang up and dial 159 to be connected to their genuine bank safely and securely. 159 is designed to break the scam ‘journey’ at the critical moment when consumers are at most risk of being manipulated into making a payment. Since its launch last September 159 has received over 325,000 calls.
Peterborough Metro Bank will host a Business Breakfast Networking event from 8.30am to 10am on Wednesday May 3rd.at its Long Causeway store.
Hemel Hempstead Metro Bank colleagues have delivered Money Zone – financial education workshops – to 11 pupils from Egerton Rothesay School. The aim of the complimentary workshops is to raise financial awareness in students from a young age.
Metro Bank colleagues from the Cambridge store have delivered Money Zone - financial education workshops - to nineteen students from a Parkside Community College. The aim of the complimentary workshops is to raise financial awareness in students from a young age.
Metro Bank’s Reading store will host a Business Owners’ Drop In event on Wednesday May 3rd from 10.00am - 3pm at its Broad Street store.
Guildford Metro Bank colleagues have delivered Money Zone – financial education workshops – to over 20 pupils from Tillingbourne Junior School.
Wimbledon Metro Bank will be hosting a Summer Networking event from 5.30pm on Wednesday 3 May open to any local business owners at its Wimbledon Bridge House store.
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