Britain's Metro, Starling, ClearBank win cash to fund small businesses
Britain’s Metro Bank, Starling Bank and ClearBank have been granted a total of 280 million pounds from a fund that aims to boost competition in lending to small firms.
The funds from the Banking Competition Remedies (BCR) scheme that was set up last year seek to help startups and online-only banks wrest business from established rivals such as Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), Lloyds and Barclays.
Read more at Reuters.
