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Metro Bank hit by £5.4m fine from Bank of England

Punishment relates to accounting failings revealed in 2019
December 22, 2021
  • Metro penalised for capital reporting error
  • Further action from FCA still a possibility

The Bank of England imposed a £5.4m fine on Metro Bank (MTRO) on Wednesday for failures in its regulatory reporting.

The bank’s Prudential Regulation Authority said the 11-year-old lender had failed “to act with due skill, care and diligence” when submitting reports between May 2016 and January 2019.

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