Despite Metro Bank’s tenth birthday just five months away, new chief executive Dan Frumkin didn’t appear to be in the mood for celebrations in late February. Given the job on a full-time basis just a week earlier, having run the bank on an interim basis since January, one of his first acts was to detail … Read more
Big Brother’s ratings are in: Season premiere doesn’t quite reach the ‘magic million’ – but still surpasses The Voice Australia and MasterChef By Jessamy Tredinnick For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:40 BST, 9 June 2020 | Updated: 01:42 BST, 9 June 2020 The season premiere of Big Brother aired on Monday night. And while the … Read more
We’ve been humbled by crisis at Metro Bank, bosses finally admit after accounting error that sent shares crashing By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 00:00 BST, 22 May 2019 | Updated: 11:42 BST, 6 June 2019 Metro Bank’s boss said he feels ‘humbled and chastened’ after an accounting error wiped more than £1billion … Read more
Metro Bank has come under fire for not introducing a new fraud prevention scheme, despite last year signing up to a code which said banks ‘should’ bring it in. The bank, which launched a decade ago, said it had ‘no current plans’ to implement a system called Confirmation of Payee, designed to alert anyone making … Read more
Metro Bank’s risk boss Grahame McGirr is ousted just days before he was due to take up his responsibilities By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 22:06 GMT, 4 March 2020 Grahame McGirr joined Metro Bank as interim chief risk officer on February 10 but was ousted … Read more
Drones are flying underground in Japan to inspect parts of the Tokyo Metro’s sprawling subway tunnels that are difficult for people to see The remote-controlled 2.5 pound (1.15kg) drone is encased in a plastic sphere This 8.5-inch wide casing protects the machine from any potential damage Fitted with cameras it searches for signs of damage … Read more