Sign for Metro Bank during concerns over the banks financial stability and future on 6th October 2023 in Solihull, United Kingdom. Following a deal to refinance the banks debt and raising new investment the banks future is said to have been secured. Metro Bank plc is a retail and commercial bank operating in the UK, founded by Anthony Thomson and 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.