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Metro Bank in early talks to sell performing consumer loan portfolio
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 29, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
Metro Bank is in early talks to sell its consumer loan portfolio, focusing on commercial and SME lending to improve financial ratios like CET1.
(Reuters) -Britain's Metro Bank said on Wednesday it was in early discussions about a potential sale of its performing consumer loan portfolio, as it shifts focus to high-yielding commercial, corporate, and small and medium enterprise lending.
Any potential divestment is expected to increase the lender's performance ratios including the CET1, a key measure of a bank's financial strength.
Metro, launched in 2010 to challenge the dominance of Britain's big banks, has been overhauling its business and selling some assets to bolster its finances after a rescue deal in October 2023.
The British lender in July forecast a return to profit in the fourth quarter after a cash injection from the sale of its residential mortgage book worth $3.1 billion to NatWest.
(Reporting by Prerna Bedi in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)
Metro Bank is in early discussions about a potential sale of its performing consumer loan portfolio.
Any potential divestment is expected to increase the lender's performance ratios, including the CET1, a key measure of a bank's financial strength.
Metro Bank has been overhauling its business and selling some assets to bolster its finances after a rescue deal in October 2023.
In July, Metro Bank forecasted a return to profit in the fourth quarter following a cash injection from the sale of its residential mortgage book worth $3.1 billion to NatWest.
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