At one point they were down by almost a third. Metro bank is the youngest lender on britains high streets. It launched here back in 2010 in the wake of the Global Financial crisis to take on the likes of lloyds and ba rclays. It was the first to do so for more than 100 years. But its had a series of Financial Issues and on thursday there were reports that its urgently trying to raise up to £600 million to shore up its finances. So should customers be worried . Heres our Business Correspondent theo leggett. Well, i dont think customers should be too worried at this stage. Although a 25 drop in the share price is clearly not a good look, metro bank insists that, fundamentally, its finances are pretty sound, it made a profit in the first half of this year, and it continues, crucially, to meet all regulatory requirements in terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. 0n terms of the financial buffers its obliged to give. On top of that, the Financial Services Compensation Scheme d
pressure points that these countries will have to navigate? i really think it s a confidence game at this point. we want consumers to continue to spend, we want firms to continue to invest. i think having some confidence that the rate cycle globally is near its peak, the us continues to put up good numbers, china has tweaked some of the measures in the property market. it s certainly not a disastrous story but it will probably in poorly on growth, and countries have to figure out how to navigate that given the particular circumstances. not a terrible scenario but a bit weaker than we are used to in this part of the world, where china was powering the region and everyone else was pulled along. how do you see the challenges in the property sector? it was one of the huge boosters in the chinese economy. the property sector in china is driving between a quarter and a third growth. we know the authorities are concerned about excess debt levels. they want the market mechanisms to w
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