{
  "id": 19647702,
  "title": "Metro Bank Searches for a Buyer as Lending Grows",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/metro-bank-searches-for-a-buyer-as-lending-grows",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-11-12T12:06:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PYMNTS",
    "slug": "pymnts",
    "url": "https://www.pymnts.com/news/banking/2026/metro-bank-searches-for-a-buyer-as-lending-grows/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The U.K.’s Metro Bank has put itself up for sale following a series of job cuts. The challenger bank announced Thursday (Nov. 12) that its board had begun a review of options for boosting growth, including launching a formal sale process. “Metro Bank continues to demonstrate its business and financial momentum, having reported the highest […] The post Metro Bank Searches for a Buyer as Lending…",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "This Is Money",
        "title": "Metro Bank puts itself up for sale - who could buy the FTSE 250 lender?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/metro-bank-puts-itself-up-for-sale-who-could-buy-the-ftse-250-lender",
        "published": "2026-11-12T10:19:21.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "Metro Bank opens sale process despite no buyer approaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/metro-bank-opens-sale-process-despite-no-buyer-approaches",
        "published": "2026-11-12T11:23:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}