{
  "id": 19655907,
  "title": "Metro Bank up for sale, with billionaire investor in line for £420m windfall",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/metro-bank-up-for-sale-with-billionaire-investor-in-line-for-420m",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T12:43:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/metro-bank-up-for-sale-billionaire-investor-in-line-420m-windfall"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Shares up 7% after announcement as Jaime Gilinski Bacal seeks exit three years after helping to rescue bank Metro Bank is putting itself up for sale three years after its near-collapse, in a move that could hand a £420m windfall to its Colombian billionaire investor, Jaime Gilinski Bacal. Metro Bank made the rare decision to publicly announce it was open to bids on Thursday, paving the way for a…",
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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."
}