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MetroBank: can this be right?

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  • boo_star
    boo_star Posts: 3,202 Forumite
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    Can what be true? That they lost 35% of their share value or that they misclassified the risk of some loans ?

    Both appear to be true, so yes ?
  • EssexExile
    EssexExile Posts: 6,496 Forumite
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    Yup, nothing happened, nothing changed, just a few numbers written in a different column & the bank is suddenly worth £800 million less.
    Tall, dark & handsome. Well two out of three ain't bad.
  • Ballard
    Ballard Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    EssexExile wrote: »
    Yup, nothing happened, nothing changed, just a few numbers written in a different column & the bank is suddenly worth £800 million less.

    It’s more than that though. Possibly a sizeable fine. Probably harsher liquidity reuirements. Likely downgrade of credit rating meaning more expensive interbank borrowing. Likely to have more stringent audits in future.
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