Metro Bank up for sale, with billionaire investor in line for £420m windfall
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 wider pool of suitors.
The announcement pushed the share price up by 7% by mid-morning, valuing the bank at about £1.3bn.
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