Eleven lenders including Monzo and Starling have been deemed eligible to take a slice of a £775m Royal Bank of Scotland fund aimed at increasing competition in Britain's banking sector.
Metro Bank, which launched in 2010 as Britain’s first new high street lender for more than a century, saw customer numbers surge in 2012, benefiting from the unpopularity of the established banks.
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