Pedestrians walk past the first branch of the new British high street bank, the Metro Bank, in London, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Britain’s first retail bank in more than 100 years, opened for business accompanied with an array of gimmicks to attract maximum publicity, such as the offer of biscuits for customers’ dogs and free breakfasts for clients, and a business plan inspired by the model used by its co-founder, billionaire Vernon Hill, when he founded America’s Commerce Bank in 1973.
Pedestrians walk past the first branch of the new British high street bank, the Metro Bank, in London, Thursday, July 29, 2010. Britain’s first retail bank in more than 100 years, opened for business accompanied with an array of gimmicks to attract maximum publicity, such as the offer of biscuits for customers’ dogs and free breakfasts for clients, and a business plan inspired by the model used by its co-founder, billionaire Vernon Hill, when he founded America’s Commerce Bank in 1973.
