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Metro Bank hopes to gain customers dissatisfied with their existing banks.
Metro Bank plans to open another three branches in Earl's Court, Fulham Broadway and Borehamwood by the end of the year, and eight more next year. The aim is to have 200 branches in Greater London by 2020. It plans to open 10,000 current accounts in its first year.
I was fascinated at how McDonald's created the same look and same experience in every location," says Hill. "I also learned that costs are relatively fixed, so it's all about volume."
It's no easy feat to make it onto our 20-20-20 list. A chief executive has to have held the top job for at least 20 years--at a company with publicly traded shares for at least 20 years--and have presided over at least a 20% annual return in share price during his or her tenure.
Having opened his first British store last July in Holborn, London, Hill has come to Britain with a similar mandate to offer customers good service over good interest rates, and promising "no stupid bank rules."
Wilbur Ross on Vernon Hill's new UK bank, and his own
