Little more than six months after achieving its full banking licence in September 2021, challenger bank,聽Recognise Bank, has announced that is has delivered over 拢100 million in lending to the UK鈥檚 SMEs, hitting the ambitious target it set six months ago.
The Bank also launched its聽personal savings聽range six months ago, within two days of receiving its full licence, and has already clocked up almost 拢95 million in deposits from savings customers.
Recognise Bank was created to support small and medium sized businesses that are often ignored by the mainstream banks. It combines true one-to-one service with expert relationship managers and cloud-based banking technology via the Mambu platform and other fintech partners to speed up loan approvals and access to funds.
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Bryce Glover, CEO, Recognise Bank, said:聽鈥淣ot only is this a huge lending milestone for Recognise Bank, it is also absolute proof that our digitally enabled, relationship banking model works. Through our lending we have supported a wide range of growing firms 鈥� whether it鈥檚 to acquire their own business premises or to help fund a green housing development 鈥� who otherwise would have struggled to find a bank that understood their needs and was willing to lend to them.
鈥淭he power of our relationship focus is evident in the customer satisfaction levels we鈥檙e achieving: our Net Promoter Scores with our lending customers hit an average of 81 for the first quarter of 2022, well above the usual levels for the financial services sector.
鈥淥ur next chapter is to continue helping UK SMEs, who are the lifeblood of the UK economy, but with an even greater focus on technology. We will be accelerating our digital agenda and future proofing Recognise. This will include speeding up, streamlining and digitalising operational and customer touchpoints, as well as developing new products and services to help businesses with the financial challenges they face.鈥�
Recognise Bank is finalising plans to create a new Innovation Hub that will leverage the Bank鈥檚 existing award-winning technology platform and insight from working with growing businesses.
Later in April the Bank will also enter the business savings market, helping SMEs maximise the interest income potential of their cash surpluses, of critical importance in the current challenging economic climate.
Recognise Bank offers a range of聽unregulated business loans聽via a network of relationship managers.
