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...John Cronin, a UK banks analyst at Goodbody, said: “[The challenger banks] are very disappointed that progress hasn’t been swifter across the industry.”...
...H/T Dan McCrum.)...
...Mr Donaldson was replaced this year by turnround specialist Dan Frumkin....
...John Cronin, an analyst at Goodbody, said the capital impact was “manageable given its current excess capital position”....
...Metro Bank promoted its interim chief executive Dan Frumkin to permanent chief on Wednesday, as the retail lender prepared to outline its second attempted turnround plan in a year....
...Metro Bank is in talks to buy peer-to-peer lender RateSetter, as new chief executive Dan Frumkin looks to boost the bank’s turnround by strengthening its lending capabilities....
...“I’d ask that you try to be as balanced as you can,” Dan Frumkin said, acknowledging the bank had a bruising year....
...John Cronin, an analyst at Goodbody, said: “At one level it’s a loss in the context of his vision, energy, enthusiasm and the impact on staff....
...(The same year saw the publication of a stylishly written biography by Anthony Cronin that is excellent on the Dublin end of things but isn’t always wonderfully accurate.)...
...Barry Clare, vice president of finance for Baltia, told us that it was a matter for Mr Cronin and the board, and that Baltia had not been harmed....
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