# Metro Bank up for sale, with billionaire investor in line for £420m windfall

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- The Guardian, 2026-11-12 12:43 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/12/metro-bank-up-for-sale-billionaire-investor-in-line-420m-windfall

> Metro Bank has opened itself to takeover bids, sending its shares up 7% and valuing the lender at about £1.3bn. A successful sale could let Colombian investor Jaime Gilinski Bacal’s Spaldy Investments cash out with roughly £427m. The bank says a sale is only one option and it could continue independently.