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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

Bank of England investigating claim Metro Bank put customers’ data at risk

Hugo, a bearded Collie, in the Metro Bank branch in Holborn, central London
The newly opened Metro Bank branch in Holborn, central London, in 2010. Photograph: PA/Alamy

The Bank of England is examining claims that the high street lender Metro Bank put customers’ data at risk by allegedly misusing software at the centre of a long-running legal dispute.

Last month the central bank’s whistleblowing team was contacted by a person raising concerns about the integrity and security of software used to connect Metro Bank’s in-branch coin-counters – known as Magic Money Machines – to customer accounts.

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