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Company announcement/wholesale

Atom bank achieves full registration to the LSB’s Standards of Lending Practice

Digital provider Atom bank has become the latest financial services firm to commit to the Standards of Lending Practice for business customers, which drive fair outcomes for business banking customers, as part of efforts to bring its regulatory protection for SMEs in line with that offered to retail customers.

09 August 2022

Company announcement/people

Atom appoints Rebecca Cartwright as chief risk officer

Atom has appointed Rebecca Cartwright as the bank’s new Chief Risk Officer, replacing Chris Sparks, who is retiring after almost 7 years at the app-based bank.

27 July 2022

News/retail

Atom on course for full year profitability

UK app-based bank Atom is on course to make its first full year operating profit thanks to a 200% rise in income coupled with strong cost controls.

18 July 2022

News/retail

Atom Bank in talks over New York-listing via Spac merger

UK challenger Atom Bank is considering a Spac merger on the New York Stock Exchange at a valuation of $700 million.

23 May 2022

News/people

Atom Bank appoints new CTO

Atom Bank has appointed Andy Sturrock from BP as its new chief technology officer, with an upgrade to the app-based bank's core banking platform the first item on his agenda.

19 May 2022

News/wholesale

Atom launches tool for instant indicative biz loan quotes

UK digital bank Atom is launching a tool that allows brokers offering secured business loans to self-assess and create an indicative quote within the portal before submitting an application.

04 May 2022

News/regulation

IFGS 2022: Taking the pulse of UK fintech

Following welcome addresses from Catherine McGuinness, chair, Policy and Resources Committee, City of London Corporation, and Janine Hirt, CEO, Innovate Finance, the Innovate Finance Global Summit took off with a panel stacked with leading fintech voices.

04 April 2022

Company announcement/retail

Atom takes on incumbents with new market leading savings rates

Atom bank has increased the rates on its range of Instant and fixed rate savings products for the second time this year, as it leads the drive to put value back into the UK savings market.

21 February 2022

News/retail

Atom Bank raises £75 million as IPO prospects grow

Mobile-only Atom Bank has raised more than £75m in new equity priced at 70p per share as it continues to grow its profitability and drive to IPO.

16 February 2022

Company announcement/retail

Atom raises savings rates

The move sees Atom offer far higher rates than those available from the traditional high street banks and is yet another example of Atom driving value back into the savings market.

12 January 2022

News/retail

Atom Bank offers all staff the option of four-day working week

Atom Bank has become the largest company in Britain to introduce a four-day working week for all of its 430 employees.

23 November 2021

News/retail

Atom Bank reports £36 million loss

Digital savings and loans bank Atom has reported an underlying operating loss of £36 million for the year to end-March 2021, down from £46 million in the year prior.

25 August 2021