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Anthony Thomson is a British entrepreneur who is the founder and former chairman of Metro Bank and Atom Bank in the UK, and co-founder and chairman of 86 400 in Australia.

City Financial marketing
In 1987, Thomson co-founded and was Chief Executive of City Financial Marketing Group, a marketing services group specialising in financial services. It was purchased by Publicis Groupe in 1998.

The Financial Services Forum
In 1998, Thomson co-founded the Financial Services Forum with John Seilis and Keith Carby. Thomson was Chief Executive until 2007 when he became chairman. In 2018, the Financial Services Forum was acquired by Incisive media, and he stood down as chairman.

Metro Bank
Thomson had the idea for Metro Bank in 2007. Metro Bank launched in Holborn, London in September 2010, with Thomson as co-founder and chairman after three years of planning, raising capital, building the infrastructure and recruiting the team. Metro Bank was the first high-street bank to open in the United Kingdom for more than 150 years. At the time of launch, 85% of the UK market for current accounts was held by the “big five” banking institutions (HSBC, Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander and Lloyds). . Metro Bank was listed on the London Stock Exchange in March 2016. In 2019 Metro Bank had 66 branches. Thomson stepped down as chairman in December 2012.

Atom Bank
Atom Bank launched as the UK’s first app-only bank in Durham in 2015, with Thomson as founder and chairman. Atom bank has since won a number of awards including:
 * Ranked 9th in KPMG’s ‘Global 2018 Fintech 100’ listing, and uniquely in the EU have been top 10 in this listing for the last four years
 * Ranked 14th in LinkedIn’s ‘Top 25 Startups’ 2017
 * Voted the UK’s most recommended bank

86 400
86 400 is an Australian digital bank based in Sydney, Australia. The name comes from the number of seconds in a day. Thomson joined 86 400 in 2018 as co-founder and chairman, alongside CEO Robert Bell.

Advisory Board Member Bank ABC
Bank ABC, based in Bahrain, is the MENA leading international bank in the Middle East, developing the next generation of digital only bank to offer smart and intuitive retail and business banking services in the region.

Visiting Professor London Metropolitan University
Thomson was a Visiting Professor at London Metropolitan University from 2011- 2014.

Co-author, No small change, why financial services needs better marketing
Written by Anthony Thomson and Lucian Camp, No Small Change is a 13-point manifesto for a new financial services marketing model. The book was published by Wiley in 2018.