"Smaller challengers have typically been incorporated in the past five years. Four of them are now listed banks. They include: Shawbrook, Aldermore, Handelsbanken, Metro, STB and Onesavings."
"Larger challengers are longer established. Two of them are new but have inherited large portfolios of loans and advances to customers. They include Virgin, First Direct, Williams and Glyn, Nationwide, Post Office, TSB and NAB."
"The Big Five include HSBC, Barclays, Lloyds, RBS and Santander".
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Challenger banks vs the big five: average net interest margin in the UK 2014 and 2015
This statistic displays the ratio of average net interest margin for the United Kingdom's challenger banks and for large established banks, measured in 2014 and 2015. In that time, smaller challenger banks* outperformed both larger challengers as well as the Big Five banks. Smaller challengers reported the average net interest margin at a value of *** percent in 2014 and *** percent in 2015.
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