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First Direct's competitors and similar companies include Metro Bank, Renasant, Home BancShares and TSB.
 First Direct First Direct (styled first direct) is a telephone and internet-based retail bank in the United Kingdom. |  Metro Bank Metro Bank is a retail bank that offers personal, commercial, business, and private banking services. |  Renasant Renasant is a bank holding company that owns and operates Renasant Bank and Renasant Insurance. |  Home BancShares Home BancShares is a company that provides commercial and retail banking and related financial services to businesses, real estate developers, investors, individuals, and municipalities. | ||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1989 | Founding Date 2010 | Founding Date 1904 | Founding Date 1998 | Founding Date 1812 |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Subsidiary |
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Locations | Locations West Yorkshire, GB HQ | Locations London, GB HQ Uxbridge, GB | Locations Tupelo, US HQ Duluth, US Flowood, US Madison, US Mountain Brook, US Olive Branch, US Southaven, US see more | Locations Conway, US HQ | Locations Edinburgh, GB HQ Birmingham, GB Bristol, GB Gloucester, GB London, GB Sunderland, GB Swansea, GB |
Employees | Employees 9961% decrease | Employees 4,286 | Employees 2,5277% increase | Employees 2,5529% decrease | Employees 6,000 |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) N/A | Valuation ($) 616 m | Valuation ($) 2.2 b | Valuation ($) 5.5 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) £609.2m (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $181.9m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $198.5m (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) £1.1b (FY, 2020) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods £176.6m (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods £131.1m (FY, 2020) |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit £432.6m (FY, 2020) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit £928.8m (FY, 2020) |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income (£301.7m) (FY, 2020) | Net income $181.3m (FY, 2025) | Net income $475.4m (FY, 2025) | Net income (£159.7m) (FY, 2020) |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Bank Branches | Bank Branches N/A | Bank Branches N/A | Bank Branches 144 (FY, 2016) | Bank Branches 76 (Q2, 2017) | Bank Branches N/A |
Customers | Customers N/A | Customers 2.4 m (H1, 2021) | Customers N/A | Customers N/A | Customers 5 m (FY, 2020) |
Loans to Customers (Mortgages) | Loans to Customers (Mortgages) N/A | Loans to Customers (Mortgages) £6.8b (H1, 2021) | Loans to Customers (Mortgages) N/A | Loans to Customers (Mortgages) N/A | Loans to Customers (Mortgages) £6.1b (FY, 2020) |
Non-performing Loans | Non-performing Loans N/A | Non-performing Loans N/A | Non-performing Loans $26.8m (Q2, 2017) | Non-performing Loans $46.9m (Q2, 2017) | Non-performing Loans N/A |
Total Loans | Total Loans N/A | Total Loans N/A | Total Loans $6.4b (Q2, 2017) | Total Loans $7.8b (Q2, 2017) | Total Loans £33.3b (FY, 2020) |
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