Metro banks on TALL Group

A NORTH West company is supplying the UK’s newest high street bank with software enabling it to print cheque books for customers within minutes of opening their accounts.

The Runcorn-based TALL Group, a £16m turnover provider of secure print, card and payment solutions, is working with Metro Bank, which opened its first branch in London last month.

Checkprint Solution, TALL’s  cheque printing software, has been installed to enable Metro Bank to produce uniquely personalised and encoded cheque books, in-store, while the customer waits.

The service forms part of Metro Banks ‘rapid account opening procedure’ that provides prompt issuance of cheque books, credit books, bank cards within 15 minutes of opening the account.

TALL’s cheque and cash deposit management system is also being used for back-office scanning of cheques.It is also providing standard cheque and credit books and also a special cheque and credit service for Metro Bank’s corporate customers.

Martin Ruda, managing director of The TALL Group said:”“This is an exciting time for high street banking and we are proud to have been selected by Metro Bank as its partner in this critical element of tangible customer service.

“Those customers who want and need cheque and credit books will receive an unparalleled service which will be a significant new benchmark for UK banking.”

Craig Donaldson, chief executive of US-based Metro Bank said: “We selected Tall Group as they offer the best cheque deposit management system in the industry, and they will help us deliver the best service possible for our customers.”

As well as its Runcorn site TALL has operations in Leicestershire and Hampshire.