Recognise Bank has revealed that it has now delivered over £100m in lending to UK SMEs since achieving its full banking licence in September 2021.

The bank also launched its personal savings range six months ago, within two days of receiving its full licence, which has already totalled almost £95m in deposits from savings customers.

Recognise Bank was created to support small and medium sized businesses that are often ignored by the mainstream banks.

The bank combines one-to-one service via relationship managers and cloud-based technology to speed up loan approvals and access to funds.

Recognise Bank CEO, Bryce Glover, said that hitting the lending milestone is proof that its digitally enabled, relationship banking model “works”.

“Through our lending we have supported a wide range of growing firms – whether it’s to acquire their own business premises or to help fund a green housing development – who otherwise would have struggled to find a bank that understood their needs and was willing to lend to them,” Glover said.

“The power of our relationship focus is evident in the customer satisfaction levels we’re achieving: our Net Promoter Scores with our lending customers hit an average of 81 for the first quarter of 2022, well above the usual levels for the financial services sector.

“Our next chapter is to continue helping UK SMEs, who are the lifeblood of the UK economy, but with an even greater focus on technology. We will be accelerating our digital agenda and future proofing Recognise. This will include speeding up, streamlining and digitalising operational and customer touch points, as well as developing new products and services to help businesses with the financial challenges they face.”

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