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Recognise Bank announces competitive increased interest rate for business savers

Recognise Bank, the fully licenced SME lender and savings provider, announced today that it will be increasing the interest rate on its Business Easy Access Account effective immediately. The new interest rate, which has increased from 2.25% to 2.65% AER, will apply to all SMEs who have an Easy Access Savings Account with Recognise, a […]

Bryce Glover, Co-Founder steps down from Recognise Bank Board

Bryce Glover, Deputy Chief Executive and one of the co-founders of Recognise Bank has taken the decision to step down from the Recognise Board with effect from the end of April 2023. Bryce has been with the new SME Bank since 2018 and has played a leading role in securing the full banking licence in […]

Recognise Bank Appoints VAS Panel to speed up SME lending applications

Digital SME lender and savings provider, Recognise Bank has appointed VAS Panel in a move which is designed to significantly speed up valuation turnaround times and give more confidence to broker partners placing business with the Bank. Vas Panel’s appointment to provide valuation management services on all of Recognise’s property lending, including bridging loans, commercial […]

Recognise passes on full Bank Base Rate rise to all its Business and Personal Savers

Following the Bank of England rate increase, Recognise Bank has announced it will be increasing its rates by 0.25% AER across all their Business and Personal Savings variable products. Monna Patel, Head of Savings at Recognise Bank, said: “I am thrilled to announce that we are increasing the savings rate for all our Personal and […]

Recognise Bank secures £25m investment

Latest funding comes from Bank’s largest investor and will be used to increase loan book and develop new products for SMEs Digital SME lender and savings provider Recognise Bank has conditionally raised a further £25 million in investment from its group’s largest shareholder. The fresh investment will be used to support Recognise’s commercial lending and […]

Lenders need to be alive to market changes to support borrowers

Dean Carter, Recognise Bank’s Group Treasurer, discusses the role lenders can play to keep the market flowing during the current economic challenges. If the Bank of England’s decision to raise the Base Rate to three per cent wasn’t much of a surprise, then the notes about the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC’s) decision are likely to […]

Recognise passes on full Bank Base Rate rise to Business 95 Day Notice savers

Business 95 Day Notice Account will pay 3.00% AER,matching the Bank Base Rate. Following today’s increase in the Bank Base Rate by 75bps to 3% by the Bank of England, Recognise Bank has announced it will pass on the full rise to its Business 95 Day Notice Savings Account customers, so the account will pay […]

Steve Pateman
CHAIR OF THE BOARD

Steve has had an extensive executive career in banking, leading corporate and commercial banking businesses at RBS/NatWest, managing Santander’s UK banking businesses and as CEO of Shawbrook Bank, Hodge Banking Group and most recently successfully leading the banking licence application for StreamBank.

He is a non-executive Director at Bank of Ireland both in the UK and Dublin and Thin Cats, a specialist SME lending business and is retained as an advisor to Black Lion Ventures. He was previously President of the Chartered Banker Institute.

Steve took up the role of Chair (subject to regulatory approval) at Recognise Bank in November 2024, having served as an Investor Non-Executive Director since January 2024.