Launched in September 2015, OakNorth Bank provides bespoke loans of £500k to £50m to the "Missing Middle" - businesses which ... are the most significant contributors of economic and employment growth, yet still struggle to access fast, flexible debt finance. Through leveraging OakNorth’s Credit Intelligence Suite, OakNorth Bank has become one of the fastest-growing business in Europe according to the Financial Times (FT1000), and has performance metrics that place it amongst the top 1% of commercial banks globally. It has lent over £5.5bn to several hundred businesses, and the multiplier effect of these loans has led to the creation of tens of thousands of new homes and jobs across the UK. read more