Metro Bank have a variety of savings, credit and current accounts. Currently no other app supports them.
They support Open Banking and you can find their API here:
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Hi @danjameswalker,
Unfortunately, Metro don’t offer a proper API, only a “modified customer interface” (MCI) which isn’t the same thing. This allows them to say that they are Open Banking “compliant” even though they don’t have an API.
For more information on this, see this post.
I’m sure Emma will quickly integrate Metro support again if they do launch a real API. It’s the same story for Co-operative Bank.
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Thanks!
Switched my current account last night.
Seems like after 8 years of loving Metro Bank it’s time to cut them loose completely. They were meant to be forward thinkers oh well
Snooze you lose
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Their branch opening hours (including Sunday) are still innovative but little else about them is unique nowadays.
I still keep an account with them, but I also have accounts with lots of other banks.
They have recently added support for card notifications, which I was pleasantly surprised to see.
Everything is so digital these days I can’t actually remember the last time I went into a branch haha?
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Good point, I haven’t used one since before Covid!
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Hi,
Could you please integrate metro bank. Not sure why a lot of apps don’t have them.
In dire need of budgeting so I can finally adult.
Thanks in advance!
Hey @Mkay4 
Welcome to the Emma Community!
I’ve just added your comment into this existing thread about a Metro Bank integration. @Seb has explained above why we don’t currently have an integration with them 
haha you’re not a real adult until you’ve joined a forum to talk about budgeting 
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I can’t understand why banks are taking a lacks attitude towards open banking and integration into products like Emma.
Is this Metro bank or their lazy dev? 
It’s a shame really because they are the first bank that is high street based that has instant notifications of spending that I know of.
Maybe before the end of 2022, Metro bank will change from an MCI to a true Open Banking API. 
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HSBC do as well, it’s becoming a standard feature now. Hopefully all banks will support it soon.
It’s looking hopeful that they will have to, as the regulator may force them into it.
Any plans to add Metrobank to the list you support?
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There is an existing thread already:
The short answer is, Metro Bank continue to be a holdout with no API support (they only support MCI which is not the same thing) so Emma can’t integrate them in the same way as other banks. There is a more detailed explanation of this in the thread, as you will see.
@liliiakasian You may want to merge this post into the existing thread.
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I saw a TikTok about Emma last night - I have a chronic overload of subscriptions!
I signed up to Snoop and Emma to test both - Snoop I did first and it is ok. It supports Metro but I was surprised it didn’t offer PayPal, which isn’t a deal breaker.
Wanted to try Emma today but didn’t get past the lack of support for Metro.
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I genuinely don’t understand why anyone would still use (retail) Metro Bank today. Their current account is the epitome of vanilla. Heck, they don’t even do credit cards anymore.
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We are trying to get in touch with Metro to figure out how to integrate with them; unfortunately, it’s not as straightforward as the other banks. 
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I think they (still!) don’t have an API which I thought was now against the FCA’s requirements?
Most open banking services won’t integrate with them because of this, but it would be interesting to see if they finally are developing an API.
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Snoop supports them - so we suspect they have some sort of hidden API that we can’t find in the Open Banking directory. We have sent multiple messages over the past few months, but we can’t get hold of anyone. We are trying again next week via linkedin.
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Snoop seem to use some form of screen scraping or an MCI still?
The Snoop app shows the following screen:
Does it mean you need to reconnect every day?
I don’t know, I don’t personally have any Metro accounts any more.
I’m only continuing to follow this thread out of curiosity to see if they ever do set up an API.
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