Metro Bank's 2018 profit misses estimates as growth slows, shares dive
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(Reuters) - Shares in Metro Bank slumped 25 percent on Wednesday after it revealed a sharp drop in key capital ratios and said profits would be hit by slowing growth, adding to fears that the British lender could be forced to raise fresh capital.Metro, set up to challenge the dominance of Britain's big lenders after the financial crisis, said full-year underlying pretax profit more than doubled to 50 million pounds. However, that represented a 9 million pound miss against analyst forecasts for..