SMBC invests $30 million in OakNorth
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) one of Japan’s leading banks – and one of the word’s largest commercial lenders – has invested $30 million into UK challenger bank OakNorth through a secondary transaction.
SMBC today also announced that it has become an OakNorth customer, deploying its ‘Credit Intelligence’ software to enhance its commercial lending proposition in the US and Asia.