Is Will.i.am about to 投資する in a new and ambitious British online bank? US 星／主役にする of The 発言する／表明する 'will be on the board at 原子 Bank'

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A US pop 星／主役にする is believed to be teaming up with 原子 Bank which could see him own a 火刑／賭ける in the online-only 挑戦者.

Will.i.am, part of 禁止（する）d the 黒人／ボイコット 注目する，もくろむd Peas and coach on UK television talent show The 発言する／表明する is understood to have struck up a multi-million 続けざまに猛撃する を取り引きする the bank, によれば Sky News.

The 41 year-old is believed to have been 手配中の，お尋ね者 by 原子 chairman Anthony Thomson, one of the brains behind Metro Bank, to help differentiate itself from other 挑戦者s.

叫び声をあげる & Shout: Will.i.am is believed to have struck a を取り引きする 原子 Bank - and will be 推定する／予想するd to help grow its brand 経由で his 13.6m strong Twitter に引き続いて

Will.i.am has a 抱擁する presence on social マスコミ, with 13.6million 信奉者s on Twitter.?

Under the 取引，協定, he would have an 選択 to acquire up to 3.55million 株 in 原子 at a price of £1.15 per 株 over a three year period.

He will be 推定する／予想するd to engage on a manner of public relations activity, …に出席する board 会合s and publish social マスコミ content about 原子.

原子 Bank, based in Durham, 拒絶する／低下するd to give This is Money comment on the rumours.

But によれば a Sky News source, 条件 have been agreed and he will 行為／法令／行動する as a 顧問 and board 助言者.

The 調印 of Will.i.am could help the bank to その上の 控訴，上告 to the younger 世代.?

原子 will has no high street presence, but instead 接近 経由で 動きやすい apps and online banking.?

#thatPOWER: Will.i.am, pictured here with his 黒人／ボイコット 注目する，もくろむd Peas bandmates, could be about to sit on the board at 原子 Bank

株主s are （人命などを）奪う，主張するd to have been 簡潔な／要約するd on the 協定 a few weeks ago. It is 推定する／予想するd to be 正式に 発表するd at a 株主 会合 in 早期に March, the source says.

Ambitious 原子 Bank 開始する，打ち上げるd a number of 貯金 accounts last year after it 得るd its banking licence in 2015, with a 経常収支 ? which can be 接近d by selfie ? coming すぐに.

原子 長，指導者 (n)役員／(a)執行力のある 示す Mullen, the former boss of First Direct, said in December that it has already taken in £110million across its 直す／買収する，八百長をするd-貯金 取引，協定s. It 申し込む／申し出s a 競争の激しい 1.5 per cent over a year and 1.65 per cent over two.

投資家: Neil Woodford has taken an 利益／興味 in 原子 Bank and is believed to have committed to その上の 基金ing

Mr Mullen 以前 明言する／公表するd in 2015 that 5million 経常収支s by 2020 was a 現実主義の 的.

One of the 支援者s is 基金 stalwart Neil Woodford. Sky sources say that it has received かかわり合いs from 存在するing 投資家s BBVA, Toscafund and Woodford 投資 管理／経営, for a その上の £78.5million of 基金ing.

This will take the 量 raised at 原子 to more than £200million as it looks to shake-up the banking 産業. It 現在／一般に 雇うs more than 250 people.??

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