Feb 25 (Reuters) - New British bank TSB Banking Group Plc said its full-year pretax profit rose 2.3 percent, asthe number of new accounts increased.
TSB, which became Britain's 7th biggest lender after it washived off from Lloyds Banking Group last June, said itwould consider inorganic growth opportunities.
Pretax profit rose to 133.7 million pounds ($207.3 million)for the year ended Dec. 31 from 130.7 million pounds in 2013.
British regulators are keen for new banks to challengeBritain's big four lenders - Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays and HSBC, which providethree-quarters of personal current accounts.($1 = 0.6450 pounds) (Reporting by Aashika Jain in Bengaluru; Editing by AnupamaDwivedi)