challenger bank

Monzo Aims for £4 Billion Valuation as Biggest Challenger Bank in UK
Monzo Aims for £4 Billion Valuation as Biggest Challenger Bank in UK
February 20, 2024  |  Fintech Investments

Monzo, the British FinTech unicorn, is aiming for a £4 billion valuation in its latest funding round. The digital bank, which currently has over nine...

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Inside Revolut: 5 Banking and Payments Products Linked To UK’s Most Valuable FinTech
Inside Revolut: 5 Banking and Payments Products Linked To UK’s Most Valuable FinTech
September 29, 2021  |  Digital-First Banking

What started six years ago as a pre-paid debit card making it easy for customers to use their debit card anywhere in the world, in...

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US Bank Now Limited Partner in 2 FinTech VCs
US Bank Now Limited Partner in 2 FinTech VCs
August 26, 2021  |  Fintech Investments

Five years ago, U.S. Bank created a dedicated FinTech unit designed to find emerging companies that can help the bank improve its customers’ digital and...

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A Targeted Approach To eCommerce Firms’ Biggest Banking Pains
A Targeted Approach To eCommerce Firms’ Biggest Banking Pains
November 27, 2020  |  B2B Payments

It’s been more than a decade since the boom of neo and challenger banks stepping into the market to fill the biggest service gaps left...

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Why One Says Middle-Class Americans Need A New Bank
Why One Says Middle-Class Americans Need A New Bank
October 01, 2020  |  Digital-First Banking

Middle-class consumers are feeling that they’re getting the short end of the stick when it comes to their relationships with traditional banks, Brian Hamilton, co-founder...

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DayTek Capital Granted Banking License In Australia
DayTek Capital Granted Banking License In Australia
August 03, 2020  |  B2B Payments

DayTek Capital, an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid “Infinity” card, has been granted a banking license by the country’s Securities and Investments Commission,...

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Zopa Secures UK Banking License
Zopa Secures UK Banking License
June 24, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Zopa, the United Kingdom-based peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, has reached its latest milestone and received its banking license as it takes on traditional banks, the Financial...

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Astralis Group Bets On eSports Digital 3.0 Transformation
Astralis Group Bets On eSports Digital 3.0 Transformation
June 17, 2020  |  Innovation

The shift to Digital 3.0 will include sports — in fact it will have two business models. One will be live gaming with teams competing...

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Green Dot’s Dan Henry And Daniel Eckert On Building A Bank for The Mass Market
Green Dot’s Dan Henry And Daniel Eckert On Building A Bank for The Mass Market
May 18, 2020  |  Banking

Many firms have been navigating a lot of change of late given the small matter of the international health crisis, but even by recent standards,...

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