challenger banks

After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys
After The Disruption: Alt-Banking Goes Straight, Chases Bad Guys
December 17, 2019  |  Alternative Credit

As alt-banking matures and FinTechs mushroom, challenger banks are losing their cool “disruptor cred” and blending into the banking landscape. Not as cool. But with...

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Deep Dive: How The Challenger Bank Technology Gap Is Helping Fraudsters
Deep Dive: How The Challenger Bank Technology Gap Is Helping Fraudsters
December 17, 2019  |  Banking

Fraudsters are approaching their less-than-ethical business models with healthy work ethics. Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches, and both banks...

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How Used Cars And Sales Taxes Are Building The Digital Future
How Used Cars And Sales Taxes Are Building The Digital Future
December 16, 2019  |  Today In Data

Can digital technology really take the hassle out of used car sales – and compete with dealerships and lots? Is there a better way to...

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The Week In Payments: N26 Ups Debit Rewards, Wag Sags And Bill Ready Goes To Google
The Week In Payments: N26 Ups Debit Rewards, Wag Sags And Bill Ready Goes To...
December 13, 2019  |  News

There was no lack of action in the wild world of payments and commerce this week. In the running toward things column, there was German...

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Inside N26’s Strategy to Win US Customers
Inside N26’s Strategy to Win US Customers
December 13, 2019  |  Banking

Challenger banks with a couple of operating years behind them are beginning to get a taste of the problems they handed to legacy banking institutions....

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UK Lender B-North Looks For £1.75M In Funding
UK Lender B-North Looks For £1.75M In Funding
December 08, 2019  |  B2B Payments

UK-based business lender B-North is looking to raise £1,750,000 ($2.3 million) through an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, offering 10.94 percent in equity at a...

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Chime Raises $500M On $5.8B Valuation
Chime Raises $500M On $5.8B Valuation
December 05, 2019  |  Banking

Silicon Valley-based Chime has raised $500 million in a Series E funding round that sent its valuation soaring to $5.8 billion, CNBC reported on Thursday...

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The Venture Investing Road Less Traveled: Funding Enablers, Not Challengers
The Venture Investing Road Less Traveled: Funding Enablers, Not Challengers
December 02, 2019  |  Investments

High-flying tech unicorns have been brought to earth. Venture capital dollars chase Neobanks and alternative credit companies.  Commerce Ventures Founder Dan Rosen tells Karen Webster that...

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Teen-Focused Digital Bank Pixpay Raises $3.4M
Teen-Focused Digital Bank Pixpay Raises $3.4M
December 01, 2019  |  Payment Methods

French startup Pixpay is the first challenger bank to cater to teens, offering a debit Mastercard for cashless payments, news outlets reported on Friday (Nov....

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