As they say in horse racing and on Wall Street: You pays your money and you takes your choice. The news that Chime Financial is mulling an initial public offering next year means some is mulling in store for investors. They might be well-served in pondering some...
Investors may be gearing up for an initial public offering (IPO) renaissance, but if PYMNTS’ FinTech IPO Index serves as any harbinger: Caveat emptor. There’s demand brewing for deal-making, for startups to be snapped up in the bid to buy rather than build operations, and for...
UK digital bank Monzo has been valued at $5 billion following a $430 million funding round. The round was led by Alphabet’s CapitalG group as well as Google Ventures, HongShan Capital and existing investors Passion Capital and Tencent, Monzo said in a news release provided to PYMNTS Tuesday (Mar. 5) “The new capital will be...
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 million U.K. personal current account customers, is in discussions with investors to raise fresh funds, according to The Financial Times....
December 13, 2023
Beyond the card networks, among those that may feel the squeeze should cross-border interchange fees see new caps in the United Kingdom are neobanks. As reported Wednesday (Dec. 13), the U.K.’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) said in its review of cross-border interchange fees on transactions between U.K. businesses and the European Economic Area (EEA) that […]
August 18, 2022
Amid soaring inflation and rising food and fuel prices, terms like financial literacy and spend management have emerged as some of the biggest buzzwords in recent months. The concept is...
July 31, 2022
The U.K. is home to popular digital-first challenger banks valued at over $1 billion such as Monzo, Revolut and Starling. Zopa, another British FinTech which has been around as a...
May 08, 2024
U.K. neobank Monzo reportedly raised $190 million as it plans to expand overseas. The funding brings the total Monzo has raised to $610 million so far this year, valuing it at $5.2 billion, company officials told CNBC Wednesday (May 8). The total funding marks the single-largest round for a European FinTech in the last year, the report said. CEO TS Anil said the company will use […]
March 05, 2024
UK digital bank Monzo has been valued at $5 billion following a $430 million funding round. The round was led by Alphabet’s CapitalG group as well as Google Ventures, HongShan Capital and existing investors Passion Capital and Tencent, Monzo said...
February 20, 2024
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 million U.K. personal current account...
October 04, 2023
British digital bank Monzo has named Conor Walsh to head its U.S. operations. Walsh, a veteran of Cash App, was named the bank’s U.S. CEO on Wednesday (Oct. 4), according to a news release provided...
