Challenger banking player Monese makes its first acquisition
Monese has acquired Trezeo, a specialist financial services platform for the self-employed.
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Indian paytech Razorpay raises $375m, plans international expansion
Razorpay’s Series F funding round now values the firm at $7.5 billion.
SweepBank launches in Europe to provide “Netflix experience” in banking
SweepBank is underpinned by Tuum’s core banking platform.
India’s Open buys neobanking start-up Finin in $10m deal
Open CEO Anish Achuthan says the acquisition will complement his firm’s BankingStack enterprise offering.
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Russian digital bank Tinkoff taps Finastra for Asian expansion
Finastra’s Fusion Essence Cloud solution will power the bank’s planned subsidiary in the Philippines.
Wyth Financial hires new VP of customer experience, Mark Nicholson
Nicholson moves from rival Canadian digital bank Tangerine.
Zopa shutters P2P retail investment business to focus on banking offering
Zopa CEO says erosion of consumer trust and regulatory burdens are to blame.
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South African challenger bank Tyme completes $180m Series B with Tencent investment
The investment from Tencent and UK development finance institution CDC brought in an additional $70 million.
UK SME lender OakNorth acquires cashflow forecasting solution Fluidly
Since its launch in September 2015, OakNorth Bank has lent over £6.5 billion to SMEs.
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Monzo raises more than $500m from investors at $4.5bn valuation
The neobank has already closed the first batch of money — $480 million — with more expected soon.
Dutch digital bank Bunq partners with Tulp to offer mortgages
Challenger says it will become “the first European digital bank to start offering mortgages”.
Banking start-up Hatch rebrands as Nearside, raises $58m in Series B
Founded in 2019, Nearside focuses on “the smallest of the small businesses” in the US.
APIs, open banking and the changing face of financial services
The pandemic played a substantial role in boosting the adoption of open banking and APIs.
WeLab to launch new digital bank in Indonesia following BJJ acquisition
WeLab has raised $240m to fund the acquisition – “the largest fintech funding in Indonesia in 2021”.
Banking service for migrants Majority raises $27m in Series A
The company has identified 180+ unique migrant communities it intends to offer its services to.
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New neobank designed exclusively for women of colour launching in 2022
GoWomen says it will provide banking services and financial awareness and wellness products.
The Bank of London launches in UK with $1.1bn valuation
The company received its first bank licence as the sixth principal clearing bank of the UK.
New neobank Migom provides unbanked entrepreneurs essential banking services
The digital bank also provides crypto capabilities, including instant crypto transfers.
New e-money fintech Twig launches in UK
Twig customers can turn their unwanted possessions into cash.
UK challenger Allica Bank completes £110m Series B funding round
The cash will go towards enhancing Allica’s proprietary technology and client support.
SME neobank Open launches new embedded finance platform Zwitch
Open says Zwitch has already helped 10 start-ups embed financial services.
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National Bank of Kuwait unveils country’s first digital bank
Weyay is in beta mode and will target the country’s large youth market.
Allica Bank makes first major acquisition with AIB’s GB SME lending portfolio
Deal will bring the challenger bank around 2,000 SME customers.
UK challenger Bank North goes crowdfunding
The SME focused start-up aims to raise £1 million ahead of its Series B funding round.
Black-owned Adelphi Bank files for licence in the US
The new bank is intended to provide African Americans with better access to financial services.
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Talenthouse chooses Vodeno and Aion Bank for financial services launch
The global platform for creatives plans a phased roll-out of financial services from this month.
ID platform Alloy selected by LGBTQ+ digital bank Daylight for customer verification
Alloy’s API-based platform will be used to automate the bank’s identity verification process.
Upgrade raises $280m in Series F funding at $6bn valuation
The fintech has raised $600 million in equity capital since inception in 2017.
Digital bank N26 to withdraw from US in January to focus on Europe
N26 will no longer serve US customers after 11 January 2022.
Oportun to buy neobank Digit in $213m deal
Acquisition intended to accelerate Oportun’s expansion plans by three to five years.
Bank North taps Vermeg to support regulatory reporting ahead of launch
The supplier’s AgileReporter platform forms part of the UK regional bank’s tech stack.
Patriot Bank to acquire American Challenger and adopt its tech stack
Patriot will migrate to American Challenger’s technology platform.
