What the Fintech? Episode 6 | Digital disruption: entering new markets
Findr CEO Greg Watts provides his insight on creating a start-up amidst a global pandemic.
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British & European fintechs set sail for the US
A wave of British and European fintechs are seeking a foothold in the US finserv market.
DN Intersect 2019: final round up and key takeaways
The conference was predominantly focused on North America.
TrueLayer gains $35 million investment
Chinese tech giant, Tencent Holdings, led the latest round of funding.
Revolut, Chip and Marcus by GS integrate with Money Dashboard
UK fintechs collaborate to help consumers spend smarter and reach saving goals.
Singapore-based challenger YouTrip scores $25.5m funding
It will use the funding for international expansion.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 15 April 2019
This week, news about challenger banks!
Top fintech stories this week – 12 March 2019
Teradata’s event coverage, Sopra Steria acquired SAB, and other news.
New funding set to make Monzo second-largest UK fintech start-up
£1.9bn valuation will see the challenger bank leapfrog rival Revolut.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 18 February 2019
Features Monzo, Ant Financial, WorldFirst, Lloyds and more!
Bnext aims to be Spain’s Monzo
Bright pink cards are certainly appealing.
Monzo prepares digital receipts with Flux
As the challenger finds fintech partners for its marketplace.
UK challenger bank Monzo seeks £20m funding
It goes crowdfunding with a “much bigger round”.
UK challenger bank Monzo to launch business current account
Will apply for funding from Alternative Remedies Package to make this happen.
Top fintech stories this week – 2 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Monzo closes £85m round as it plans more crowfunding
In its quest for a £1.5bn valuation.
Monzo to switch off debit card top-ups
UK challenger bank says end date is 2 October 2018.
UK challenger bank Monzo looks for chief risk officer
“We really care about providing a phenomenal experience for our customers.” OK.
For fintech, life after disruption is a question of identity
What does it take for a disruptor-leader to keep growing in a world where dominance is never guaranteed?
UK challenger bank Monzo eyes $1.5bn valuation
Gearing up for a new funding round.
Monzo challenges Starling with joint account launch
Starling has had a head start.
Starling Bank takes on Monzo with daring debit card design
Horizontal cards are so 2017.
Faster Payments issue affects UK banks
Problems for Halifax, Lloyds, Bank of Scotland and Monzo.
Plum first chatbot to integrate Monzo and Starling
Users can link bank accounts without having to share login details.
Top fintech stories this week – 6 July 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Monzo faces challenging times with £33m losses
But user numbers did treble for UK mobile-only challenger.
Top fintech stories this week – 29 June 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Monzo taps TransferWise for in-apps international payments
16 foreign currencies available, and more to come.
Monzo brings unconditional love to conditional actions
The new Applets automate actions based on users’ own pre-set conditions.
Interview: Eric Wilson, Xinja – upbeat Down Under
European challengers, the flaws of the big four, and how his father-in-law inspired him.
Moneyhub integrates with Monzo and Starling; Yolt reaches customer milestone
Integration galore – it’s all about open banking.
Challenger bank Monzo in head of compliance search
Monzo: “We’re looking for a pragmatic, collaborative and experienced head of compliance.”
API developer platform TrueLayer integrates with Monzo
Takes advantage of the UK’s new open banking rules.
Fintech funding round-up: 7 November 2017
Not cash-strapped just backed. Our latest fintech funding round-up features Douugh, Choice Financial, Monzo and Smartkarma. All rise please. Banking (not baking) challenger Douugh has partnered with community bank Choice Financial to launch an integrated checking account and debit card. Choice has also made an investment to “support Douugh’s roadmap”, bringing the company’s total seed funding […]
Once again fintech firms and challenger banks are hit with card payment issues
There have been another problematic 24 hours for fintech firms and challenger banks after being hit with a slew of card payments issues.
App it. The future of banking
This morning I was having breakfast with a colleague. I paid the bill, and he sent me his share of the bill using our Monzo app. Before we’d walked out of the café, the money was in my account. Simple!
Monzo gently rolls out current account
Mobile-only challenger bank Monzo is taking it nice and easy with a steady roll-out of its current account. The bank, which received its full UK banking licence in April, says it’s been using the current account internally and today (17 July) is now inviting some of its customers to join and “help put it through […]
Card payments problems bring down the fintech house
A whole swathe of fintech firms and challenger banks have been hit by tech issues – with card payments failing. The names include mobile-only challenger bank Monzo, Revolut, Starling Bank, Curve and payments start-up Fire. The problem is understood to be due to provider Global Processing Services (GPS), which as usual offers no updates on […]
More money misery for Monzo with £6.7m loss
Mobile-only challenger bank Monzo has reported a loss after taxation of £6.7 million in its latest financial results. For the year ended 28 February 2017, the firm’s directors do not recommend a final dividend. In fact, it has got worse compared to the 2016 full year results. There was also no final dividend because the […]
Fintech funding round-up: 31 March 2017
Lighter and brighter – catch up with fintech funding news in our brief round-up. Features Monzo, Quint and Lidya. Mobile-only challenger bank Monzo has raised another £2.5 million from more than 6,000 investors – the highest-ever number of any Crowdcube campaign. This follows its crowdfunding record of £1 million round last year, which closed in […]
