Top fintech stories this week – 12 July 2019
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
N26 has superhero-landed in the US, new hip bank in Spain, and more!
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Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
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The lowdown and practical examples of how to launch a bank.
The fintech has launched a $3 million crowdfunding campaign.
From JP Morgan’s secret UK digital bank project to MoneyGram and Ripple’s partnership.
The challenger banking service started as a prepaid teen card.
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The new US challenger bank offers interest-free advance and opportunity to build credit.
It will use the funds to build on its TokenOS open banking platform.
The partnership aims to target millennials.
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in Canada and the tech they are using.
Banks have only to look at how innovators have transformed retailing and music to recognise this truth.
For its technology, the bank opted for Temenos’ T24 Transact core banking system.
More firms are looking to jump into the challenger bank world.
What traditional players and challengers can teach each other, and how to beat bigtechs in the digital banking race.
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Pay attention. Fintech in the ascension.
The need for digital transformation has been obvious for years and the window of opportunity is about to close.
Life is good at the heart of Europe.
Elements of fintech, pure in substance.
A comprehensive list of challenger banks and banking services in the US and the tech they are using.
In the disruption era, disintermediation is the big boys’ loss for sure, but not necessarily the disruptors’ gain.
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SBI and Moven to set up a joint venture to bring the latter’s tech to Asia and Asia Pacific.
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The competition to serve the financial needs of small businesses is heating up in the U.K., where consumer banking challenger Starling Bank is expanding into the business market,
Chime, a mobile banking challenger co-founded by Green Dot and Visa veteran Chris Britt, has raised $18 million in Series B financing, led by global venture fund Cathay Innovation.
Cashplus, a London-based alternative financial services provider—and Top 5 Best Challenger Bank—has announced two new, three-year funding arrangements totaling £30 million (US$40.52 million). The company will use the credit to expand its lending products for SMEs.
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There’s a new fintech challenger in town. Toronto-based STACK announced its partnership with Mastercard two weeks ahead of the beta launch of its mobile financial services app and companion prepaid card.
Mobile point-of-sale pioneer Square Inc. is applying for an Industrial Loan Company (ILC) charter to support the expansion of its lending business, the volume of which grew 68 percent year-over-year in Q2 to $318 million.
Our Top 5 Challenger Bank spotlight series is complete. Get to know the challengers—Cashplus, Varo Money, Revolut, Capital on Tap and Fidor Bank—looking to shake up the status quo with tech and a superior customer experience.
Our final spotlight article for our Top 5 Best Challenger Banks list is the only actual bank in the bunch. See how Germany-based Fidor Bank stacks up against the high street banks and its nonbank competitors.
Meet our No. 1 on the Top 5 Best Challenger Banks list and find out why CEO Rich Wagner says the company belongs there.
“There’s a reason that the bank of the future hasn’t been created yet—it’s extremely difficult,” says Top 5 Best Challenger Bank Varo Money. See if you think they’ve got what it takes to rise to the challenge.