UK challenger Atom Bank hires Gareth Jones as new chief risk officer
Jones is to replace Chris Sparks, who is set to retire after nine years at the company.
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Atom Bank’s operating profit climbs 600% after “best year yet”
The UK challenger recorded an operating profit of £27 million last year.
Funding Circle and Atom Bank to provide an additional £150m in financing to UK SMEs
The third such partnership between the two firms takes Atom’s total lending with Funding Circle up to £800m.
Atom Bank on track for balance sheet growth following £100m equity raise
The bank’s “long-term” shareholders, BBVA, Toscafund and Infinity Investment Partners, participated in the raise.
Atom Bank taps climate tech firm Kamma to evaluate mortgage book emissions
Kamma’s tech will provide a “deep review” of the climate impact of Atom’s mortgage and lending activities.
UK challenger Atom Bank records first ever annual operating profit
The bank has seen its customer count jump from around 123,000 during FY22 to 224,000 at present.
Schroders slashes valuations of UK neobanks Revolut and Atom Bank
Schroders has marked down its Revolut shareholding by 46%, and its stake in Atom Bank by 31%.
Open letter calls on UK government to boost SME credit access
The letter has been co-signed by Codat, Atom Bank, Funding Circle, Iwoca, Allica Bank, SPRK Capital and others.
Atom Bank lands £30m funding to boost lending and fuel growth
The new cash means the Durham-based challenger bank has now raised £105 million over 2022.
Atom Bank appoints new CFO, Andrew Marshall
Marshall replaces previous CFO and co-founder David McCarthy, who is leaving the firm for personal reasons.
FinTech Futures: Top five stories of the week – 20 May 2022
Here’s our pick of five of the top news stories from the world of finance and tech this week.
UK challenger Atom hires Andy Sturrock as CTO
Atom Bank’s new CTO wants to take the bank’s technology “to the next level”.
Atom Bank to close funding round at half its 2019 valuation
One of Atom’s largest shareholders isn’t able to participate in the sale.
Atom Bank plans £40m shareholder fundraise in prep for future IPO
The bank has raised £429 million to date from eight funding rounds.
Atom Bank plans £150m shareholder funding round
UK challenger bank aims for largest shareholder round to date.
Nine new UK lenders get approved to issue CBILS
The BBB now has more than 60 accredited lenders handing out CBILS grants.
Atom bank’s former co-founder joins Queensland’s Daytek capital
Paul Hanks has joined DayTek Capital as a technology advisor.
Atom Bank opts for Google Cloud
Challenger selects Google’s platform for product development
Top fintech stories this week – 16 August 2019
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Atom Bank, iwoca, Modulr and Currencycloud get £10m BCR grant
Public commitments include new UK job.
Atom Bank raises £50m
Neil Woodford’s fund has announced its first major investment since the shuttering of its flagship vehicle last month.
Atom picks TruNarrative to provide AML solution
Atom was looking for a better way to manage false positives.
Top fintech stories this week – 18 January 2019
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BBVA name dropped in Atom Bank takeover talks
UK challenger in talks to appoint advisers to its board on options for the business.
Top fintech stories this week – 30 November 2018
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Atom Bank teams with Reevoo for content customer crusade
UK challenger bank Atom has partnered with user-generated content platform Reevoo to improve customer engagement and offer better purchase decisions. Using Reevoo’s platform, Atom says it collects reviews for its fixed saver account and mortgage products. These reviews are then displayed on Atom’s website, and have been included in various customer communications including newsletters and […]
Atom Bank breaks into German retail savings market
UK challenger bank Atom has been granted permission to offer retail deposits in Germany via a partnership with Deposit Solutions. Atom says customers in the country will get access to a range of fixed term products and so it will be able to “gather deposit funding from Europe’s largest savings market onto its balance sheet, […]
Banking Technology September 2017 issue out now
Welcome to fintech central! Good service operating on all lines. The latest edition of our flagship magazine – Banking Technology – is out now, packed with news, analysis and insights, case studies, research and expert commentary.
Fintech funding round-up: 21 June 2017
Some people have got deep pockets, because the funding fun never ends. Our latest round-up features Soldo, Atom Bank, British Business Bank, BlackRock and Scalable Capital. Multi-user spending account, Soldo, has reported a Series A funding round of $11 million, led by Accel and includes participation from Connect Ventures, InReach Ventures, U-Start and R204 Partners. […]
Fintech outside London – part 1
There is no smoke without fire. The “big smoke”, as London is colloquially known, has been creating a fire of innovation in the financial technology space for years, but there are other UK fintech centres in the Southwest; Cardiff; Manchester/Leeds; and Edinburgh/Glasgow that create their own heat.
Atom Bank goes atomic with £113m funding plan
UK challenger bank Atom plans to raise almost £113 million in equity investment to support its ambitions for growth. As Banking Technology reported late last year, Atom opened for all customers in the UK. Its “invitation only” phase is over and people can download the Atom App, both in IoS and Android, and open an […]
Atom Bank opens doors to all UK customers
There’s nothing better than going all the way. Challenger bank Atom is now fully open for all customers in the UK. Atom initially launched with an “invitation only” phase, but as of today (6 October) anyone can download the Atom App, both in IoS and Android, and open an account. The App is available to […]
Fintech funding round-up: 21 September 2016
Too many words can be absurd. A round-up of some key events in fintech funding. UK payments start-up Curve has announced a further tranche of fundraising taking its total investment to $5 million. The firm says this puts it on a “trajectory for a sizeable” Series A round by the end of December ahead of […]
How emerging banks are changing the banking experience
Consumers and businesses alike will often consider a company’s reputation before entering an agreement with them. After all, why would anyone choose an organisation which has history of letting its customers down, over another with a spotless track record? It’s unsurprising then that once the reputation of traditional banks in the UK was tarnished by […]
Atom Bank goes public on new tech addition, Phoebus lending system
As first reported by Banking Technology in early May, Phoebus Software has gained a new customer – UK challenger bank Atom. The five-year deal will see Phoebus’ lending software supporting Atom’s secured business lending and account servicing for Atom’s residential lending. The new platform will be used by the bank’s team to originate loans for […]
Challenger banks battle cry with AI
Challenger banks have turned their attention to artificial intelligence (AI) as they seek to provide a more personalised approach to banking. German digital bank Number26 has launched Pulse26, a new app that uses AI to provide updates based on the customer’s personal banking history. Number26 says the more a customer uses their account, the “more […]
Top fintech stories this week – 6 May 2016
Catch up on Banking Technology’s top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place! Atom Bank adds another system to its tech set-up; readies mobile app Bank has just launched, but already has problems. Monitise looks to be profitable in H2 2016 But did it grow too big too fast? EFG and BSI […]
Atom Bank adds another system to its tech set-up; readies mobile app
UK challenger bank, Atom Bank, has added another solution to its burgeoning IT architecture. This is a lending system from domestic specialist provider Phoebus Software, Banking Technology understands. The bank has just launched, but is yet to launch a fully-fledged mobile app. The app is yet to be available on Android. Meanwhile, the iOS app […]
“Intelligent software” to answer customer queries at Atom Bank
A UK-based challenger bank, Atom Bank, has added another system to its bulging IT set-up. This is WDS Virtual Agent, which will answer customer queries from an AI bot within the bank’s mobile app. The solution is supplied by WDS, a subsidiary of Xerox. The vendor says it will “give the customers the power to […]
