Digital challenger Varo Bank lands $510m in Series E funding round
Funds will be used to boost product and tech development and fuel customer growth.
Challenger Bank
Railsbank hires Stuart Gregory as new chief product officer
Gregory joins from fintech firm Wise, having previously worked for Paysafe and Visa.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – BillDesk, Banco Inter, OPay & more
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, every week.
Cartoon: Pac-Man, our friendly neobank
This new cartoon illustrates some of the daily threats faced by neobanks.
Chime secures $750m funding to reach $25bn valuation
The San Francisco-based firm has now raised over $2 billion in total funding.
US neobank Upgrade secures $105m Series E funding round
The new funding round values the firm at more than $3.3 billion.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – BharatPe, Apple and BigPay
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Fintech funding deals globally 2 August – 8 August 2021
Featuring Rapyd, Human Interest, Unico, Matrixport and Kuda.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Rapyd, Monzo and Mercury
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
ICYMI funding round-up: Snoop, Easy, Wildfire Systems, Ritmo & more
Another batch of funding rounds that might have flown under your radar.
Digital banking start-up Mercury hits $1.6bn valuation with new $120m funding
Digital bank secures unicorn status with Series B funding round.
Fintech funding deals globally 26 July – 1 August 2021
Featuring iCapital, Fireblocks, VNLIFE, Solarisbank and At-Bay.
Open banking myths
We are still at the start of the journey with open banking and have yet to see its full potential.
Fintech funding deals globally 12 July – 18 July 2021
Featuring insightsoftware, Revolut, Lunar, Quantexa, and M1 Finance.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Revolut, Lunar and the UK fintech sector
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – Revolut, Deutsche Bank and Pleo
Our top pick of news from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
ChangeFi CEO: “We have to be on the ground with our communities”
ChangeFi is looking to give “equal access to the American dream”.
Equitable Bank CIO leaves to join winemaking industry
Dan Dickinson to lead Canadian wine business after leaving bank.
Banking Technology July / August 2021 issue out now
Cover story: breaking with tradition – how Minna Bank is disrupting the Japanese system.
JP Morgan Chase acquires 40% stake in Brazil’s digital challenger C6 Bank
Launched in 2019, digital bank C6 has more than seven million customers.
Unicorns, emojis and gamification: how Gen Z is transforming the way we bank
Neobanks have realised it’s less a matter of “kids hate finance”, and more “finance hates kids”.
Migrant banking start-up Majority raises $19m in seed funding
The firm offers a mobile banking service for migrants across the US.
US banking start-up Novo lands $40m in Series A round
It aims to use the investment to scale its banking platform for small businesses.
ICYMI funding round-up: Upflow, TRM Labs, Booste, Crediverso & more
A heaping helpful of funding rounds from this week to get your teeth into.
Customers don’t do what they should
There’s a disparity between how banks think and what customers do.
JP Morgan acquires digital wealth manager Nutmeg
Nutmeg will complement the launch of JP Morgan’s digital bank Chase.
Mark Cuban-backed banking app Dave to go public in $4bn SPAC deal
The two parties claim the deal will be finalised later this year.
Federal appeal overturns New York block on US Fintech Charter
The three-judge panel said NYDFS failed to show it had suffered “actual or imminent injury”.
Interview: Jason Blick, EQIBank – is DeFi the future of finance?
EQIBank brings together traditional and crypto finance; EQIFi is launching decentralised finance (DeFi) products.
Video: fintech news pick of the week – HSBC, Klarna & Tandem
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Six steps to slash digital banking go-to-market time
We use the FinTech Insights platform to investigate how banks can reduce their time-to-market.
Video: pick of the week – European regulator in tech selection; new challenger bank in the US
A top pick of stories from the world of finance and tech in bitesize video format, twice a week.
Digital challenger Arrow pledges to save Americans $5,000 in five years
Digital challenger pledges to save Americans $5,000 in five years.
Fintech funding deals globally 26 April – 2 May 2021
Featuring Brex, Paxos, Vena, Greenlight, and Current.
Locality Bank picks Nymbus to power new digital-first community bank
The neobank in Florida is launched in response to the “rallying cries” of small businesses.
Welcome Tech raises $35m in Series B funding round
The money will go towards expanding Welcome Tech’s portfolio of financial services.
Video: Top fintech stories this week – 16 April 2021
To stories from across the fintech world, featuring Coinbase, Pine Labs, Ozon and more.
LA fintech Ensemble is helping divorced parents navigate their kids’ finances
App features range from organising one-off expenses, to saving for college tuition.
Fair CMO Toni Harrison: Oppressors can’t be the underbanked’s saviours
Instead of shrinking, the racial wealth gap has only continued to swell and expand.
KeyBank launches digital bank for doctors with new offshoot at Laurel Road
KeyBank acquired Laurel Road in 2019.
