An article in Forbes earlier this month about the traction of digital banks caught my attention. A survey of U.S....
New research from Apptopia shows that the leading digital banks in Europe are off to a slow start in the...
The CEO and Co-founder of Varo discusses what is wrong with traditional banks and how his startup digital bank is different. Source
Many of these firms have aimed to go public in the vague "end of 2021/ early 2022/ when we have enough money" time frame while participating in increasingly rare-letter funding rounds.
SoFi has become the latest fintech to apply for a full national bank charter. They filed a de novo bank...
Varo is inching closer to becoming a fully regulated digital bank; they have closed a new funding round, a $241...
The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention.
Banking for brands startup Bond raised $32 million to capitalize on the exploding trend of B2B2C banking.
Samsung Money launched, leveraging SoFi’s infrastructure. As SoFi again seeks a national banking charter, they could become the de facto leader in this space.
Kabbage and Intuit launched small business bank accounts as extensions of their already deep relationships with SMBs.
And WhatsApp is trialing all sorts of financial services in India just as Chinese fintech super apps are being banned from the country.
Varo broke new ground as the first major fintech company to obtain a full banking license; now that they have...
Leading fintech platform, SoFi, has applied for a national bank charter with the OCC; unlike back in 2017 when they...
As the sun sets on 2020 and we look back at this past year nearly everything is viewed through the...