Tagged: challenger bank

May 30, 2017 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Banco BNI Europa, a Lisbon based digital only banking group, has announced a strategic agreement with Raize, Portugals largest peer to peer lender. Banco BNI Europa will invest €10 million to boost SME lending via Raize over the next two years. The announcement by the… Read More

April 18, 2017 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revolut and Tussle have partnered to provide mortgage broking services directly to the Revolut App. The digital only bank will now enable Revolut’s 360,000 plus UK based users to access Trussle’s online mortgage service. Trussle uses technology and human mortgage advisers to help borrowers secure… Read More

April 3, 2017 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Revolut is a prominent member of the growing legion of digital only challenger banks.  The app-based bank previously crowdfunded £1 million on Crowdcube as part of a larger funding round in 2016. Revolut has raised about £15 million to get the platform up and running… Read More

March 23, 2017 @ 1:32 am By JD Alois  |  

If Amazon built a bank, would it aspire to be like Revolut? I don’t know about that, but the Revolut Premium Membership is something I want. Now. London-based Fintech startup Revolut has launched its vision of Premium Membership in a world populated by stiff and… Read More

March 15, 2017 @ 12:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Revolut is a digital only challenger bank that does far more than a traditional bank at a lower cost. Lending Works is a new world online lender that streamlines the borrowing process at a lower cost without having to stomp down to your corner branch…. Read More

February 3, 2017 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Atom Bank, a digital only challenger bank unencumbered by antediluvian legacy technology and a culture the fears change, is part of the emerging sector of Fintech poised to kick brick & mortar banks to the curb. Receiving a UK banking license for their virtual operation in… Read More

January 3, 2017 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital challenger bank Monese has raised $10 million in funding from a group of investors including Anthemis Exponential Ventures, Korea Investment Partners, and STE Capital.  The funding will be used to expand their mobile banking service across Europe while putting traditional banks on notice. “We are… Read More

October 26, 2016 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Atom Bank has filed a Reg D, 506b, notice of an exempt offering with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  According to the document, Atom Bank is seeking approximately $124 million in equity capital. The digital only challenger bank is working with Macquarie Capital USA on the… Read More

October 22, 2016 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Amicus is queued up to become a digital challenger bank as it has filed with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) for a banking license. Currently, Amicus has three specialist divisions including property finance, commercial finance and asset finance.  The new… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its anticipated report on the retail banking sector. The document, entitled, “Retail Banking Market Investigation: Provisional Decision on Remedies,” is a 405 page document delivering a deep dive into the challenges of traditional banks. The CMA outlines… Read More

March 3, 2016 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

If you were able to purchase shares of Mondo Bank on Crowdcube – Congratulations.  But if you blinked and did not register at exactly 1PM GMT sorry.  You are out of luck. Mondo Bank raised £1 million from investors in just 96 seconds. This is… Read More

February 15, 2016 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Mondo, a UK based challenger bank, is raising £6 million to help fund it’s mobile-first vision of the future of banking. Mondo has already received commitments from leading venture capitalists including Eileen Burbidge’s Passion Capital, but as part of the funding round Mondo will be… Read More

June 24, 2015 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  “A Branch-free, Paper-free and Stress-free Bank” The traditional banking industry has been rather slow to innovate.  Hundreds of years of operating branches, with tellers, is a hard thing to change.  It is also a costly and inconvenient business structure in a world where everything… Read More