Tagged: digital banking

September 30, 2019 @ 4:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Revolut, a UK-based digital bank and Fintech unicorn, will be hiring around 3500 new staff members, as the company expands its operations into 24 new markets.  Revolut’s expansion plans involve a new global partnership with payments giant Visa Inc, the two companies revealed on September… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Anna Money, a UK-based fintech that specializes in SME business banking, is now seeking £3 million through its newly launched equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. The funding round was launched just a little over six months after Anna Money received an £8.5 investment from tech investment firm,… Read More

September 23, 2019 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Radius Bank, a U.S.-based digital bank, announced on Monday it has formed a partnership with Wallit, a rewards-based savings app for families, to teach teenagers smart money habits. Radius reported it will serve Wallit as a banking partner providing FDIC insurance. Radius Bank reported that… Read More

September 9, 2019 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Xinja Bank, an Australia-based neobank, announced on Monday it has received its full banking license from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and has launched its bank accounts.  Founded in 2017, Xinja Bank describes itself as an independent 100% digital neobank for Australians that is… Read More

August 28, 2019 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Radius Bank, a virtual bank focused on providing clients with banking solutions to better financial health, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new partnership with NorthOne, a mobile-first, API-enabled banking platform to create small business checking accounts. Radius Bank reported the partnership is the… Read More

August 27, 2019 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital-only challenger bank Varo Money announced on Tuesday it is now offering No Fee Overdraft. According to Varo, the No Fee Overdraft feature allows customers to overdraft their bank account balance up to $50 with no fee and no interest when they meet certain eligibility requirements…. Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BBVA announced on Tuesday it is set to offer digital customer onboarding everywhere it operates by the end of this year. According to the banking group, this digital onboarding process is based on biometric identification technologies, which is already available in Spain, will now reach other… Read More

August 15, 2019 @ 8:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo announced on Thursday the launch of its flexible loans. The startup reported that over the past nine months it has gradually been offering loans to more and more of its customers to make sure its system was to “get it right.”… Read More

August 9, 2019 @ 9:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo announced on Friday it has added new interest rates for its Savings Pots. Monzo reported that it is now 1.81% (AER/Gross) on fixed Savings Pots and 1.15% (AER/Gross Variable) on Easy Access Savings Pots. “We’re making opening and managing a savings… Read More

August 6, 2019 @ 8:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital bank Penta announced on Monday it secured €8 million through its latest investment round, which was led by HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. Founded in 2017, Penta describes itself as a digital platform for business banking that is aimed towards SMEs and startups. Its key mission… Read More

August 5, 2019 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after addressing previous issues in its banking services, digital challenger bank Monzo announced it may have figured out what was causing the most recent issues, which was that it wasn’t storing some customers’ PINs correctly. The banking startup revealed in a recent blog… Read More

July 31, 2019 @ 10:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK digital banking group Monzo announced on Tuesday it has fixed that issues that may have caused its users to have problems accessing the banking service. Monzo revealed that when the issue happened, users were unable to do the following: Log into the app Send… Read More

July 22, 2019 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking group Atom Bank announced on Monday it secured £50 million through its latest investment round, which included participation from BBVA, Toscafund, Woodford Patient Capital Trust and funds advised by Perscitus LLP. “Atom continues to be a fast-growing challenger in the UK’s lending… Read More

July 11, 2019 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital wallet platform Spend.com announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with Paxos to enable cryptocurrency payments. Spend.com reported that through the partnership it has integrated the itBit by Paxos cryptocurrency exchange into its platform. “This integration allows users to easily spend their… Read More

July 5, 2019 @ 7:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital challenger bank Monese announced on Thursday it has formed a new collaboration with payments platform giant PayPal. Monese reported that customers in the UK will be able to do the following: Link Monese and PayPal accounts, to manage PayPal balance and transactions in the… Read More

July 1, 2019 @ 3:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Revolut has announced a new feature that facilitates donations to charitable causes. Launched today, Revolut’s new in-app feature labeled “Donations”, allows customers to round up payments and donate the money to three international charities. Another option of the feature is to allow customers… Read More

July 1, 2019 @ 3:14 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will issue five new “digital bank licenses” according to the financial regulator. MAS said this was in addition to any existing Singapore banks which may also offer digital banking under existing rules. MAS said the new rules extend digital… Read More

June 27, 2019 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo has published its 2019 annual report. According to Monzo. The annual report is a detailed look at what a company’s been doing and how that’s affected its finances over the past financial year. CEO of Monzo, Tom Blomfield, has also written… Read More

June 25, 2019 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based digital banking platform Starling Bank announced on Tuesday it has formed a new partnership with Direct Line Group to allow current account customers to apply for home insurance directly through Starling’s in-app marketplace. According to Starling, the partnership will enable customers to securely connect… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK challenger bank Monzo addressed recent issues concerning its bank transfer services. The digital banking platform reported that on May 30th, around a quarter of bank transfers into Monzo accounts were failing or delayed by several hours and bank transfers from the Monzo accounts were… Read More