Tagged: Stuart Sopp

January 18, 2024 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current, the U.S. fintech platform dedicated to empowering Americans in pursuit of a brighter financial future, announced a partnership with Column Tax, the embedded tax provider offering next generation tax products. This partnership will aim to “save millions of Americans much-needed money this tax season… Read More

August 24, 2023 @ 11:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Cross River Bank, a technology infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions, and Current, a U.S. fintech platform dedicated to empowering Americans in their pursuit of a brighter financial future, today announced the launch of a new credit building product. Together, the two companies will… Read More

April 27, 2021 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Current, a fast-growing neo-bank, has raised $220 million at a valuation of $2.2 billion. Current notes that the company has tripled in value in the past 5 months. In total, Current has raised $400 million in venture funding. The Series D funding round was led… Read More

January 25, 2021 @ 8:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Current, one of the leading digital banks in the US, has noted that 2020 was “certainly not the year anyone was expecting,” however, for all the tribulations (not to mention “being in the epicenter of a pandemic” – above all), the company is quite proud… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Current, one of the leading digital banks in the US, has raised $131 million in a Series C funding round led by Tiger Global Management joined by new investors Sapphire Ventures and Avenir. Foundation Capital, Wellington Management Company, and QED Investors returned to fund the… Read More

September 2, 2020 @ 1:26 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

InComm, an established payments technology firm, and Current, a US-based challenger bank serving Americans who have been “overlooked” by traditional financial service providers, have introduced a product that will allow Current members to make cash deposits to their accounts at major physical store locations across… Read More

August 2, 2020 @ 9:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stuart Sopp, founder and CEO at digital bank Current, has previously noted that the COVID-19 outbreak has shown how his company serves employees whose roles are considered essential during the global pandemic. In June 2020, Sopp had confirmed that Current would remain focused on spending,… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Current, a digital only challenger bank, reports that users have topped one million members with both April and May generating the most accounts. During the height of the Coronavirus lockdown, Current saw more than 100,000 new accounts created each month as demand rose for consumer-friendly… Read More

June 7, 2020 @ 6:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stuart Sopp, founder and CEO at digital bank Current, says that the COVID-19 outbreak has shown how his company serves employees whose roles are considered essential during the global pandemic. Sopp told Banking Dive that his members’ addressable market has increased considerably in size and… Read More

October 24, 2019 @ 7:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Digital bank Current has raised $2o million in a Series B funding round, according to a company release. The funding was led by Wellington Management Company, Galaxy Digital EOS VC Fund, and CMFG Ventures. Current also said it was expanding its partnership with Visa as… Read More

October 13, 2019 @ 12:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Facebook’s subsidiary Calibra is being sued for trademark infringement by Current, the developer of a mobile banking app. The complaint was submitted on October 10 in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. It alleges that Calibra’s logo is quite similar… Read More