Tagged: varo money

September 4, 2018 @ 6:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Varo Money, a digital only challenger bank, has received preliminary approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for a national banking charter. This is a very big deal in the world of Fintech, as Varo may end up being the first… Read More

March 9, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital challenger bank Varo Money announced on Thursday it is launching a 1.25% annual percentage yield (APY) on their savings account. the debut of the high-yield savings accounts comes just two months after Varo closed a $45M Series B funding round led by Warburg Pincus and The Rise… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Varo Money, a digital challenger bank, has closed a $45 million Series B funding round led by existing investor Warburg Pincus and The Rise Fund, a global impact fund led by private equity firm TPG. Varo said that 30 other investors participated in the round… Read More

October 23, 2017 @ 10:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Varo Money, Inc., a digital banking app has announced an expansion to its digital banking app: Varo Forecast, a tool to help customers understand their real cash flow situation and calibrate their spending. Varo says it has also expanded its core product offering to include… Read More

September 7, 2017 @ 1:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The word on the street is that Jack Dorsey’s Square (NYSE: SQ) is moving into banking business with an application to form a wholly owned bank based in Utah. The unit, to be called Square Financial Services Inc., would offer loans and deposit accounts to small… Read More

August 31, 2017 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Over the past several years, traditional financial services firms have thrown shade at alternative finance platforms by labeling them “Shadow Finance.” This oblique reference to Fintech firms seeking to disrupt and dethrone old school banks is standard banter on the various financial news networks. Even… Read More

July 25, 2017 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Varo Money has applied for a national bank charter from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) for federal deposit insurance. This is the next step in creating a digital only challenger bank (Varo Bank) that… Read More

February 21, 2017 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Consumer Financial Data Rights Group (CFDR), a new organization that was created to defend consumers’ access to their data and fuels innovation in the fintech industry, announced on Tuesday it has submitted a response to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) request for information (RFI) in regards… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Envestnet | Yodlee (NYSE: ENV) announced on Tuesday it formed a partnership with Varo Money Inc., a mobile-only banking startup that helps consumers gain greater control of their financial lives, and is now seeking to provide customers with a customized mobile banking experience using RESTful Envestnet… Read More

January 20, 2017 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

 A group of fintech companies announced on Thursday they have come together to create the Consumer Financial Data Rights (CFDR) group. This organization will notably defend consumers’ access to their data and fuels innovation in the fintech industry. Founders of the CFDR group includes leaders from Affirm, Betterment,… Read More