challenger banks

RBS Fund Takes Back £50M From Metro Bank
RBS Fund Takes Back £50M From Metro Bank
February 26, 2020  |  B2B Payments

After Metro Bank recently pulled back from plans to expand and decided to move away from lending for mortgages, the bank said it will return £50...

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Challenger Bank Battle In Full Swing In UK
Challenger Bank Battle In Full Swing In UK
February 25, 2020  |  Digital Banking

In banking, in the jockeying and jousting for consumers’ attention (and deposits, of course), will it be a case of anarchy in the U.K.? We’re...

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Digital Banking Apps Vs The Establishment
Digital Banking Apps Vs The Establishment
February 25, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Dubbed “challenger banks” for shaking up the status quo of banking as we’ve always known it, digital banks with awesome apps are the FinTech alternative...

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NCR: How FIs Can Triumph Over the Challenger Bank Challenge
NCR: How FIs Can Triumph Over the Challenger Bank Challenge
February 21, 2020  |  Banking

For traditional financial institutions (FIs), especially smaller FIs and credit unions (CUs), the age of disruption is here. Digital banks are poised to lure consumers...

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The Week In Payments: China, China, Challenger Banks And Bitcoin
The Week In Payments: China, China, Challenger Banks And Bitcoin
January 31, 2020  |  Commentary

If there were a theme in the big headlines this week in payments, financial services and commerce, it would have been movement. That theme was...

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Challenger Bank Praxia Fails In Greece
Challenger Bank Praxia Fails In Greece
January 28, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Greek challenger bank Praxia, founded by British-American banker and former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond, will be sold to payments processor Viva Wallet after the country’s...

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B2B Neobank Qonto Gets $115M In Series C Round
B2B Neobank Qonto Gets $115M In Series C Round
January 21, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Qonto, a French startup Neobank that caters to B2B clients, has raised $115 million in a Series C funding round led by DST Global and...

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Google Pay Co-founders’ Indian Neobank Has Raised $13.2M
Google Pay Co-founders’ Indian Neobank Has Raised $13.2M
January 13, 2020  |  Digital Banking

Two co-founders of Google Pay in India have raised $13.2 million in a Seed funding round for its neo-bank epiFi, led by Sequoia India and...

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PSD2 And The Turkish Banking Opportunity
PSD2 And The Turkish Banking Opportunity
January 03, 2020  |  Regulation

FinTechs see PSD2 as an opportunity to get a leg up with legacy banks. That will be tough in Turkey, where banks have had more...

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