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Monzo (previously Mondo) is a bank for people who live their lives on their smartphones, and is targeted at people who want to get things done in a click and who don’t see the need for branches and cheque books. Monzo is focussed on building the best current account in the world and ultimately working with a range of other providers so that Monzo can be an intelligent hub for your entire financial life.



Company Members

Valerio Magliulo
Tom Blomfield
Meri Williams


Articles Featuring Monzo

Bank account switching continues to stall

27th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintechs return to office but retain flexible working model

24th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Three really interesting fintech jobs you can apply for this week

21st January 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

Wine and watches investment app Koia bags $1.4m funding

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Three great fintech companies that are hiring right now

14th January 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

2021 in quotes: Part 2

14th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Monzo relaunches cash referrals with return of ‘Give £5, Get £5’

13th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

2021 in quotes: Part 1

10th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank boycotts Facebook and Instagram advertising

10th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Call for more buy now, pay later credit data sharing as Treasury consultation closes

7th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

UK fintech investment data shows 2021 was a return to form

6th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Monzo lands new cash from WeChat owner Tencent

4th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2021 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

AltFi’s 10 most-read stories of 2021: Part 2

23rd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2021

20th December 2021 | John Reynolds

Three great fintech jobs that you can apply for this week

17th December 2021 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

Monzo lands $475m round of funding as valuation soars to $4.5bn

9th December 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

GoHenry edges closer to grown-up banking with paycheck deposits for teens

2nd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo now offers virtual card payments for Flex

29th November 2021 | John Reynolds

We’re looking for a Reporter to join our team!

19th November 2021 | AltFi

Two reasons digital banks face AML ‘challenges’

17th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden: Starling can overtake Barclays in 5 years

16th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Open banking is not a flop

15th November 2021 | Rolands Mesters

Zopa pinches new chief risk officer from Monzo

3rd November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Freetrade sees assets under administration hit £1bn

3rd November 2021 | Aisling Finn

“Starling is not for sale” says Anne Boden in new chapter of her book

1st November 2021 | Aisling Finn

GB Bank scoops restricted banking licence for property lending

29th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Autumn Budget 2021: Rishi gives challenger banks more headroom to grow

28th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Bank switching jumps 56% as digital banks and switching deals tempt Brits

28th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo reportedly raising £300m funding after scrapping US banking licence plans

27th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Revolut’s US boss leaves after less than two years 

20th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

First look: How does JP Morgan's Chase app stack up?

20th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Billionaire Revolut founder Nik Storonsky opens own family office in London

18th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Flux branches out into rewards with launch of Flux Offers for retailers

18th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

£100 contactless limit: What are digital banks doing?

15th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Atom Bank hits £1bn of SME lending ahead of target

15th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

How banks can benefit from the $1trn Buy Now Pay Later boom

15th October 2021 | Alexa Guenoun

Freetrade sails past one million customers

14th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

To The Moon? Mobile operator launches "FinTel" current account

12th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo rolls out new tool to help businesses get paid faster

12th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo partners with Freetrade to offer free shares for subscribers

11th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Gender pay gap: Women at Revolut earn nearly a third less than male staff, while rival Monzo closes gap

5th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo withdraws US banking licence application

4th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on trust in banks: It’s going up...slowly

4th October 2021 | AltFi

Chase and 10x Banking reveal partnership

1st October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

BNPL provider Zilch marks one millionth customer 

30th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Pandemic prompts more trust in banks

28th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Open Banking: Action required to avoid UK falling behind

27th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan’s neobank Chase goes live

21st September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on profitability: Can BNPL save neobanks?

20th September 2021 | AltFi

JP Morgan finally puts launch date on digital bank Chase

17th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Neobanks go after Klarna: Monzo Flex Vs Curve Flex

17th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech veterans launch new trading app Lightyear with $8.5m from Monzo backer & Wise founder

15th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Huge UK price cuts for Wise’s international transfers

14th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Tom Blomfield-backed activist investment platform Tulipshare launches ‘right to repair’ campaign against Apple

13th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

RIP B2C: ING to close Yolt’s consumer app and focus on open banking via Yolt Technology Services

13th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo set to reveal buy-now-pay-later feature next week

10th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo appoints new CFO as Alywn Jones steps down

9th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo reaches 100k business customer milestone after 18 months, but growth slows

8th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Hargreaves Lansdown adds confusion with Monzo IPO Instagram ad

24th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Revolut launches new feature to let customers access 50% of their salary early

19th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Plaid scoops new undisclosed funding amount from JP Morgan and AmEx

18th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

UK banks plan to share branches as regulator seeks to block closures

17th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank tops CMA’s 2021 business banking survey, while Monzo takes personal banking crown

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Behind the Buzzword: What is fintech?

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on accessibility: Come on fintech

16th August 2021 | AltFi

What are fintechs doing with their office space in 2021?

12th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Less than one in five Americans opting for digital banking

12th August 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

New neo bank Kroo raises £17.7m series A

10th August 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo community forum removed from bank’s website after trolling incidents

9th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

How are big banks’ UK challenger brands faring in 2021?

5th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

5 things we learnt from Monzo’s 2021 Annual Report

3rd August 2021 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s Summer Reading List: 5 fintech books to pick up in 2021

2nd August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo losses grow as it faces investigation by the FCA for financial crime breaches

30th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling among most switched-to UK banks for 4th quarter running

29th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Revolut unlocks interest for its standard users

23rd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling, Snoop and Zopa among the big British Bank Awards 2021 winners

12th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Tom Blomfield takes first fintech board position since departure from Monzo

7th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

“There was no other emotion in my life other than anxiety,” Tom Blomfield opens up about the stresses of Monzo life for the first time

29th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

From Disruptors to Dominators: The fintechs taking over the world

28th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Big banks must adopt a long-term view when backing digital start-ups, says Mettle boss

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

"Makes sense" for founders to step aside if "not energised" by parts of the job, says reporter who broke story about Tom Blomfield's exit from Monzo

24th June 2021 | John Reynolds

Embedded finance is "going to change the world forever", says ClearBank boss

23rd June 2021 | John Reynolds

Generation Home scoops $30.4m Series A and £300m debt facility in bumper raise

16th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

How to improve fintech's gender problem

7th June 2021 | Selin Bucak

Five things not to miss at AltFi’s Festival of Finance 2021

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Changing of the guard: Ricky Knox leaves Tandem

26th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Incumbent and challenger banks must converge to survive

24th May 2021 | Tom Merry

The AltFi view on bank(ing): Fintech mustn’t mislead people

24th May 2021 | AltFi

Fintech billionaires invade The Times Rich List 2021

21st May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Ex-Monzo CEO Tom Blomfield among angels backing payroll startup fundraise 

19th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

Goldman Sachs Marcus to launch app in ‘next few weeks’

18th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Mental health and the next stage of the pandemic

10th May 2021 | Richard Latham

Fronted raises £1m from Monzo ‘mafia’ of former employees

10th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Crowdcube unveils Cubex: Secondary marketplace for all high-growth European startups

6th May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Deel becomes a unicorn as remote working becomes the norm

22nd April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Tide doubles user base to 400,000 accounts as demand for SME banking soars

19th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on customer service: Stay humble fintech

12th April 2021 | AltFi

PrimaryBid is surging as companies are “waking up” to the community opportunity

6th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Watch: This Fintech Rap Battle with Anne Boden and Tom Blomfield lookalikes

1st April 2021 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi view on failed mergers: Seedrs and Crowdcube join a worrying trend

29th March 2021 | AltFi

Regulator applies brakes to Crowdcube and Seedrs merger

25th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo co-founder Gary Dolman joins new fintech

24th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo continued to lose market share among digital banking rivals in 2020

17th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Premium payoff? Monzo reaches 135,000 paying subscribers

15th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi view on fintech flanker brands: Demise seems inevitable

15th March 2021 | AltFi

Why Atom Bank’s valuation is set to half

12th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo-backer Passion Capital opens latest £45m fund to retail investors via Seedrs

10th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank scoops £272m investment as it finally reaches unicorn status

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Fintech needs more women

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Kalifa Review: Keeping British fintech at the front of the pack

26th February 2021 | Nigel Verdon

Klarna said to be raising $1bn at $31bn valuation

24th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

What to expect from Ron Kalifa’s fintech review

22nd February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Match made in Heaven? A brief history of Seedrs and Crowdcube

22nd February 2021 | Aisling Finn

TransferWise reveals new name

22nd February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo and TrueLayer team up to launch industry-wide gambling block

18th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

American Dream: The European fintechs (hoping to) conquer the US

15th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo refocuses on America with first female CEO

11th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Curve adds former Citibank and Standard Chartered exec to its board

9th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo reportedly eyeing £50m top-up to its Series G 

8th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on the future of work: Rumours of the death of the office are greatly exaggerated

8th February 2021 | AltFi

Christian Faes: “I’ve spent the 12 years telling people: Don’t worry, we’ll never have anything like 2008”

4th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Regulator awards SME lender Cashplus a full UK bank licence

3rd February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Experian gives Monzo customers a (credit score) Boost

2nd February 2021 | Oliver Smith

N26 breaks 7m customer milestone as monthly transactions hit €5.5bn

28th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

First Direct customers shifted to mobile banking from online banking over last 12 months

27th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Zopa steps into price comparison, launching its own energy switching service 

27th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Tymit taps up Marqeta for credit card issuing and payment processing

26th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Fintech regulation to watch out for in 2021

25th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo is “struggling” to avoid the same fate as Xinja, analyst warns

22nd January 2021 | Oliver Smith

3 trends for challenger and neobanks in 2021

22nd January 2021 | Marcel Van Oost

Tom Blomfield departs Monzo

21st January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Back in startup mode: Plaid's Head of UK on how pulling the plug on Visa’s $5.3bn takeover deal will help Plaid in Europe

18th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

New data show UK fintech apps’ popularity peaked in 2019

13th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Revolut submits application for UK banking licence

11th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Revolut talks up 50% customer deposit boost from banking licence

11th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling’s new online banking found most-secure in Which? study

7th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

The fintechs that went out of business in 2020

5th January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2020

5th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

AltFi’s most-read stories of 2020: Part 1

4th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

2020 in quotes: Part 2

31st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

2020 in quotes: Part 1

30th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut Plus launches for £2.99 a month as part of premium revamp

16th December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Our favourite fintech apps of 2020

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

The AltFi team’s digital banking predictions for 2021

15th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Santander ranked last for Open Banking speed among high street banks, Yapily data shows

14th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Open Banking: The firms battling to win in 2021

14th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

Who are the top female fintech leaders of 2020?

14th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Digital banks are more popular with men 

9th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Out now! AltFi’s Digital Banking State of the Market Report 2020

8th December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Which digital wealth managers have the best consumer awareness?

4th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut launches early salary feature

2nd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo quietly adds £60m to its last funding round

2nd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

No iphone? Revolut launches web app

1st December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Coadec calls for “Australia-style” approach to Open Finance

24th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s chief risk officer leaves after just 14 months

18th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Just Cashflow partners with Railsbank to launch business account

9th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reportedly gearing up to raise £200m funding round

6th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Banking On It review: “No one can label you a failure when what you are trying to do is audacious”

5th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut co-founder Nikolay Storonsky named UK fintech’s first billionaire

2nd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Boden reveals how Starling’s Series A handed a secretive billionaire control of her bank

2nd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden: Pandemic helping fintechs win customers

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank tops the tables for current account switching

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Don't miss: Anne Boden interviewed at the AltFi Festival of Finance 2020

27th October 2020 | AltFi

Monzo vs Revolut: The battle for premium subscribers

26th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden speaks for the first time about the coup which created Monzo

26th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoHenry launches new teen-friendly account as it promotes financial independence for teens

22nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo launches latest subscription service Monzo Premium

20th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Yolt CEO: We need to build trust, then we can look at making money

19th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Flux brings digital receipts to high street clothing giant H&M

16th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Ex-Barclays execs to launch digital bank for the (not yet) rich

13th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

HSBC the latest to stop new business account openings as BBLS deadline approaches

2nd October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Next step for touch-free payments? Amazon launches palm scanner in two physical stores 

30th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Open Banking doubles its user-base to 2m Brits in just six months

28th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Monzo amasses 50,000 business customers in just six months

17th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia's Snoop gears up to launch £5m crowdfunding campaign

16th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Open Banking is designed for competition, but that doesn’t mean it’s a contest

16th September 2020 | Lars Trunin

Tech Nation launches programme to bolster UK fintech sector

15th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Starling Bank’s Marketplace hits third anniversary amid new “quality over quantity” strategy

15th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Railsbank CEO: Why we bought Wirecard UK

11th September 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Former Monzo employee scoops £750,000 in seed funding

7th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Chip CEO: We want to be the next fintech unicorn

7th September 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut reaches 500,000 SME customer milestone after 3 years

3rd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Modulr becomes first non-bank to offer Confirmation of Payee

2nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo to add some fees for less active users amid cost cutting drive and premium push

1st September 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fronted secures funding from Passion Capital, Truesight and the UK Future Fund

28th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Financial infrastructure: How Covid-19 is accelerating the pace of change

26th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Can premium banking push fintechs to profitability? 

26th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Under lockdown open banking payments surged 800%

25th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa takes first steps in digital banking future with fixed term savings accounts launch

24th August 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan set to challenge the challengers with 2021 UK bank launch

24th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Early Monzo employee Tristan Thomas to depart after five years at the digital bank

20th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo Plus garners 50,000 users one month after launch

18th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bunq review August 2020

12th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut’s revenues and losses triple in 2019 amid slowing customer growth

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

COVID-19: When, if ever, will fintech companies head to the office? 

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bank of England reportedly tightened Monzo’s capital requirements during fundraise

7th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Banked partners with British Airways to help customers collect Avios

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo Plus Review: Is it really worth it?

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Clearpay and Afterpay go “Bondi Mint” with rebrand

5th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo teases new travel-friendly features for Monzo Plus subscriptions

31st July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Monzo hires former Tandem Bank exec Kunal Malani as new head of borrowing

31st July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo’s 2020 results cast “material uncertainty” on bank’s future

31st July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Moneybox closes crowdfunding campaign 27 days early after reaching £7m

30th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK current account switching collapses 65% in Q2 as Covid-19 bites

30th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Covid-19 could “kill” digital-only challenger banks, says Jefferies

28th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Founders: Where are they now?

24th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Nearly 223,000 customers have activated their Monzo gambling block

22nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana: How our neo bank will deliver 10x revenue growth

20th July 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo Plus Preview: What’s it really like?

20th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Triodos Bank UK CEO: “We’re no ‘challenger bank’, we exist to challenge the way banking is done”

20th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s relaunches its Plus premium offering with Open Banking integrations

16th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo tests open banking payment function

9th July 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo co-founder Tom Blomfield steps down from board

2nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Capital on Tap launching Spanish SME credit card with Marqeta’s help

30th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Wirecard: Picking up the pieces

30th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Funding Xchange outs itself as first BCR Pool E applicant

29th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo closes £60m funding round at a 40% discount

16th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the fintech sectors which are thriving (and those which are just surviving)

15th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the UK’s leading open banking providers

10th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Confirmation of Payee finally arrives in the UK this month to foil fraudsters

9th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo co-founder revealed as non-executive chair of property lender GBB

8th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Are fintech furloughs going to continue beyond June?

8th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Plaid celebrates 12 months in Europe with an eye towards Open Finance

8th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Chip has started charging users if they auto-save too much

5th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Lunar targets teens and launches accounts for 15 to 17-year-olds

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo to cut 120 roles as it extends cost-cutting efforts amid coronavirus downturn

4th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech's new era didn't begin with COVID-19

3rd June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Brazil’s Nubank reaches 25m customers across Latin America

2nd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

The sincerest form of flattery? All the times big banks nicked ideas from fintech

2nd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tech Nation appoints new chair as Eileen Burbidge steps down

2nd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

5 things to look out for in Monzo's 2020 annual report

1st June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Work-Life balance: Can a successful fintech have both?

26th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo CEO and founder Tom Blomfield to step down

21st May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Breaking: Monzo’s chief credit officer Tim Trailor has joined Capital On Tap

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech entrepreneurs Blomfield and Storonsky join list of super-rich

18th May 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo sees valuation plummet by nearly 40% in latest fundraising bid

15th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19: What do the changes to the Job Retention Scheme mean for fintech?

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 cuts 10 per cent of its New York team

12th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo scoops up former JP Morgan Chase exec as new VP and head of global financial crime

11th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 extends its Series D for a second time with additional $100m raise

5th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo hires former Amex exec as new COO

4th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

RBS to wind down ‘Monzo challenger’ Bó less than six months after launching

1st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo wins most new current accounts ahead of biggest switching month since 2016

30th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Large fintechs recruit scores of staff remotely during lockdown

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

How Monzo and Starling’s complaints data stacks up against incumbents

27th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Yolt inks American Express deal

24th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo applies for US banking licence

23rd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

“Starling is firing on all cylinders”: CEO Anne Boden on how the bank is thriving during COVID-19

22nd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 founders take 25 per cent pay cut for a year amid Covid-19

21st April 2020 | John Reynolds

Early Monzo employee Simon Balmain leaves for Nick D’Aloisio’s new startup

20th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut co-founders sacrifice their salaries amid ongoing coronavirus outbreak

17th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Women at Monzo now hold a third of all leadership roles

16th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Will coronavirus turn big banks towards fintech?

13th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

US lender SoFi uses warchest to scoop up infrastructure giant Galileo for $1.2bn

8th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monese Review - April 2020

8th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Chip recruits ex Funding Circle finance exec as first-ever CFO

8th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Danish digital bank Lunar receives €20m in fresh funding

3rd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Finance apps see 20% coronavirus surge with PayPal, Monzo and Barclays taking the lead

2nd April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling to furlough staff amid coronavirus outbreak

1st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Brakes applied as Monzo further delays Plus subscription relaunch

1st April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s CTO Meri Williams resigns, co-founder Jonas Templestein steps into the role

27th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Digital banking alternative Lanistar launches in the UK with hiring push

26th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Savings app Chip gets FCA authorisation

25th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Digital banks overdraft charges: What does it mean for digital banks?

23rd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19 Fintech Watch: Digital banks reassure customers | P2P under pressure | Canadian banks close branches

19th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut has launched a whole new app for your kids

18th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Will fintech be TikTok famous?

17th March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo finally breaks into business banking with the launch of two SME accounts

17th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the BCR’s 3 options for Metro Bank’s returned £50m

16th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling Bank win big at the British Bank Awards

13th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Budget 2020: How the fintech and alternative finance industry reacted

12th March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Budget 2020: Chancellor announces creation of a fintech review and delivery panel

11th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling confirms Team GB Olympic sponsorship

6th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut appoints city veterans Michael Sherwood and Ian Wilson to its board

5th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Working from home? Here's how fintechs are responding to coronavirus

5th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Curve’s COO Nathalie Oestmann on fintech and taking the industry head-on

5th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank opens office in central Cardiff

4th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Breaking: Monzo sails past 4m customers, but growth rate slows

4th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the UK’s 5 leading banking-as-a-service providers

3rd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

How N26, Revolut and Monzo are taking on the US market

3rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

Freetrade poaches former Monzo director of product

2nd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech and Influencers: What are the rules around using influencers for financial advertising?

2nd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank poised to launch mobile cheque scanning next week

28th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut to appoint 1,000 staff this year, and is hunting for three new CEOs

26th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo banishes the "elephant in the room" and "blacklist" from staff speak

25th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo takes on credit giants with free scoring tool

24th February 2020 | John Reynolds

JP Morgan to launch UK digital bank under Chase brand

24th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus launches payment mapping in UK credit card first

20th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo plans to recruit 500 staff in 2020, as founder Blomfield says N26 “didn’t connect” in UK

17th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Starling Bank building loan book with Zopa deal

17th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Monzo, Starling and Monese see uptick in customers after N26 exit

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

The N26 diaries: My week as an N26 customer

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 is leaving the UK: is it really about Brexit?

12th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Ex Bud, Monzo and Apple personnel plot to disrupt rental market

12th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Curve appoints North America boss to head up NYC office

11th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Zopa’s close cash call is a cautionary tale all too common

11th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech should be disrupting exorbitant overdrafts

11th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling hits 100,000 business customers as SME banking hots up

5th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Lending from challenger banks hits record £115bn in 2019

5th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

RBS a "bit late" launching Bó but analysts believe it won't be canned

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Farewill, Tyk, Plum and Amplyfi among 30 scaleups selected for Tech Nation’s growth programme

31st January 2020 | Aisling Finn

Barclays preparing digital receipt rollout as it takes a stake in Flux

29th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

N26 says it has lured in 250,000 customers in US in five months

28th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Now's the time for high street banks to innovate, or else

28th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo held discussions with SoftBank over fresh funding, says report

28th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Holvi throws its app into UK digital business banking ring

27th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo neck and neck with Nationwide for winter account switching

24th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Stealth challenger Vive granted UK banking licence to serve the underbanked

21st January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Imran Gulamhuseinwala heralds the “significant milestone” of 1m Open Banking customers

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Flux signs up Papa John’s in digital receipts deal

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Ex-OakNorth senior executive joins identity verifcation firm

17th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech brands dominate the ‘breakout finance apps’ of 2019

16th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo customers favourite place to shop in 2019 was Marks & Spencer

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Newly launched fintechs hoping to disrupt the market in 2020

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

The great push for profit

14th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo co-founder exits to spend more time with...alpacas

10th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech trends to look out for in 2020

9th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

VC Predictions: What do you think the UK IPO landscape looks like for fintechs in 2020?

9th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Which UK and European fintech startups raised the most money in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs move into the marketing mainstream in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

In 2019 micro-businesses spent 10 weeks sorting finances, says Starling

6th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Creating the next big thing in savings

6th January 2020 | Amy Gavin

The year in quotes: 2019

3rd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

The international fintechs that launched in the UK in 2019

2nd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

British invasion: The UK fintechs taking on the US

2nd January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The fintechs that had a stellar 2019: Revolut

31st December 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

AltFi’s 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 2

31st December 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi's 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 1

30th December 2019 | John Reynolds

How “big tech” finally turned its hand to fintech in 2019

30th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 2

24th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 1

23rd December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Five questions for: Innovate Finance’s Charlotte Crosswell

20th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech moves drive surge in central London office space

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo and Starling raise overdraft fees in line with new FCA rulebook

17th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank trialling digital receipts for small businesses

12th December 2019 | John Reynolds

NatWest debuts Tink-powered spending analytics

10th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo, Bud and Apple employees launch new fintech

4th December 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo appoints first US CEO

3rd December 2019 | John Reynolds

RBS officially launches digital bank Bó and says it has signed up around 3,500 customers

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Former Monzo finance chief says that executive changes at digital bank is a “natural evolution”

26th November 2019 | John Reynolds

OakNorth partnerships chief to depart

21st November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Yolt integrates with Revolut

21st November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Cashplus appoints Alex Moorhouse as Corporate Affairs Director

20th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Valentin Stalf, Romi Savova, Nick Ogden and Meri Williams named among AltFi’s inaugural Powerlist 50

18th November 2019 | AltFi

Monzo Chief Operating Officer quits to launch grocery start-up

18th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Tandem starts global expansion with Hong Kong launch

8th November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Chip raises over £7m and plans a raft of new services

6th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Flux to reach 1m digital receipt milestone by 2020

5th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Capital flowing into fintech is driving funding deals for European tech companies

4th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Monzo surpasses 50% of UK challenger banking market share

1st November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo appoints ClearBank top executive as its new Chief Risk Officer

30th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Record 13,000 people moved their bank account to Monzo in Q3

24th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reveals surprise £30m funding round led by Merian Chrysalis

23rd October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo appoints first Head of Diversity and Inclusion

22nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

When fintech met crowdfunding

21st October 2019 | Luke Lang

Curve goes “raging red” with rebrand that abandons “boring” pastels of digital banking

18th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut chases new growth through £12 cash referrals

15th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

The biggest fintech startup in the world, and none of you guessed it

15th October 2019 | Nikolaus Suehr

HSBC plots overhaul of First Direct to meet challenge of digital disruptors

15th October 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: bunq's Ali Niknam

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling launches TV ad campaign after reaching 900,000 customers

14th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

11:Years: How the UK became the Galapagos of fintech innovation

14th October 2019 | David M. Brear

Royal Mint raises the bar with solid gold payments card

11th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech accounted for 38% of Crowdcube’s funds raised in Q3 2019

11th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Shawbrook Bank revamps portfolio with new savings accounts and digital reboot

11th October 2019 | John Reynolds

We’re looking for a Junior Reporter to join our team!

2nd October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo replaces entire Monzo Plus team and refunds customers after admitting premium service “didn’t go according to plan”

25th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

OakNorth Bank strikes deal with Shieldpay to launch digital escrow accounts for borrowers

24th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Smarterly and OakNorth partner on Cash ISA

20th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

TransferWise hits another year of profits as customers hit 6 million

18th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo halts cash referrals as it hits three million users

16th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

One in every five contactless payments now blocked due to new European rules

12th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Insights: £71m raised by fintech crowdfunding in 2019 so far

12th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Tandem Review - September 2019

5th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Digital banks on track to treble customers . . . but profits harder to come by

3rd September 2019 | Roger Baird

MoneyBox Review - September 2019

2nd September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Flux issues 500,000th digital receipt after partnering with Starling and Monzo

29th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

A day after Apple Card hits the shelves, N26 goes live in the US

23rd August 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut hires financial crime boss

23rd August 2019 | Roger Baird

Tide joins Monzo by launching its own national TV ad campaign

22nd August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Atom Bank boss Mark Mullen: 'Banks in a hurry are taking risks or cutting corners'

22nd August 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo launches ‘Get Paid Early’ for all customers

20th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

First Direct, Metro top customer satisfaction charts - digital banks fail to make the cut

19th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Open Banking – predictably unpredictable disruption?

19th August 2019 | Francesco Simoneschi

Curve prepares Crowdcube fundraising

16th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo launches loans, but they’re not the cheapest

15th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

N26 poaches Google executive for senior regulatory role

13th August 2019 | Roger Baird

5 things we learnt from Starling’s 2019 Annual Report

13th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Anne Boden says Starling Bank nearing £1bn in deposits, eyes profitability in 2020

5th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Strange bedfellows: N26 strikes a deal to offer cut-price rides on Lime e-bikes

1st August 2019 | Oliver Smith

The future of fintech hinges on cyber security

31st July 2019 | Andrew Roughan

Goldman Sachs big fintech gamble is about to heat up for summer as it takes on N26, Revolut and Monzo

26th July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

What went wrong at Atom Bank?

25th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo and Starling captured soaring numbers of account switchers last quarter

25th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut Review - July 2019

25th July 2019 | Oli Batchelor

Nationwide’s ClearBank tie-up heralds the arrival of a new “flanker” bank

24th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus boosts sales and enjoys unicorn status

22nd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo strikes “long-term” travel insurance partnership with AXA

19th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Slow clap: TSB launches account opening with a selfie

19th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech launches jargon-busting investment app for millennials

19th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Revolut, Emma and TrueLayer in Open Banking tie up

16th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Lloyds Banking Group launches card freezing

15th July 2019 | Roger Baird

B launches energy switching service with GoCompare

15th July 2019 | Roger Baird

‘Monzo challenger’ Viola Black breaks cover

15th July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Credit checker ClearScore tops ten million customers

15th July 2019 | Roger Baird

N26 launches in the US

12th July 2019 | Roger Baird

German digital bank Fidor closes British operations due to 'market uncertainties’

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches video calls for small business customers

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech Tips: Four things we learnt about mobile banking this week?

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Moneybox launches ISA partnership with OakNorth Bank

2nd July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

5 things we learnt from Monzo’s 2019 Annual Report

28th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

TransferWise joins US invasion with debit card launch

27th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo testing ‘Get Paid Early’ salary advance with some users

27th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Challenger banks drive for growth leaves them ‘vulnerable’ to no-deal Brexit, says report

26th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Y Combinator says Monzo’s community will help it succeed in the US where others have failed

25th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Nutmeg smashes crowdfund target, soaring past £2.5m in opening hours

21st June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo staffer named Which? 2019 Consumer Champion for gambling block innovation

20th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monese Review - June 2019

20th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling strikes deal with Direct Line Group to sell insurance

20th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Money management app Emma just launched in the US

14th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo to launch in the US

13th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

N26 hits huge customer milestone with US launch only “weeks” away

13th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling and Monzo growth surges outside metropolitan elite

11th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo’s Tom Blomfield and TransferWise’s Taavet Hinrikus due to meet with the Prime Minister

10th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

The year of trust at Money20/20

10th June 2019 | Ben Brabyn

JP Morgan abandons its Finn digital bank project

7th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Dutch lender bunq launches fee-free travel card

7th June 2019 | Roger Baird

TrueLayer lands $35m funding round from Tencent and Temasek

6th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling offers Tribe customers real-time European payments

4th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Payments firm Tribe strikes European deal with China’s UnionPay

3rd June 2019 | Roger Baird

Revolut tops customer complaints to ombudsman

29th May 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which digital wealth manager is hiring the fastest and why

28th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

MasterCard is offering Apple Card’s best features to fintechs

24th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

RBS-backed Loot collapses into administration

23rd May 2019 | Roger Baird

Raisin becomes the latest European Fintech to announce US expansion

22nd May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo Review - May 2019

21st May 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech Tips: How to invest using apps?

21st May 2019 | Roger Baird

Under fire from fintech: 1 in 10 European banks to vanish by 2023

21st May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo hits 2m customers, adding 1m in eight months

20th May 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech is Europe’s richest startup sector

13th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Atom explores £50m fundraising after BBVA shelves takeover

10th May 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo reveals new energy supplier switching feature

9th May 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo hires ahead of US launch

8th May 2019 | Roger Baird

Freetrade’s Crowdcube-busting crowdfund “was like Glastonbury”

7th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

OakNorth starts building-out mortgages for high-net-worths and entrepreneurs

7th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo teams up with Shawbrook and hints at bespoke savings accounts

7th May 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monese tops one million customers

3rd May 2019 | Roger Baird

People hate their banks. Don’t they?

3rd May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Digital banks have won over half of Brits, but women are being left behind

29th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech banks Monzo and Starling see huge uplift in account switchers as confidence grows in disruptors

26th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo Plus, the bank’s new premium offering, goes live

24th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for business

24th April 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which digital bank is hiring the fastest and why

23rd April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Coconut’s Sam O’Connor

18th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for travel money

15th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo crowdfunding investors eyeing three-year 6,300% return

12th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank Review - April 2019

12th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Dozens’ Aritra Chakravarty

10th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo may see valuation hit £2bn after fresh US backing

8th April 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: New bank applications and online shopping hollow out high street bank network

8th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Onfido lands $50m round led by Softbank

3rd April 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo, following Revolut and N26, mulls new £11 per month premium offering

1st April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

The Current Account Switch Service has reached an ‘awareness milestone’, but its priorities are all wrong

29th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintechs dominate Future Fifty start-up stars

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Digital banks snub photo cheque imaging system

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Here’s how UK fintech responded to Apple Card

26th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Insights: Here’s which SME challenger bank is winning

25th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and OakNorth join forces to offer savings accounts in challenger bank tie-up

21st March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech will more ‘profoundly’ affect Britain than Brexit, says MP

18th March 2019 | Roger Baird

BigTech must get back to the spirit of fintech, says report

14th March 2019 | Roger Baird

The Challenger: Freetrade’s Adam Dodds

14th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Just 14% of people manage their money with apps

11th March 2019 | Roger Baird

British Bank Awards see Starling, Monzo, Zopa, Freetrade, Chip and Bud take home gold

8th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

LendInvest, Zopa and Iwoca among 19 fintechs named in Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing companies

5th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

What next after Revolut’s week from hell?

4th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s veteran CFO bows out

1st March 2019 | Roger Baird

Leading stars of Monzo, OakNorth and WorldRemit named among Women in Fintech Powerlist 2018 winners

28th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Banks £350m fund to switch RBS customers goes live

26th February 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches account aggregation as Open Banking takes hold

25th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

OakNorth lines up payments tie-up with ClearBank

25th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling, Metro Bank and ClearBank seize £280m from the RBS Competition Fund

22nd February 2019 | Oliver Smith

With Avios and Apple Pay, Monese is fast becoming the digital bank to challenge Monzo and Revolut

21st February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Zopa shakes up board ahead of bank launch

14th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling raises £75m and prepares for European drive

13th February 2019 | Roger Baird

UK fintech Investment hits new highs as industry matures ahead of Europe

12th February 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Global investors double fintech funding to record $31bn in 2018

6th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Crowdcube signs deal with Linklaters to provide legal support for fintech firms

4th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Challenging millennial myths to seize the technology tipping point

3rd February 2019 | Nick Woods

Fintech start ups help UK top Europe's VC funding league

22nd January 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech share-trading app Freetrade’s next move

22nd January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Tipping point for fintech banks?

21st January 2019 | Roger Baird

A year in fintech & alternative finance: part 2

14th January 2019 | Roger Baird

A year in fintech & alternative finance: part 1

11th January 2019 | Roger Baird

N26 hits $2.7bn valuation as it prepares for US push

10th January 2019 | Roger Baird

What to expect from fintech and alternative finance in 2019

9th January 2019 | David Stevenson

More than half of US banks say digital banking top priority

9th January 2019 | Roger Baird

RBS app-only bank Bó takes second bite out of Loot

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo boss banks gong

7th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Challenger banks flexed their muscles in 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Moneybox targets pensions market for 2019

2nd January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo raises £20m through crowdfunding

5th December 2018 | George Geddes

Breaking: peer-to-peer lender Zopa granted banking licence

4th December 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo and The Times clash over 'loans for shares'

30th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Savings app Chip raises £4m in crowdfunding record

26th November 2018 | George Geddes

Monzo plans £20m crowdfunding raise

26th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

How traditional banks can fend off challengers with a ‘segment of one’ marketing strategy

23rd November 2018 | Karen Wheeler

Monzo to enter business banking with RBS fund bid

22nd November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo hits the high streets with PayPoint partnership

21st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Crowdcube raises £8.5m for expansion from VCs...and Channel 4

7th November 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

TrueLayer launches Data API

2nd November 2018 | George Geddes

Monzo to start paying interest on savings

1st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo enters unicorn stable with £85m fundraise

31st October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese continues expansion with new office in Lisbon

24th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger consultancy enters banking-as-a-service market

15th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Go Dutch with Monzo’s latest bill splitting feature

12th October 2018 | George Geddes

Challenger banks: a familiar face with a new disguise?

6th October 2018 | Lewis Hill

Monzo hits a million customers

24th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank plots business account upgrade

13th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital bank Monese scoops $60m Series B

6th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Goldman soft launches retail bank in UK

23rd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo heading for a £1.2bn valuation and ‘unicorn’ status

17th August 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo launches joint accounts

14th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

N26 launches savings spaces

7th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Santander unveils first Open Banking integration with savings app Moneybox

2nd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese hits half a million customers

24th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling is turning banking on its… side?

24th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The UK’s digital banks may be profitable sooner than you think

23rd July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The digital bank chasing down Starling and Monzo

17th July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Why the UK’s digital banks enhance its status as a global fintech hub

16th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Chatbot money app links with Monzo and Starling using Open Banking

11th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

N26 adds web functionality

10th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

‘Get Shit Done’: the Revolut way

9th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Joint accounts to go live for Monzo testers next week

6th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo sees losses widen, users triple

2nd July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Challenger banks raise record capital in Q1

29th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

How Monzo tried to alert Ticketmaster to its data breach

28th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches joint accounts

25th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo goes live with gambling addiction feature

19th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Could Monzo’s Internet of Banking project ‘leapfrog’ its marketplace?

15th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital banks mobilise against gambling addiction

13th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling boss Anne Boden gets gong

11th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling enhances Google Pay functionality

1st June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Great British banking race, part two: a case for non-banks

25th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Tandem launches new anti-fraud feature

23rd May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Report highlights globally connected UK tech sector

18th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo joins Apple Pay after controversy peaks

17th May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Digital bank Monzo tackles gambling addiction head on

16th May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Santander to launch standalone digital bank

14th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Wealthsimple and Habito go live in Starling Bank marketplace

3rd May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

TransferWise founder invests in chatbot Cleo

1st May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Digital banks: the making or breaking of equity crowdfunding?

30th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital receipts start-up Flux gets new loyalty partner

30th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo joins Current Account Switching Service

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank adds Wealthify to marketplace

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

TransferWise goes borderless with public banking launch

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

RBS plans to move 1m users to new challenger bank, says report

24th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Metro Bank releases AI personal finance tool

17th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut launches spare change Vaults

17th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo backtracks on its third-party marketplace, removes savings and investments

16th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking: Monzo and Starling integrate with money management app

16th April 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

ING-backed money app Yolt hits 250k users

16th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo reveals gender pay gap data

12th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Banks have a duty to educate customers about Open Banking

12th April 2018 | Jo Howes

Monzo becomes a lender with “transparent” overdrafts

11th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

FCA plans 2018 fintech review with banking and crypto in its sights

9th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Consumers not yet ready to tie the knot with digital banks, finds study

9th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Robo adviser Wealthsimple launches savings accounts

6th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo sees 94 per cent of active users take up current account

4th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Challenger airlines: The fintech threat that nobody saw coming

3rd April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo integrates with ING-backed app Yolt

23rd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut launches disposable virtual cards

22nd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Are marketplaces the future of digital banking?

21st March 2018 | Andy Davis

Speaker Spotlight: An interview with Curve CEO Shachar Bialick

20th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

N26 raises €110m Series C as it readies for US expansion

19th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Get ready for UK fintech’s Big IPO Year

15th March 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut takes another step to becoming a fully-fledged bank

15th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo adds investments and peer-to-peer lending to its marketplace

14th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Why money management apps are doomed to fail or be bought

14th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo goes micro with spare change savings

7th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Atom Bank lands another £149m

7th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Revealed: Monzo launches first third-party partnerships, begins marketplace roll out

1st March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Crowdcube celebrates seven-year milestones

28th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Virgin Money reveals digital bank build

27th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The balancing act in digital bank lending

21st February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo launches API with Moneybox, Starling Bank expands its payments

20th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank breathes life into marketplace

13th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

TrueLayer and Zopa join forces for PSD2

9th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Venture Capital investment in UK fintech more than doubles helped by Monzo, Funding Circle and Transferwise

7th February 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

German digital business bank Penta raises €2.2m in seed funding

5th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Crowdcube sees £95m invested in 2017

2nd February 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

UK fintech takes the lead in the Forbes 30 under 30

23rd January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Debt tracker Emma integrates with Monzo

22nd January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Moneybox and Flux gain FCA authorisation

18th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

“It’s not a winner takes all market”: N26 lead on digital banking

15th January 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Debt tracker app Emma receives FCA approval

15th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo launches its interim API, announces 2018 goals

12th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Tandem completes Harrods Bank takeover to become Britain’s newest bank

11th January 2018 | Ryan Weeks

AltFi Awards winners announced

10th January 2018 | AltFi

UK fintech firms Funding Circle, Monzo, Revolut and Transferwise boost VC funding to record levels

8th January 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

2017: The year of digital banking. What's next?

28th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

The disaggregation of financial services is temporary, says economist

27th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Digital banking app Loot secures £2.2m fundraise

15th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

UK fintech increases market share, TransferWise takes top spot

14th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking Will Unlock the Door for Digital-Only Banks

24th November 2017 | Lewis Hill

Starling Bank wins UK government contract, plus starts European expansion

22nd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Is Monzo launching a robo advisor?

20th November 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Digital bank Monzo sizes up IPO

15th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Fintech bank N26 takes premium account to new markets

14th November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Barclays partners up with digital receipts start-up Flux

13th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut applies for European banking licence

8th November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo raises £71m in latest fundraising round

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Yolt announces integration with Starling Bank

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Challenger bank Monzo unveils marketplace vision

27th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo and Starling take bigger steps towards payment integration

24th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo fee increase heralds a new dawn of digital multi-banking

20th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Defining excellence in digital banking

20th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo announces new foreign ATM fees

17th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Banking disruptors and payments firms top fintech investment rankings

12th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo puts fees to customer vote

13th September 2017 | Harry Holmes

Starling Bank launches fintech marketplace

12th September 2017 | Harry Holmes

Starling Bank adds Android Pay

6th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Why are UK start-ups not scaling up and what can be done about it during Brexit?

4th September 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Can Monzo and Revolut replicate the success of TransferWise?

16th August 2017 | Harry Holmes

Monzo lands Curve co-founder as new COO

14th August 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Disruptors begin sounding off 10 years on from financial crisis

9th August 2017 | Ryan Weeks

‘Carry a backup card’: Monzo hit by technical hitch

4th August 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut launches equity crowdfunding campaign with more than 40,000 investors pre-registered

30th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

UK fintech funding jumps 37% led by Funding Circle, Zopa, Monzo

26th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

The latest craze in fintech: layered banking

25th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Wealthtech scores record number of deals in Q2 2017

24th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo launches current accounts

19th July 2017 | Moriah Costa

What’s next for digital banking darling Monzo?

6th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

New money app goes live as open banking excitement builds

4th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks are chasing down incumbents

4th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

CB Insights publishes fintech list

29th June 2017 | David Tuckwell

Growth of app-based banking will continue, says Tandem boss

27th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Alternative finance firms, digital banks star in new FinTech50 list

7th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Atom Bank delays current accounts over regulatory uncertainty

6th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Trust gap still holding tech back, says HSBC

24th May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

What young people want from fintech

11th May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Digital banking arms race continues

10th May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger bank hits one million accounts

3rd May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Alternative finance ‘most successful’ part of fintech market despite Brexit, claims report

2nd May 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo breaks another equity crowdfunding record

29th March 2017 | Lisa Walls-Hester

What does the perfect bank look like?

24th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Toward a trustless future

23rd March 2017 | Markus Lampinen

Money app Revolut launches £4m equity crowdfunding campaign

23rd March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Millennial Money Matters podcast: Episode 4, Monzo

13th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo’s next crowdfunding round already more than three times oversubscribed

1st March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo closes £19.5M new investment and promises another crowd round

23rd February 2017 | Lisa Walls-Hester

Fintech Revolut launches bank offering as the lines between disruptors blur

13th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

How fintech companies put the ‘service’ back into ‘financial services’

13th February 2017 | Richard Prime

Government mobilising on fintech under Hammond

9th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Zopa becomes first UK peer-to-peer lender to hit £2bn mark

30th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

What are the defining features of a digital-only bank?

27th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

“It’s not about tech or physical, it’s about integration,” says Metro Bank CEO

25th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Five crowdfunding predictions for 2017

10th January 2017 | Moriah Costa

Zopa’s investment limit lifts

16th December 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Why financial health apps are natural allies for marketplace lenders (as long as they’re left independent)

29th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Metro Bank revamps online banking platform

21st November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Zopa to launch next generation bank

16th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Mobile bank Atom opens to customers

6th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Crowdfunded bank Mondo gets regulator thumbs up

12th August 2016 | Daniel Lanyon

Mondo raised £1 million in 96 Seconds, good opportunity or marketing masterclass?

25th April 2016 | Lisa Walls-Hester

The First ‘Bank’ to Crowdfund

15th February 2016 | Sam Griffiths