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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 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

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