An article in Forbes earlier this month about the traction of digital banks caught my attention. A survey of U.S....
Reuters is reporting that Softbank is in talks to invest in Nubank, the leading digital bank in Latin America; according...
Monzo has become the first bank to offers its customers a free credit score service; starting in March the UK...
Aspiration has taken their marketing aim directly at some of the biggest banks by offering what they see is a better product and experience; “We’re not going after these banks for the sake of it, we’re talking about their actions and their approaches versus ours,” said CEO Andrei Cherny to TearSheet; the company does not charge ATM fees or monthly service fees and investments are done on pay what is fair basis; Aspiration is going beyond just the user experience by donating 10 percent of revenue to charity and focuses on whether customers spend at companies that are ethical and sustainable. Source.
Big Banks vs. Silicon Valley Startups – Whose Customer Financial Data Is It Anyway? Mixed Bank Earnings; PeerIQ’s Modeling Archive...
The CEO and co-founder of Maast, Tom Bell, talks about embedded finance and why it is perfect match for software companies
Back in 2005 Zopa quietly launched their P2P lending platform in the UK, the world’s first. It was the start...
Trust in banks was crushed during the financial crisis and as recently as last year banks ranked only ahead of...
WeLab is one of eight virtual banks that have received banking licenses from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority this year;...
When I started LendIt with my fellow co-founders back in 2013 I was most excited about how online lending could...