N26

·Dec. 8, 2016

Digital Bank, N26, Expands to Continental Europe

Initially a German-only digital bank, N26 is now expanding to 17 countries across the continent including Spain, Italy, Greece, Ireland and Slovakia; according to Valentin Stalf, founder and CEO of N26, the company is looking at "disrupting retail banking further" with this expansion; the digital bank offers an eight minute signup process, real time money transfers and budgeting tools; in coming years they are looking to add new products like investments, savings, insurance products and artificial intelligence based features. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup Online Lending

·Feb. 6, 2017

Digital Bank N26 Launches Credit Product

Digital-only bank N26 has launched a new credit product for its customers as digital-only banks struggle for profits due to high operating costs; the new credit product will offer credit lines of up to 25,000 British pounds ($26,810) for 5 years with varying interest rates; the product launch occurs as many digital banks seek expanded offerings to offset some of the high costs associated with deposit accounts. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Aug. 1, 2017

Digital Bank N26 Partners with German Marketplace Lender Auxmoney

N26 has partnered with Auxmoney to offer consumer loans; the partnership will open the loan offering to the digital bank's over 300,000 customers, providing options for self-employed, freelancers and students; loans will range from EUR1,000 ($1,181) to EUR25,000 ($29,527) with terms ranging from 12 to 60 months and annual interest rates beginning at 3.95%. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Dec. 12, 2017

N26 and Younited Credit Partner for Credit Offering in France

The partnership will allow N26 to offer consumer credit in France; N26 currently has similar features built out in other European markets where users answer a few questions within the app; the app then provides a quote that allows users to adjust the term of the loan or the payback amount; users will not be required to signup through Younited Credit as everything is managed through an API. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Mar. 20, 2018

N26 Raises $160mn for US Expansion Plans

German Digital bank N26 has raised $160mn to fund their U.S expansion plans; Tencent and Allianz were lead investors in the round and it could set the stage for a future IPO according to N26 co-founder and CEO Valentin Stalf; “It's a good round to be as independent as possible,” Stalf said to TechCrunch. “This funding round really brings N26 to a pre-IPO stage. I think we see a clear path to a very sustainable company with this funding round. Maybe in the next five years there will be an IPO.”; the bank currently has eight staff members in NY and customers have been signing up on the waiting list since October 2017. Source.

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Dec. 29, 2016

Security Holes Found at Digital Bank N26

N26 is a smartphone only bank that was originally launched in Germany and has big backers like Peter Thiel behind it; Vincent Haupert, a PhD student at the University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, told the Chaos Communications Congress in Hamburg how he and two colleagues found N26 security defenses riddled with holes that could have been used to defraud thousands of users; Haupert presented his findings to the bank and they have since stated that the issues found have been addressed. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Mar. 15, 2017

Digital Bank N26 Reports 300,000 Customers

European digital bank N26 has increased its customer base by 200,000 users in just 14 months as digital bank solutions become increasingly more popular in Europe; the company has also reported a new transactions milestone of 3 billion euros ($3.1 billion); the Berlin-based company is targeting tech savvy millennials and has introduced a number of competitive features to attract new customers including a lending product that allows for mobile loans up to 25,000 euros ($26,556); the business has raised over $55 million in capital and is planning to expand to Britain in 2017. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup USA

·Oct. 24, 2017

N26 Plans US Launch for 2018

N26 Founder and CEO Valentin Stalf told the Money 20/20 audience they plan to launch in the US by mid 2018; “We’ve looked at the products in the U.S. and we figured out that most of the banking products in the U.S. are even worse than in Europe,” Stalk told TechCrunch; their plans are to launch a debit card with a checking account and use a bank partner, similar to what they have done in Europe. Source.

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Europe Fintech News Roundup

·Feb. 22, 2018

Digital Banks Find Lending is a Balancing Act

Digital banks have been presenting themselves as a more transparent fairer option than the traditional players; what these newcomers are finding is to scale and reach profitability they will need to figure out a way to lend that doesn’t strike the same tone as customers get from their typical bank; Tandem, Monzo, Starling Bank, Revolut and N26 have all started to roll out lending options in a variety of ways by using a tailored data driven approach; figuring out where the balance lies is the key piece if these banks are truly going to disrupt the banking system. Source.

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Europe Fintech News Roundup USA

·Jan. 10, 2019