Many of these firms have aimed to go public in the vague "end of 2021/ early 2022/ when we have enough money" time frame while participating in increasingly rare-letter funding rounds.
Varo broke new ground as the first major fintech company to obtain a full banking license; now that they have...
Leading fintech platform, SoFi, has applied for a national bank charter with the OCC; unlike back in 2017 when they...
Today, we talk through a few recent events that are indicative of what’s important in fintech right now.
Varo raised $241 million in preparation to start operating under its own banking license later this year. Is a banking license an asset or a liability if you’re a digital bank?
Marqeta is reportedly now valued at $4.3 billion, as banking-as-a-service continues its mature.
And LA-based fintech Stackin’ raised $13 million to scale its messaging-based offering designed to help Gen Z find the right fintech. What should we make of this?
New research from Apptopia shows that the leading digital banks in Europe are off to a slow start in the...
As the sun sets on 2020 and we look back at this past year nearly everything is viewed through the...
The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention.
Banking for brands startup Bond raised $32 million to capitalize on the exploding trend of B2B2C banking.
Samsung Money launched, leveraging SoFi’s infrastructure. As SoFi again seeks a national banking charter, they could become the de facto leader in this space.
Kabbage and Intuit launched small business bank accounts as extensions of their already deep relationships with SMBs.
And WhatsApp is trialing all sorts of financial services in India just as Chinese fintech super apps are being banned from the country.
SoFi has become the latest fintech to apply for a full national bank charter. They filed a de novo bank...
Varo is inching closer to becoming a fully regulated digital bank; they have closed a new funding round, a $241...
Level is a challenger bank which just launched in February 2020; the bank offers a deposit account through their app...