via PaymentsJournal Mention the term “challenger bank” and bankers might free-associate labels such as “fintechs,” “disruptors,”

via TechCrunch  Stripe, the payments powerhouse that is now valued at $22.5 billion, has made

via Wired.co.uk Waking up at 3:45am, on the treadmill by 4am while going through emails, reading

via The Financial Brand In banking, there’s no shortage of new challenges and competitive threats keeping

via Tearsheet European challenger banks are going global. Revolut and N26 are set on acquiring local

via Tearsheet Starling Bank recently raised £75 million to fund a European expansion. As part

via Tearsheet As a challenger bank, OakNorth charts a different course. While Revolut, Monzo, and

By Steve O’Hear for techCrunch, “So what’s going on here then?” I ask. “Two good

France’s second-largest bank, BPCE Groupe, is to become the first in Europe to directly integrate

Digital wealth manager Moneyfarm has got £40 million in a Series B funding round – meaning it

By Steve O’Hear for TechCrunch Clark, one of a plethora of so-called ‘insurtech’ startups offering

By Jon Russel for TechCrunch German insurance giant Allianz is following Google and Tencent by backing

BinckBank N.V.  is poised to disrupt the Dutch savings market as the online bank will be

By Steve O’Hear for Techcrunch Money transfer company TransferWise has begun a private launch of its “Borderless

By Steve O’Hear for TechCrunch Raisin, the savings deposit marketplace that lets you shop for

Monzo, a U.K.-based startup building a mobile-first banking service, has raised £71 million ($93 million)

German-based insurtech start-up Coya has reportedly secured $10 million during its latest seed funding round, which was led

By Vladislav Solodkiy, Managing partner at Life.SREDA VC

By Artjom Kartaschow for his blog At least 10 teams in Germany are currently trying to build

By Natasha Lomas for Techcrunch Social payments app Verse has closed a $20.5 million Series B

By Oscar Williams-Grut for Business Insider Fast-growing fintech firm Revolut has become the latest company to get

By CB Insights From the rise of insurers starting strategic venture arms to a record

By Oscar Williams-Grut for Business Insider LONDON — International money exchange startup Revolut has become to latest

By Thomas Labenbacher, partner of Life.SREDA VC I first heard Consumer Banking 15+ years ago,

By Lynsey Barber for CityAM Fintech unicorn Transferwise has revealed revenue tripled last year but

By Roman Dillet for Techcrunch.com French startup Lydia is launching a card so that you

By Vladislav Solodkiy for Fintech.sg There are so many innovation labs and too few innovations.

Key findings from the industries of POS, tablet – based cash registers and pre-order services.