Latest Monzo offerings are designed to cut SMBs’ payments hassles: Features such as links and its Stripe partnership will let businesses accept card-based payments. This helps Monzo keep up with—but not get ahead of—competitors that already offer them
Oportun's bank charter withdrawal is indicative of the increased regulatory scrutiny surrounding fintechs’ broader banking ambitions—and may also make other neobanks stop and think.
Columbia and Umpqua to form West Coast powerhouse: The tie-up could produce a more resilient bank with diverse products and deposits and greater tech resources for keeping up with big incumbents and digital-only players.
Last week’s global outage will further tarnish its reputation and ramp up regulatory pressures, hindering its fintech plans.
Tech costs in this week’s reports will receive close scrutiny for potential earnings drag. Even if they do, the spending is necessary to fend off digital-only competitors.
Judo Bank sees strong investor interest in its upcoming IPO: The Australian SMB-focused neobank already has commitments for most of its expected proceeds. That vote of confidence from investors is a good sign for its business model.
Temenos, Mbanq launch as-a-service offering tailored for credit unions: Credit Union-as-a-service will help US firms roll out digital products faster and potentially keep pace with digital-only newcomers.
On today's episode, we discuss who is using "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) services, why they're choosing them, whether banks can compete, and the dark side of these payment options. We then talk about whether Amazon's tech-fueled fitting rooms can move the needle, what early Black Friday deals from Amazon really mean, and some advertising secrets from the online shopping giant. Tune in to the discussion with eMarketer principal analysts at Insider Intelligence David Morris and Andrew Lipsman.
With a fresh approach to insurance sales and a modern tech stack, Toggle, a Farmers Insurance Company, is focused on simplifying the purchase journey. Watch Industry Voices: Spotlight on Financial Services with Toggle’s Josh LaRoche, research and marketing director, to hear how empowering policyholders has helped its parent company innovate.
The US digital broker added access to 10 cryptos as, like all its peers, it could not ignore the growth opportunity.
The bank’s grace period feature helps customers avoid the charges and an upcoming checking account excludes them. But the bank must make up for the lost revenue.
Monzo’s free-shares incentive could give a much-needed financial boost: The UK-based neobank is partnering with Freetrade to offer free shares to customers in two of its paid tiers. Monzo really could use that subscription revenue.