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.
An article in Forbes earlier this month about the traction of digital banks caught my attention. A survey of U.S....
The CEO and Co-founder of Varo discusses what is wrong with traditional banks and how his startup digital bank is different. Source
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?
Leading fintech platform, SoFi, has applied for a national bank charter with the OCC; unlike back in 2017 when they...
While there are always interesting things happening around fintech there is not often news which moves the needle for the...
As the sun sets on 2020 and we look back at this past year nearly everything is viewed through the...
N26 has shared that they have crossed 5 million customers, up from 3.5 million last summer; in 2019 they added...
Level is a challenger bank which just launched in February 2020; the bank offers a deposit account through their app...
SoFi has become the latest fintech to apply for a full national bank charter. They filed a de novo bank...