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December 22, 2025

Inside neobank Bunq’s chaotic rise: ‘You have to be full speed every single minute of the day’

The Dutch neobank’s working practices have made headlines in its home country


Tom Matsuda

6 min read

Credit: Bunq

Over the past decade, VCs have invested billions in Europe’s neobanks, fuelling household names like Monzo, Starling and Revolut in the UK and N26 in Germany. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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