# N26

Europe’s neobanks want to help you buy a house — are they ready?
Pro
Analysis
June 30, 2025
Europe’s neobanks want to help you buy a house — are they ready?
Mortgages are key to convincing customers to use challenger banks as their primary accounts
Tom Matsuda
Revolut and N26 want to disrupt the telecoms industry. Can they succeed?
Pro
Analysis
May 2, 2025
Revolut and N26 want to disrupt the telecoms industry. Can they succeed?
Two of Europe’s biggest fintechs dial up to disrupt the continent’s €500bn telco sector
Tom Matsuda
These 7 former N26 employees founded their own startups in the past year
Pro
Analysis
March 28, 2025
These 7 former N26 employees founded their own startups in the past year
The neobank is Germany’s top fintech founder factory, according to data from Accel and Dealroom
Tom Matsuda
N26 reports first profitable quarter after customer limit lifted
News
November 19, 2024
N26 reports first profitable quarter after customer limit lifted
The digital bank forecasts a 40% increase in gross revenue in 2024 — but didn’t disclose expected losses
Miriam Partington
Europe’s digital banks off to slow start in the US market
News
May 6, 2020
Europe’s digital banks off to slow start in the US market
Monzo, N26, Revolut and even Barclays face tough local competition after going state-side
Isabel Woodford
Digital bank signups dive in lockdown
Analysis
April 27, 2020
Digital bank signups dive in lockdown
2020 is poised to hit retail banking apps across Europe, data shows.
Isabel Woodford
Customer blunders and tensions at the top – behind N26’s failed UK expansion
News
March 5, 2020
Customer blunders and tensions at the top – behind N26’s failed UK expansion
Last month, German digital bank N26 announced it was leaving the UK, blaming Brexit. But an investigation shows the company had faced a regulatory mishap in the weeks prior.
Isabel Woodford and John Hunter
N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling
News
February 11, 2020
N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling
The German digital bank has pulled the plug just a year into its play in the UK. Has Brexit claimed a major fintech victim, or is this a case of international expansion gone wrong?
Isabel Woodford
Digital banks Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26 compared
Analysis
December 18, 2019
Digital banks Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26 compared
Sifted digs into the numbers behind these leading fintechs
Isabel Woodford and Kim Darrah
European fintech weekly: N26 lags in the UK, Curve stays quiet and can NatWest's Bó take off?
Analysis
December 2, 2019
European fintech weekly: N26 lags in the UK, Curve stays quiet and can NatWest's Bó take off?
Data suggests N26 is struggling to catch up in the UK, while NatWest's new digital bank gets off to a bumpy start.
Isabel Woodford
Challenger banks eye the untapped teenage market
Analysis
September 19, 2019
Challenger banks eye the untapped teenage market
Revolut is launching a banking app for under-18s; a group which offer inflated disposable incomes and life-long loyalty. Could this be the next battleground for fintech?
Isabel Woodford
Lime x N26: When a scooter startup gets into bed with a digital bank
Analysis
August 1, 2019
Lime x N26: When a scooter startup gets into bed with a digital bank
US mobility company Lime and German digital bank N26 have partnered up. Why?
Amy Lewin
Europe's fintechs are playing the long game
Analysis
July 22, 2019
Europe's fintechs are playing the long game
Startup football leagues are springing up across Europe — and they're a sign that the ecosystem is ready to compete globally.
Amy Lewin
N26’s strategy to stand out in the UK’s sea of fintechs
Analysis
April 22, 2019
N26’s strategy to stand out in the UK’s sea of fintechs
How can German digital bank N26 win over the Brits?
Amy Lewin

# N26

Europe’s neobanks want to help you buy a house — are they ready?

Revolut and N26 want to disrupt the telecoms industry. Can they succeed?

These 7 former N26 employees founded their own startups in the past year

N26 reports first profitable quarter after customer limit lifted

Europe’s digital banks off to slow start in the US market

Digital bank signups dive in lockdown

Customer blunders and tensions at the top – behind N26’s failed UK expansion

N26 pulls out of the UK, citing Brexit. But numbers suggest the German bank was struggling

Digital banks Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26 compared

European fintech weekly: N26 lags in the UK, Curve stays quiet and can NatWest's Bó take off?

Challenger banks eye the untapped teenage market

Lime x N26: When a scooter startup gets into bed with a digital bank

Europe's fintechs are playing the long game

N26’s strategy to stand out in the UK’s sea of fintechs