Analysis | Fintech | 17 Feb Inside Revolut and Monzo’s mammoth funding rounds With a series of fintech mega-rounds on the horizon, investors and industry experts weigh in on the upcoming raises — and the dangers they reveal about the market for challenger banks.
News | Fintech | 11 Feb 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?
Interview | Fintech | 3 Feb Starling’s eight powerplayers: Behind the scenes at Anne Boden’s bank These are the faces you will see walking the corridors of Starling's London HQ — and calling the shots.
Analysis | Hiring | 28 Jan Europe’s fastest growing startups with female founders Women to watch in 2020.
News | Fintech | 27 Jan Holvi launches in UK in despite Brexit uncertainty The Finnish startup enters a crowded and uncertain market, but says the UK's 6m microbusinesses make it the big prize for fintechs.
Analysis | Finance | 13 Jan Islamic fintechs are on the rise — but how viable is this tailored offering? Islamic finance is ‘going digital’ to better serve the world’s 1.8bn Muslims. Still, it's uncertain if religious fintechs can attract a critical mass, and compete with their European secular peers.
News | Fintech | 8 Jan Questions for Klarna as study warns “pay later” schemes damaging millions of shoppers’ credit scores "Buy now pay later" options are becoming more popular credit options. But new research suggests shoppers are still unaware of the dangers, predicting over 2m UK users have seen credit scores plummet
Analysis | Digital Banks | 18 Dec Digital banks Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26 compared Sifted digs into the numbers behind these leading fintechs
Analysis | Fintech | 12 Dec The startups killing Italy’s cash economy Italy is still a predominantly cash economy, which presents a challenge to Europe's fintech startups such as Qonto and N26 trying to conquer the market. What's their plan?
Interview | Digital Banks | 26 Nov Inside Anne Boden’s Starling Starling Bank now manages £1bn in deposits across 1m users. Its chief executive shares her plans to continue the fintech's growth spurt, M&A potential and beating the big banks.
Analysis | Finance | 18 Nov European fintech weekly: HSBC eyes new partnerships and is Google becoming a bank? An HSBC exec explains why acquistions of challenger banks could be on the cards and Google dips its toes into banking
Analysis | Finance | 11 Nov “We want 10m American users” — How Europe’s digital banks are taking on the US Monzo, N26 and Revolut are chasing the US market. It's early days but - finally - I'm convinced they might have a shot
Analysis | Finance | 4 Nov European fintech weekly: Uber Money marks a new paradigm & October funding dip Uber announced the beginning of its digital bank, while fintech funding takes a temporary dip.
Interview | Finance | 29 Oct Barclays’ Megan Caywood on life after Starling and the rise of challenger banks In January, Caywood left Starling's C-suite to lead Barclays' digital banking team. Here she discusses the surprise jump and her predictions for the fintech sector.
Analysis | Banking | 28 Oct European fintech weekly: The future of neo-banks and inside Revolut’s Singaporean launch Can Revolut take on Asia and how many European fintechs are going to survive?
Analysis | Finance | 21 Oct European fintech weekly: Monzo under the spotlight This week: the payments industry is propping up the wider success of fintech and challenger banks feel the heat over their tech
