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
Interview | Finance | 4 Oct “Being an entrepreneur gives me a public voice” – Bookclub with Anne Boden, CEO and founder of Starling bank Starling CEO Anne Boden explains how books gave her insight into another world, the power of being a generalist, and the book she recently wrote.
News | Finance | 1 Oct Another challenger bank is trying its luck in the UK. This is how it hopes to sweep the market Holland’s Bunq is launching in Britain this week. Will its “life-hack” features, ethical investing, and credit-card offering be enough to lure a more mature market?
Analysis | Finance | 19 Sep 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?
News | Banking | 15 Aug £425m handed out and dozens of promises to improve small business banking But will these make a real difference?
Analysis | Finance | 8 Aug Europe’s fintech startups target Generation Z Generation Z, defined as those born after 1996, represents both a lucrative, and under-served, market for fintech startups.
How To | Finance | 17 Feb Digital banks Monzo, Revolut, Starling and N26 compared Sifted digs into the numbers behind these key fintechs
