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Jupiter to sell Starling Bank stake at 40% discount

23rd September 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Former Starling exec wins unfair treatment claim

16th September 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Starling defends Bounce Back Loan record

7th September 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Mutual fund to sell large stake in Starling Bank

30th August 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling to recruit 100 staff for Southampton office

24th August 2022 | Will McCurdy

Anne Boden: Starling’s return on equity will be 30%

22nd August 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Robinhood re-negotiates Ziglu acquisition deal, leaving some crowdfunding investors at a loss

17th August 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Meet the UK’s 26 fintech unicorns

15th August 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Starling stays on the ball with £28k donation for women footballers

12th August 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

The fintech startups Apple should buy next

5th August 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Investment into female founded fintechs ‘drops 66%’

4th August 2022 | Will McCurdy

Co-op bank migrates to the cloud

3rd August 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling scores a marketing win with Women's Euro England triumph

2nd August 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Environmental cost of crypto "profane and wrong": An interview with Atom Bank CEO Mark Mullen

1st August 2022 | Stephan Roth

UK Bounce Back Loan data puts Metro Bank and other lenders in the spotlight

29th July 2022 | Oliver Smith

“Open banking? It’s both threat and opportunity” An interview with Mastercard’s Europe boss

28th July 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo and Starling in the top five most switched to banks with CASS

28th July 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Eagerly awaited £47bn BBLS lending data report not "definitive nor conclusive"

25th July 2022 | John Reynolds

6 things we learnt from Starling’s 2022 Annual Report

25th July 2022 | Oliver Smith

Visa reportedly takes an interest in Airwallex’s second Series E extension

22nd July 2022 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank’s 2022 results include first full year of profitability as mortgages pay off

21st July 2022 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank ditches European license plan

19th July 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

What it's like raising venture funding in 2022’s market crash

15th July 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Klarna confirms $800m funding, but bemoans "steepest drop in global stock markets in over fifty years"

11th July 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling’s Engine CEO doesn’t plan to “follow the Revolut path” into Europe

11th July 2022 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank launches Bills Manager for small businesses

7th July 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Chrysalis Investments cuts valuations as shares drop

4th July 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Neobanking: It’s now JP Morgan vs Goldman Sachs vs Fintech

30th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Joanne Dewar steps aside as Global Processing Services CEO

30th June 2022 | Will McCurdy

Kroo lands full banking licence

27th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

“Fintech is dead”: An interview with Railsr’s CEO Nigel Verdon

27th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank hits 3m accounts

23rd June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Here come the fintech consolidators

22nd June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank buys £500m mortgage book

14th June 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

500,000 businesses saved by covid loan schemes, claims report

14th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Starling Bank updates money management feature amid cost of living crisis

13th June 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank boss threatens former anti-fraud minister over “wild accusations”

8th June 2022 | Liza Tetley

Sir Ron Kalifa and Allica Bank chairman on Queen’s Birthday Honours list

6th June 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Lord Agnew refuses to retract attack on Starling Bank over Covid loans unless data proves him wrong

6th June 2022 | John Reynolds

Revolut Business aims for larger SMEs and corporates with ‘spend management’ launch

25th May 2022 | Oliver Smith

Move over Gen Z, OAPs the new flag-wavers for challenger banks

24th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Chase scores sponsorship rights to the 2022 Commonwealth Games

10th May 2022 | John Reynolds

Monzo dethrones Starling at the British Bank Awards

6th May 2022 | Oliver Smith

Bank switching jumps 41 per cent

29th April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Apple and Google join fintech in setting “new standards" in banking customer experience, says report

27th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Starling bags £130.5m from existing investors to build "war chest" for acquisitions

26th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Fintech jobs: Cardiff is the emerging tech city to know about now

22nd April 2022 | Kirstie McDermott

Speaker introduction: Dan McCrum, the journalist who brought down Wirecard

21st April 2022 | Annie Tuckwell

Robinhood to buy UK crypto platform Ziglu

19th April 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

PensionBee squeezed gender pay gap down to 1.6% last year

19th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Three great tech jobs to apply for today

14th April 2022 | Kirstie McDermott

Govt urged to swap steering committees for "action" to deliver national fintech strategy

6th April 2022 | John Reynolds

Gender pay gap: Women at Revolut are still earning 25 per cent less

5th April 2022 | Amelia Isaacs

Three really cool fintech jobs to apply for this week

1st April 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

PensionBee available to Starling sole traders through Marketplace integration

29th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Move over Marcus: JP Morgan's Chase launches UK saver with "market-leading" 1.5 per cent interest rate

28th March 2022 | John Reynolds

Three exciting fintech companies that are looking for talent this Spring

25th March 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

"Very, very unlikely" big banks will have high-street branches, says Anne Boden

21st March 2022 | John Reynolds

Your card is about to be declined more

14th March 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Wise and Klarna drag down Chrysalis NAV by 5.6%

22nd February 2022 | Oliver Smith

Team GB: Fintech pulls ahead in the race to level-up outside of London

14th February 2022 | Liza Tetley

Railsbank eyes unicorn status as looks to raise $100m

8th February 2022 | John Reynolds

Penfold promoted to Starling Bank’s personal account marketplace

31st January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Starling battles it out against Barclays for mortgage business Kensington

31st January 2022 | John Reynolds

Bank account switching continues to stall

27th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Ex-FIS SVP Tom Pope arrives as new Tink UK head

27th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Airwallex snags Revolut and Deliveroo execs amid European expansion plans

17th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Three great fintech companies that are hiring right now

14th January 2022 | Rebecca O'Keeffe

GPS adds $100m to funding haul, Gene Lockhart new company chair

14th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank boycotts Facebook and Instagram advertising

10th January 2022 | Daniel Lanyon

Anne Boden confirms Starling’s global launch of banking-as-a-service

7th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

Small businesses rise up in Starling's latest TV spot

6th January 2022 | John Reynolds

Neyber co-founder Ezechi Britton named on New Years Honours’ list

5th January 2022 | Oliver Smith

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2021 | John Reynolds

2021 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2021 | John Reynolds

AltFi’s 10 most-read stories of 2021: Part 2

23rd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s 10 most-read stories of 2021: Part 1

22nd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Women now make up 41% of Starling Bank’s senior management

22nd December 2021 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Starling Bank plans to take its banking-as-a-service offering global

20th December 2021 | Oliver Smith

BCR celebrates 1,100 jobs created and £1.9bn in investment raised by grant winners

30th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Airwallex aims to double European footprint following $100m Series E top-up

18th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling reportedly buys £1bn mortgage book

16th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden: Starling can overtake Barclays in 5 years

16th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Open banking is not a flop

15th November 2021 | Rolands Mesters

Forget COP26, here are the four fintechs making a real difference

15th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Crypto fintech Ziglu lands £7m crowdfunding haul as part of Series A

10th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Meet Shoal, Standard Chartered’s new “green” fintech brand powered by Starling Bank

10th November 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi View on COP26: It’s time to banish ‘greenwashing’ from fintech

8th November 2021 | AltFi

Starling Bank to offset its annual carbon emissions from 2021

8th November 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling tightens its Xero integration with multi-currency account support

5th November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling puts bills in their ‘space’ with Bills Manager

3rd November 2021 | Oliver Smith

Autumn Budget 2021: Rishi gives challenger banks more headroom to grow

28th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling becomes the official banking sponsor of Women’s Euros 2022

27th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Currencycloud picks Plaid to power its payment platform

21st October 2021 | Aisling Finn

First look: How does JP Morgan's Chase app stack up?

20th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Flux branches out into rewards with launch of Flux Offers for retailers

18th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

£100 contactless limit: What are digital banks doing?

15th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Atom Bank hits £1bn of SME lending ahead of target

15th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Railsbank heads to London’s Broadgate for its new global HQ

14th October 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monese makes senior hires from Revolut and JP Morgan for BaaS push

8th October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintechs have raised more than double so far in 2021 than they did in the whole of 2020

6th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

Iwoca accredited under the Recovery Loan Scheme

5th October 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on trust in banks: It’s going up...slowly

4th October 2021 | AltFi

Chase and 10x Banking reveal partnership

1st October 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Bonjour France! Starling Bank migrates across the channel as it launches ‘Starling-as-a-Service’ in Europe

29th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Pandemic prompts more trust in banks

28th September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan’s neobank Chase goes live

21st September 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

RIP B2C: ING to close Yolt’s consumer app and focus on open banking via Yolt Technology Services

13th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Monzo reaches 100k business customer milestone after 18 months, but growth slows

8th September 2021 | Oliver Smith

Fintech investor Chrysalis appoints industry veteran Margaret O’Connor to board

6th September 2021 | Aisling Finn

Lucky for some: Starling adds 13th member to its exec team with first chief asset management officer

18th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

UK banks plan to share branches as regulator seeks to block closures

17th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank tops CMA’s 2021 business banking survey, while Monzo takes personal banking crown

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

Behind the Buzzword: What is fintech?

16th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi View on accessibility: Come on fintech

16th August 2021 | AltFi

What are fintechs doing with their office space in 2021?

12th August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Anorak and Quirk team up to boost insurance awareness with younger generations

4th August 2021 | Aisling Finn

5 things we learnt from Monzo’s 2021 Annual Report

3rd August 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling among most switched-to UK banks for 4th quarter running

29th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank enters buy-to-let mortgage lending with £50m takeover of Fleet Mortgages

26th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

7 things we learnt from Starling’s 2021 Annual Report

26th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Visa to acquire Currencycloud for £700m

22nd July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Top marks: Starling switched the most SME customers as part of the BCR’s Incentivised Switching Scheme

22nd July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Banks’s 2021 results see 600% jump in revenues and 8 months of profitability

22nd July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Soldo bags $180m Series C as it plots European domination

21st July 2021 | Aisling Finn

More fintech funding raised in the first half of 2021 than the whole of 2020

14th July 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank supercharges its marketing with InstaVolt electric car tie-up

14th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Asian venture capital piles into UK fintech investment

13th July 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling, Snoop and Zopa among the big British Bank Awards 2021 winners

12th July 2021 | Oliver Smith

Chrysalis Investments lifted 28% by early bets on Klarna and Starling Bank

30th June 2021 | Oliver Smith

“There was no other emotion in my life other than anxiety,” Tom Blomfield opens up about the stresses of Monzo life for the first time

29th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

The average UK tech start-up is valued at £100m after bumper year for VC funding

17th June 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Finance leaders eke their way onto the Queen’s Birthday Honours list

14th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Five things not to miss at AltFi’s Festival of Finance 2021

7th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

Helpful teams up with Mastercard to launch sustainable debit card

4th June 2021 | Aisling Finn

The AltFi view on partnerships: It’s a fintech love-in

31st May 2021 | AltFi

Starling calls for image equality around women and money

21st May 2021 | Oliver Smith

Goldman Sachs Marcus to launch app in ‘next few weeks’

18th May 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank revamps marketing push with new ad campaign

17th May 2021 | Aisling Finn

More BCR grant winners are asking to change their public commitments

30th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank completes 3rd quarter as the 2nd most switched-to UK bank

29th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Business booms for Nutmeg: assets surge to £3bn

27th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Eco-friendly fintech helps users clean up the oceans as they spend

22nd April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Goldman Sachs invests £50m in Starling Bank, deposits surge by £5bn in one year

19th April 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The fintechs leading the green finance revolution

19th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

This savings account from Oxbury Bank is all about planting trees

8th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank joins Funding Options’ list of lenders

8th April 2021 | Oliver Smith

Over half of the UK’s SMEs have used Bounce Back Loans to bounce back

6th April 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo co-founder Gary Dolman joins new fintech

24th March 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Investment checker app launches tool to check the temperature of your portfolio

22nd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Monzo continued to lose market share among digital banking rivals in 2020

17th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling goes green: Bank launches debit cards made from recycled plastic

15th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme: The good, the bad and the ugly

15th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Why Atom Bank’s valuation is set to half

12th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Zego scoops $150m, securing its position as the UK’s first insurtech unicorn

10th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank fundraise: McPike reduces stake, Chrysalis NAV jumps 6p

9th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank scoops £272m investment as it finally reaches unicorn status

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

The promised fintech IPO boom is coming, but won’t include many women

8th March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Perceptions of women entrepreneurs are improving—even if reality is lagging behind

8th March 2021 | Oliver Smith

New £100 contactless spending limit divides fintechs as fraud concerns are raised

3rd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

Recovery Loan Scheme to replace Bounce Back and Business Interruption Loans next month

3rd March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Mind the gap: Starling Bank’s gender pay gap closes, but only just

3rd March 2021 | Aisling Finn

BCR launches £5m Pool F with Onfido’s grant as 5 more awardees change their public commitments

2nd March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Revolut, Starling Bank and Wise bosses among 15 CEOs joining Bulb’s Tech Zero taskforce

1st March 2021 | Oliver Smith

Klarna said to be raising $1bn at $31bn valuation

24th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on entrepreneurialism: Fintech is at risk of becoming bland

22nd February 2021 | AltFi

What Starling, Allica Bank and Modularbank think about neobanking business models in 2021

16th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

AltFi Digital Banking Forum 2021: Now available on-demand!

12th February 2021 | Oliver Smith

B2B payments fintech Libeo raises €20m round led by Checkout.com investor

11th February 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

The AltFi view on the future of work: Rumours of the death of the office are greatly exaggerated

8th February 2021 | AltFi

Christian Faes: “I’ve spent the 12 years telling people: Don’t worry, we’ll never have anything like 2008”

4th February 2021 | Aisling Finn

Regulator awards SME lender Cashplus a full UK bank licence

3rd February 2021 | Oliver Smith

Bank of England’s Cordelia Kafetz joins Starling Bank

29th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

3 trends for challenger and neobanks in 2021

22nd January 2021 | Marcel Van Oost

Tom Blomfield departs Monzo

21st January 2021 | Daniel Lanyon

Revolut talks up 50% customer deposit boost from banking licence

11th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

Starling’s new online banking found most-secure in Which? study

7th January 2021 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s most-read stories of 2020: Part 2

6th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

Fintech’s biggest hires and departures of 2020

5th January 2021 | Aisling Finn

2020 in quotes: Part 2

31st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 2

30th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

2020 in quotes: Part 1

30th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

2020 in Fintech and Alternative Finance: Part 1

29th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

The 4 firms taking on Klarna in 2021

21st December 2020 | Aisling Finn

The fintechs that quit the UK in 2020

21st December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Our favourite fintech apps of 2020

16th December 2020 | Oliver Smith

PensionBee, LendInvest, YTS and ComplyAdvantage among the winners of The AltFi Awards 2020

15th December 2020 | AltFi

The AltFi team’s digital banking predictions for 2021

15th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Who are the top female fintech leaders of 2020?

14th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling joins forces with iZettle to help SMEs manage payments

10th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Digital banks are more popular with men

9th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Out now! AltFi’s Digital Banking State of the Market Report 2020

8th December 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Which digital wealth managers have the best consumer awareness?

4th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Removing digital hassle can propel fintech recovery in 2021

4th December 2020 | Niels Pedersen

Starling adds a little spice to its marketplace with Nutmeg integration

4th December 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo quietly adds £60m to its last funding round

2nd December 2020 | Aisling Finn

JP Morgan and Lloyds reportedly considering bids for Starling Bank

30th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Festival of Finance: Now available on-demand!

27th November 2020 | AltFi

Funding Circle eyes profitability following strong 2020

24th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Lanistar: The fintech that found itself in hot water with the FCA is "part-owned by 3,000 of the world’s most influential people”

23rd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

We’re the first neo-bank to break-even, says Starling Bank

20th November 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Anne Boden raised “hundreds of millions” for secret ABN Amro transaction bank bid

17th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling and Tide admit leaving customers unhappy over BBLS but say they helped many others

11th November 2020 | John Reynolds

Tide and ClearBank CEOs on their winning partnership, Bounce Back woes and supporting SMEs

9th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Just Cashflow partners with Railsbank to launch business account

9th November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reportedly gearing up to raise £200m funding round

6th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Banking On It review: “No one can label you a failure when what you are trying to do is audacious”

5th November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Strive launches challenger ‘bank’ for families, following GoSave acquisition

3rd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Lenders and MPs call for clarity as Bounce Back Loans deadline approaches, again

2nd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut co-founder Nikolay Storonsky named UK fintech’s first billionaire

2nd November 2020 | Aisling Finn

Boden reveals how Starling’s Series A handed a secretive billionaire control of her bank

2nd November 2020 | Oliver Smith

Yobota launches embedded finance for banks to spin out new brands

29th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank CEO Anne Boden: Pandemic helping fintechs win customers

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank tops the tables for current account switching

29th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank co-founder becomes CEO of Bitstamp

28th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Don't miss: Anne Boden interviewed at the AltFi Festival of Finance 2020

27th October 2020 | AltFi

Anne Boden speaks for the first time about the coup which created Monzo

26th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoHenry launches new teen-friendly account as it promotes financial independence for teens

22nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Visa makes 'strategic' investment in Revolut and Starling Bank payments processor GPS

19th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Yolt CEO: We need to build trust, then we can look at making money

19th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Flux brings digital receipts to high street clothing giant H&M

16th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling runs out of Kite cards as demand for child-friendly debit card skyrockets

15th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Ex-Barclays execs to launch digital bank for the (not yet) rich

13th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Starling Bank eyeing new lending deals, potential acquisitions

12th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Taxpayers could lose up to £26bn due to BBLS fraud and defaults, says watchdog

7th October 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling launches online banking portal for personal and joint account holders

5th October 2020 | Aisling Finn

Conrad Ford among latest fintech vets to join Allica Bank

5th October 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Imran Gulamhuseinwala: On his vision for Open Finance, encouraging ‘premium’ APIs, and whether Open Banking is actually working

5th October 2020 | Oliver Smith

HSBC the latest to stop new business account openings as BBLS deadline approaches

2nd October 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank to plant trees for every successful customer referral

2nd October 2020 | Aisling Finn

What investors are looking for in the next fintech

28th September 2020 | Shaun Puckrin

Open Banking doubles its user-base to 2m Brits in just six months

28th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

GoCardless promotes Stephen Reidy to lead its UK and Ireland business

22nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Monzo amasses 50,000 business customers in just six months

17th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs to play an “even more important” role coming out of lockdown, says British Business Bank

16th September 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Starling Bank’s Marketplace hits third anniversary amid new “quality over quantity” strategy

15th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank confirms the launch of Kite card for kids

9th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank preparing to launch "Kite" kid’s card and negative interest rate for Euro accounts

7th September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Anne Boden handed government advisory role

7th September 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut reaches 500,000 SME customer milestone after 3 years

3rd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Modulr becomes first non-bank to offer Confirmation of Payee

2nd September 2020 | Oliver Smith

Financial infrastructure: How Covid-19 is accelerating the pace of change

26th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Can premium banking push fintechs to profitability?

26th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa takes first steps in digital banking future with fixed term savings accounts launch

24th August 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

JP Morgan set to challenge the challengers with 2021 UK bank launch

24th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

PensionBee sees 37 per cent jump in new customers during lockdown

19th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Bunq review August 2020

12th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Revolut’s revenues and losses triple in 2019 amid slowing customer growth

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

COVID-19: When, if ever, will fintech companies head to the office?

11th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bank of England reportedly tightened Monzo’s capital requirements during fundraise

7th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank’s 2020 results show no “material change” from Covid-19, as revenues leap 370%

6th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Banked partners with British Airways to help customers collect Avios

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo Plus Review: Is it really worth it?

6th August 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Cashplus enters the running with £35m BCR bid to rival Tide and Starling Bank

5th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide and ClearBank join the race for £25-£35m slice of Pool E

4th August 2020 | Oliver Smith

UK current account switching collapses 65% in Q2 as Covid-19 bites

30th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Covid-19 could “kill” digital-only challenger banks, says Jefferies

28th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech industry “firing on all cylinders” despite VC investment in UK fintechs down 39%

27th July 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs tight-lipped on whether they will take up chancellor’s £1,000 job retention scheme offer

23rd July 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank adds Penfold to marketplace as it bolsters SME offering

20th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Zopa CEO Jaidev Janardana: How our neo bank will deliver 10x revenue growth

20th July 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo Plus Preview: What’s it really like?

20th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Triodos Bank UK CEO: “We’re no ‘challenger bank’, we exist to challenge the way banking is done”

20th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Trade Finance Global aims to enhance its tech with BCR bid

17th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Global Processing Services partners with fledgling London open banking fintech to support its debit cards

16th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Sonovate becomes BCR’s 7th public bidder with £5m Pool E proposal

14th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Coconut raises £2.5m in Crowdcube campaign

13th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Exclusive: Coconut files £5m BCR Pool E bid

8th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling launches US Dollar account and takes Banking Toolkit out of beta

6th July 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the biggest fintech funding rounds in Europe of 2020 so far

6th July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank looking to raise up to £35m with two new BCR grants

3rd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

BCR boss Godfrey Cromwell to hand over the baton this September

2nd July 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s most read stories of 2020 (so far)

2nd July 2020 | Aisling Finn

Funding Xchange outs itself as first BCR Pool E applicant

29th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Kapilendo and Varengold partner on digital access to German state-backed loans

25th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

BCR extends SME switching scheme deadline by 6 months

23rd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Raisin moves all banking services in-house for European customers

18th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Upcoming SME bank Recognise picks ClearBank to handle its APIs

16th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling adds three new companies to its Marketplace including remote working staple, Slack

15th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Here are the fintech sectors which are thriving (and those which are just surviving)

15th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Tide says £100m+ fundraise is needed to continue Bounce Back Loan approvals

11th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

We need a ‘bad bank’ to save fintech lenders

10th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the UK’s leading open banking providers

10th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Confirmation of Payee finally arrives in the UK this month to foil fraudsters

9th June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Lunar targets teens and launches accounts for 15 to 17-year-olds

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden joins UK Finance board among new appointees bringing gender parity

4th June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Silicon Valley Bank joins list of CBILS-accredited lenders

4th June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tide addresses “abusive posts” on social media over Bounce Back Loans

3rd June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling’s ‘Connected Card’ endorsed by the Royal Voluntary Service and Scope

3rd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech's new era didn't begin with COVID-19

3rd June 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The sincerest form of flattery? All the times big banks nicked ideas from fintech

2nd June 2020 | Aisling Finn

OakNorth’s Rishi Khosla still mulling M&A, but warns fintechs face “capital scarcity”

1st June 2020 | Oliver Smith

5 things to look out for in Monzo's 2020 annual report

1st June 2020 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank becomes latest Bounce Back Loans accredited lender

29th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Counting Bounce Back Loans and CBILS lending, Starling Bank claims to have reached £600m of its BCR loan pledge

29th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling raises another £40m to bolster SME banking

29th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK lenders have dished out nearly £27.5bn in government-backed loans

27th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Anne Boden sets sights on Starling IPO within the next few years

27th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Will Bounce Back Loans come back to bite?

26th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Banking-as-a-service provider Contis launches ’Carer Banking’ to support vulnerable end-customers during Covid-19

22nd May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Bunq “not that impacted by coronavirus” as CEO Ali Niknam mulls acquisitions

22nd May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs like Plaid have a “responsibility” to delay returning to the office, says CEO Zach Perret

22nd May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo CEO and founder Tom Blomfield to step down

21st May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

UPDATE 3: Which fintechs are offering government-backed CBILS, CLBILS or Bounce Back loans?

21st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

What’s going on with Tide and Starling Bank’s Bounce Back Loans?

20th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Alternative lender iwoca joins list of CBILS accredited lenders

20th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Coronavirus will “accelerate and exacerbate” consolidation says Revolut’s Banking CEO Richard Davies

20th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

UK lenders have dished out over £22bn in government-backed loans

19th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 2: PensionBee, Starling Bank, Just Cashflow, Bunq and Plaid

19th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Rewatch AltFi Digital Summit Day 1: Revolut, Freetrade, ComplyAdvantage, Innovate Finance and Nutmeg

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank Bounce Back Loans demand surges prompting backlash

18th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Tide and Liberis accredited to government loan schemes

18th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank provides £300m CBILS lending pot to Funding Circle

14th May 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

MarketFinance and Capital on Tap among newly-approved CBILS and Bounce Back Loan lenders

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19: What do the changes to the Job Retention Scheme mean for fintech?

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling dishes out £90m in Bounce Back Loans to SMEs in just over a day

13th May 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 extends its Series D for a second time with additional $100m raise

5th May 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank set to join Barclays and Lloyds as an accredited lender under Bounce Back Loan scheme

4th May 2020 | John Reynolds

RBS to wind down ‘Monzo challenger’ Bó less than six months after launching

1st May 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK lenders dish out £4.1bn in CBILS loans

30th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo wins most new current accounts ahead of biggest switching month since 2016

30th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank gears up to offer loans under Bounce Back Loans scheme

29th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Get ready for the AltFi Digital Summit 2020

28th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Large fintechs recruit scores of staff remotely during lockdown

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech industry gives cautious welcome to government’s new micro loan scheme

28th April 2020 | John Reynolds

How Monzo and Starling’s complaints data stacks up against incumbents

27th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

RBS mimics Starling Bank with spare debit card for Covid-19 vulnerable

27th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintech lenders: Institutional investors must step forward

27th April 2020 | Alison Harwood

Thincats and Paragon Bank in new wave of lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

27th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Yolt inks American Express deal

24th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monese launches desktop version of its banking platform

23rd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

“Starling is firing on all cylinders”: CEO Anne Boden on how the bank is thriving during COVID-19

22nd April 2020 | Aisling Finn

“The days of the branch are numbered”: Starling’s Anne Boden on how coronavirus could change the face of banking

21st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Funding Circle execs take pay cuts amid Covid-19

20th April 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling data shows users in lockdown are playing video games and shopping online

20th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

The fintechs raising the bar around credit scoring

20th April 2020 | Amy Gavin

Funding Circle joins growing list of CBILS accredited fintechs

17th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

UK banks have made just 6,000 SME coronavirus loans

15th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank u-turns on furloughing staff

15th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

UPDATE: Here are the side projects fintechs are launching to ease strain of coronavirus

14th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank and OakNorth among new lenders added to coronavirus loans panel

14th April 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Will coronavirus turn big banks towards fintech?

13th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank releases new spare debit card option to help those self-isolating

8th April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monese Review - April 2020

8th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank has launched cheque scanning for some, here’s how it works

6th April 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling introduces Coronavirus Support Scheme to help struggling customers

1st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Monzo and Starling to furlough staff amid coronavirus outbreak

1st April 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank: Online shopping at record-breaking levels but panic buying is over

31st March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintech firms led by 2008 veterans: What can we learn from the last recession?

31st March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Fintechs still pushing for new hires despite coronavirus outbreak

30th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

“We are in daily contact with Team GB” over coronavirus fears, says Starling Bank marketing chief, as experts scrutinise the deal

23rd March 2020 | John Reynolds

Digital banks overdraft charges: What does it mean for digital banks?

23rd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Covid-19 Fintech Watch: Digital banks reassure customers | P2P under pressure | Canadian banks close branches

19th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Data insight: Here’s how coronavirus is already sharply impacting Starling‘s customer spending

19th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut has launched a whole new app for your kids

18th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo finally breaks into business banking with the launch of two SME accounts

17th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Here are the BCR’s 3 options for Metro Bank’s returned £50m

16th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling Bank win big at the British Bank Awards

13th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Budget 2020: Chancellor announces creation of a fintech review and delivery panel

11th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Just Cash Flow PLC announced as headline sponsor of AltFi London Summit 2020

10th March 2020 | AltFi

Starling confirms Team GB Olympic sponsorship

6th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Working from home? Here's how fintechs are responding to coronavirus

5th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank opens office in central Cardiff

4th March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Breaking: Monzo sails past 4m customers, but growth rate slows

4th March 2020 | Oliver Smith

BCR admits “more needs to be done” to reach SME switching target

3rd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: ex-Funding Options CEO joins Starling Bank

3rd March 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Here are the UK’s 5 leading banking-as-a-service providers

3rd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Dear Chancellor: Here’s what fintechs want from Rishi Sunak’s 2020 Budget

2nd March 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech and Influencers: What are the rules around using influencers for financial advertising?

2nd March 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling Bank poised to launch mobile cheque scanning next week

28th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Revolut to appoint 1,000 staff this year, and is hunting for three new CEOs

26th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling debuts second TV ad as marketing blitz continues

25th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

JP Morgan to launch UK digital bank under Chase brand

24th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus launches payment mapping in UK credit card first

20th February 2020 | Oliver Smith

Starling inks deal with trade association to aid freelancers

18th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Monzo plans to recruit 500 staff in 2020, as founder Blomfield says N26 “didn’t connect” in UK

17th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Exclusive: Starling Bank building loan book with Zopa deal

17th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Exclusive: Monzo, Starling and Monese see uptick in customers after N26 exit

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

The N26 diaries: My week as an N26 customer

13th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

N26 is leaving the UK: is it really about Brexit?

12th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Fintech should be disrupting exorbitant overdrafts

11th February 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling raises £60m for overseas growth in post-Brexit boost

10th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

Starling hits 100,000 business customers as SME banking hots up

5th February 2020 | Aisling Finn

RBS a "bit late" launching Bó but analysts believe it won't be canned

4th February 2020 | John Reynolds

Barclays preparing digital receipt rollout as it takes a stake in Flux

29th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

CEOs of Starling Bank, Tide, ComplyAdvantage and Habito among first speakers of AltFi’s London Summit 2020

28th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Holvi throws its app into UK digital business banking ring

27th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Monzo neck and neck with Nationwide for winter account switching

24th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Stealth challenger Vive granted UK banking licence to serve the underbanked

21st January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Imran Gulamhuseinwala heralds the “significant milestone” of 1m Open Banking customers

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Flux signs up Papa John’s in digital receipts deal

20th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Fintech brands dominate the ‘breakout finance apps’ of 2019

16th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Australian digital bank Volt appoints former Starling COO as board advisor

15th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Newly launched fintechs hoping to disrupt the market in 2020

15th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank launches in-house business loans up to £250k

13th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo co-founder exits to spend more time with...alpacas

10th January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

Which UK and European fintech startups raised the most money in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

Fintechs move into the marketing mainstream in 2019

7th January 2020 | John Reynolds

In 2019 micro-businesses spent 10 weeks sorting finances, says Starling

6th January 2020 | Oliver Smith

Creating the next big thing in savings

6th January 2020 | Amy Gavin

The AltFi team's favourite fintech apps in 2019

3rd January 2020 | Daniel Lanyon

The year in quotes: 2019

3rd January 2020 | Oliver Smith

AltFi’s 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 2

31st December 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi's 10 most read stories of 2019: Part 1

30th December 2019 | John Reynolds

How “big tech” finally turned its hand to fintech in 2019

30th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 2

24th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

2019 In Fintech And Alternative Finance: Part 1

23rd December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Australian digital bank Volt says it has 40,000 potential customers ahead of launch next year

19th December 2019 | John Reynolds

QuickBooks launches Starling Bank integration for SMEs

18th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo and Starling raise overdraft fees in line with new FCA rulebook

17th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Metro Bank trialling digital receipts for small businesses

12th December 2019 | John Reynolds

NatWest debuts Tink-powered spending analytics

10th December 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling teams up with legal service to expand Business Marketplace offering

9th December 2019 | John Reynolds

Growth Street CEO exits

4th December 2019 | John Reynolds

RBS officially launches digital bank Bó and says it has signed up around 3,500 customers

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Fintech investor Merian ups holding in TransferWise

27th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Yolt integrates with Revolut

21st November 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling, PrimaryBid, Mintos and Moneybox among winners of The AltFi Awards 2019

18th November 2019 | AltFi

HSBC poised to launch app-only SME bank Kinetic

15th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

5 things not to miss at the AltFi Berlin Summit

6th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Growth Street to make redundancies as axes "hybrid model" and shifts to digital-focused approach

5th November 2019 | John Reynolds

Flux to reach 1m digital receipt milestone by 2020

5th November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo surpasses 50% of UK challenger banking market share

1st November 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank launches two-in-one Euro debit card

30th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Under mounting pressure, Barclays reverses position to support Post Office banking

25th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Record 13,000 people moved their bank account to Monzo in Q3

24th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling Bank reveals surprise £30m funding round led by Merian Chrysalis

23rd October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo appoints first Head of Diversity and Inclusion

22nd October 2019 | John Reynolds

AltFi Berlin Summit 2019 Early Bird Tickets end soon!

22nd October 2019 | AltFi

Curve goes “raging red” with rebrand that abandons “boring” pastels of digital banking

18th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

HSBC plots overhaul of First Direct to meet challenge of digital disruptors

15th October 2019 | John Reynolds

The Challenger: bunq's Ali Niknam

14th October 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling launches TV ad campaign after reaching 900,000 customers

14th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

11:Years: How the UK became the Galapagos of fintech innovation

14th October 2019 | David M. Brear

Royal Mint raises the bar with solid gold payments card

11th October 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling adds invoice insurance for business accounts via Nimbla partnership

10th October 2019 | Oliver Smith

Merian Chrysalis raises £175m

25th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

NatWest launches speedier Faster Payment service for financial institution customers

24th September 2019 | John Reynolds

Starling Bank unveils online banking portal for SMEs

23rd September 2019 | Oliver Smith

SME digital banking service Cashplus expands Marketplace

16th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

One in every five contactless payments now blocked due to new European rules

12th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech-focused fund Merian Chrysalis looks to raise £100m

10th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

New SME services added to Starling Bank’s marketplace

10th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Tech Nation's latest fintech cohort

6th September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Tandem Review - September 2019

5th September 2019 | Oliver Smith

Digital banks on track to treble customers . . . but profits harder to come by

3rd September 2019 | Roger Baird

MoneyBox Review - September 2019

2nd September 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling is launching a web portal in September, but there’s a catch

30th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Flux issues 500,000th digital receipt after partnering with Starling and Monzo

29th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut hires financial crime boss

23rd August 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo launches ‘Get Paid Early’ for all customers

20th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

First Direct, Metro top customer satisfaction charts - digital banks fail to make the cut

19th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Open Banking – predictably unpredictable disruption?

19th August 2019 | Francesco Simoneschi

Curve prepares Crowdcube fundraising

16th August 2019 | Roger Baird

5 things we learnt from Starling’s 2019 Annual Report

13th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling adds Growth Street to marketplace

8th August 2019 | Roger Baird

Anne Boden says Starling Bank nearing £1bn in deposits, eyes profitability in 2020

5th August 2019 | Oliver Smith

Strange bedfellows: N26 strikes a deal to offer cut-price rides on Lime e-bikes

1st August 2019 | Oliver Smith

PensionBee notches up £500m assets under management

31st July 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech Tips: Open Banking in 4 easy steps

30th July 2019 | Roger Baird

What went wrong at Atom Bank?

25th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo and Starling captured soaring numbers of account switchers last quarter

25th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling beats Tide to offering multi-director business accounts

25th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Revolut Review - July 2019

25th July 2019 |

Nationwide’s ClearBank tie-up heralds the arrival of a new “flanker” bank

24th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Cashplus boosts sales and enjoys unicorn status

22nd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Slow clap: TSB launches account opening with a selfie

19th July 2019 | Oliver Smith

Lloyds Banking Group launches card freezing

15th July 2019 | Roger Baird

Exclusive: OakNorth poaches senior Starling Banker

10th July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Money 20/20: Let's have the important conversations

4th July 2019 | David M. Brear

German digital bank Fidor closes British operations due to 'market uncertainties’

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches video calls for small business customers

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech Tips: Four things we learnt about mobile banking this week?

3rd July 2019 | Roger Baird

Moneybox launches ISA partnership with OakNorth Bank

2nd July 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Monese Review - June 2019

20th June 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling strikes deal with Direct Line Group to sell insurance

20th June 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi unveils dates and venues for its Winter Summits in Toronto and Berlin

18th June 2019 | AltFi

Funding Options and others share £25m from RBS competition fund

14th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling and Monzo growth surges outside metropolitan elite

11th June 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

London Tech Week: The Fintech Inside Track

10th June 2019 | Russ Shaw

Dutch lender bunq launches fee-free travel card

7th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Tech Nation opens applications for start up accelerator programme

5th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling offers Tribe customers real-time European payments

4th June 2019 | Roger Baird

Payments firm Tribe strikes European deal with China’s UnionPay

3rd June 2019 | Roger Baird

Revolut tops customer complaints to ombudsman

29th May 2019 | Roger Baird

MasterCard is offering Apple Card’s best features to fintechs

24th May 2019 | Oliver Smith

RBS-backed Loot collapses into administration

23rd May 2019 | Roger Baird

Nationwide, Investec and Co-op win £80m from RBS Competition Fund

14th May 2019 | Roger Baird

Atom explores £50m fundraising after BBVA shelves takeover

10th May 2019 | Roger Baird

People hate their banks. Don’t they?

3rd May 2019 | Oliver Smith

Exclusive: Digital banks have won over half of Brits, but women are being left behind

29th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech banks Monzo and Starling see huge uplift in account switchers as confidence grows in disruptors

26th April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Discouraged demand and SME advice gap take the limelight at alternative finance industry roundtable

25th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for business

24th April 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which digital bank is hiring the fastest and why

23rd April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Coconut’s Sam O’Connor

18th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Rejoice! NatWest finally ditches card reader for business customers on mobile

16th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintech Tips: Best digital bank for travel money

15th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling Bank Review - April 2019

12th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Dozens’ Aritra Chakravarty

10th April 2019 | Oliver Smith

AltFi Insights: New bank applications and online shopping hollow out high street bank network

8th April 2019 | Roger Baird

Transferwise, Starling Bank and Growth Street investor seeks £50m fundraise

2nd April 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

The Current Account Switch Service has reached an ‘awareness milestone’, but its priorities are all wrong

29th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Fintechs dominate Future Fifty start-up stars

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Digital banks snub photo cheque imaging system

27th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Here’s how UK fintech responded to Apple Card

26th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Metro faces struggle to keep hold of £120m growth fund

25th March 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi Insights: Here’s which SME challenger bank is winning

25th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Tide’s Oliver Prill

21st March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Anne Boden says the dream of Open Banking “didn't really happen”, teases Starling’s credit card is coming soon

20th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

The Challenger: Freetrade’s Adam Dodds

14th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Four reasons to attend the AltFi London Summit 2019

13th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Just 14% of people manage their money with apps

11th March 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling plans to remove two big roadblocks for business customers in 2019

11th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

British Bank Awards see Starling, Monzo, Zopa, Freetrade, Chip and Bud take home gold

8th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

LendInvest, Zopa and Iwoca among 19 fintechs named in Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing companies

5th March 2019 | Oliver Smith

Monzo’s veteran CFO bows out

1st March 2019 | Roger Baird

Leading stars of Monzo, OakNorth and WorldRemit named among Women in Fintech Powerlist 2018 winners

28th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Banks £350m fund to switch RBS customers goes live

26th February 2019 | Roger Baird

NatWest launches account aggregation as Open Banking takes hold

25th February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Starling, Metro Bank and ClearBank seize £280m from the RBS Competition Fund

22nd February 2019 | Oliver Smith

Zopa shakes up board ahead of bank launch

14th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling hoovers up banking deals with trio of payment firms

13th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling raises £75m and prepares for European drive

13th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling launches euro account as UK prepares for Brexit

4th February 2019 | Roger Baird

Growth Street raises £7.5m for small business lending ahead of Brexit

23rd January 2019 | Roger Baird

A year in fintech & alternative finance: part 2

14th January 2019 | Roger Baird

What to expect from fintech and alternative finance in 2019

9th January 2019 | David Stevenson

Starling’s Boden expecting one million customers in 2019

8th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Fintech rising star poached by Barclays

8th January 2019 | Roger Baird

AltFi’s most-read stories from 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Monzo boss banks gong

7th January 2019 | Daniel Lanyon

Challenger banks flexed their muscles in 2018

7th January 2019 | Roger Baird

Starling Bank appoints new head of SME banking

12th December 2018 | George Geddes

Breaking: peer-to-peer lender Zopa granted banking licence

4th December 2018 | Ryan Weeks

How traditional banks can fend off challengers with a ‘segment of one’ marketing strategy

23rd November 2018 | Karen Wheeler

Monzo to enter business banking with RBS fund bid

22nd November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo hits the high streets with PayPoint partnership

21st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Interview: the team that made Mettle

16th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital business banking arms race heats up

14th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank hits the high street with Post Office partnership

12th November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

TrueLayer launches Data API

2nd November 2018 | George Geddes

Monzo to start paying interest on savings

1st November 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Money app Emma launches marketplace

30th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese continues expansion with new office in Lisbon

24th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monese launches UK business accounts

18th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger consultancy enters banking-as-a-service market

15th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling adds mobile phone cover to marketplace

9th October 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks: a familiar face with a new disguise?

6th October 2018 | Lewis Hill

Starling Bank plots business account upgrade

13th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

New integration to show Yolt users live pension balance

4th September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Business banking fintech scoops £2.3m fundraise

3rd September 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Goldman soft launches retail bank in UK

23rd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Breaking: Starling starts lending with personal loan product

16th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo launches joint accounts

14th August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Higher interest rates are a bullish signal for peer-to-peer platforms and digital banks

3rd August 2018 | David Stevenson

Starling strikes first banking-as-a-service partnership

3rd August 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The absolute stress of switching banks

31st July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Brits squirm when talking money, finds Starling

30th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Growth Street CEO: the open marketplace model is the key to winning RBS fund rewards

27th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling is turning banking on its… side?

24th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The UK’s digital banks may be profitable sooner than you think

23rd July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Business lender Growth Street to join Starling marketplace

19th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The digital bank chasing down Starling and Monzo

17th July 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Why the UK’s digital banks enhance its status as a global fintech hub

16th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Chatbot money app links with Monzo and Starling using Open Banking

11th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Joint accounts to go live for Monzo testers next week

6th July 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks raise record capital in Q1

29th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

N26 adds Google Pay for German customers

26th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches joint accounts

25th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo goes live with gambling addiction feature

19th June 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Could Monzo’s Internet of Banking project ‘leapfrog’ its marketplace?

15th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Digital banks mobilise against gambling addiction

13th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling boss Anne Boden gets gong

11th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Overheard at Money20/20 Europe

6th June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling enhances Google Pay functionality

1st June 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Great British banking race, part two: a case for non-banks

25th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

The Great British banking race, part one: why fintechs are going gaga for banking licences

24th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

OakNorth: Brexit creates opportunity to reform banking regulation

24th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Report highlights globally connected UK tech sector

18th May 2018 | Ryan Weeks

PensionBee hopes to gain new customers through a partnership with Perkbox

17th May 2018 | Karoliina Liimatainen

Wealthsimple and Habito go live in Starling Bank marketplace

3rd May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank partners with Samsung for mobile payments

1st May 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Digital receipts start-up Flux gets new loyalty partner

30th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo joins Current Account Switching Service

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Metro Bank reports Q1 growth as shares fall

25th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank adds Wealthify to marketplace

25th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

RBS plans to move 1m users to new challenger bank, says report

24th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling seeks business banking lead, eyes major slice of RBS fund

24th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Open Banking: Monzo and Starling integrate with money management app

16th April 2018 | Daniel Lanyon

Monzo reveals gender pay gap data

12th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank CEO criticises Treasury RBS bidding war

12th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

FCA plans 2018 fintech review with banking and crypto in its sights

9th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Consumers not yet ready to tie the knot with digital banks, finds study

9th April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Robo adviser Wealthsimple launches savings accounts

6th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank shows its hand on the gender pay gap

5th April 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Challenger airlines: The fintech threat that nobody saw coming

3rd April 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches business accounts

29th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo integrates with ING-backed app Yolt

23rd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut launches disposable virtual cards

22nd March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Are marketplaces the future of digital banking?

21st March 2018 | Andy Davis

Tide gets FCA-authorised, launches new card and integrations

21st March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Speaker Spotlight: An interview with Curve CEO Shachar Bialick

20th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Mind the financial gender gap

16th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut takes another step to becoming a fully-fledged bank

15th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Why money management apps are doomed to fail or be bought

14th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Atom Bank lands another £149m

7th March 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech firms revealed on UK Department of International Trade mission to NYC

7th March 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Virgin Money reveals digital bank build

27th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank boosts payments with Bacs membership

27th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

The balancing act in digital bank lending

21st February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo launches API with Moneybox, Starling Bank expands its payments

20th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank breathes life into marketplace

13th February 2018 | Ryan Weeks

German digital business bank Penta raises €2.2m in seed funding

5th February 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Yolt and Lloyds Bank make first connection through Open Banking

25th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

UK fintech takes the lead in the Forbes 30 under 30

23rd January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking - a lifeline for high street retail

19th January 2018 | Michael Rolph

Moneybox and Flux gain FCA authorisation

18th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Debt tracker app Emma receives FCA approval

15th January 2018 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking Levels the Playing Field for SMEs and Brings Hope of a Better Future for financial services

11th January 2018 | Felicia Meyerowitz Singh

Tandem completes Harrods Bank takeover to become Britain’s newest bank

11th January 2018 | Ryan Weeks

2017: The year of digital banking. What's next?

28th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

The disaggregation of financial services is temporary, says economist

27th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

An interview with Mambu’s CEO Eugene Danilkis - “The UK is the fintech hub of Europe”

20th December 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Starling Bank announces new mobile invoice and expense partnership

6th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Fidor Bank makes 2018 predictions, anticipates Blockchain rise and RegTech take off

6th December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank gets new permissions for its financial services app store

5th December 2017 | Ryan Weeks

ING’s money app Yolt hits 100k users in Open Banking triumph

1st December 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Open Banking Will Unlock the Door for Digital-Only Banks

24th November 2017 | Lewis Hill

Starling Bank puts Open Banking to the test

23rd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank wins UK government contract, plus starts European expansion

22nd November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Barclays partners up with digital receipts start-up Flux

13th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Starling Bank joins in on Black Friday fever

10th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Revolut applies for European banking licence

8th November 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo raises £71m in latest fundraising round

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Yolt announces integration with Starling Bank

7th November 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo and Starling take bigger steps towards payment integration

24th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Monzo fee increase heralds a new dawn of digital multi-banking

20th October 2017 | Emily Nicolle

Defining excellence in digital banking

20th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech bank Starling to launch business accounts

4th October 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank launches fintech marketplace

12th September 2017 | Harry Holmes

Starling Bank adds Android Pay

6th September 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Digital bank adds Apple Pay

18th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Equity crowdfunder and robo-advisor join Fidor Bank’s fintech marketplace

10th July 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger banks are chasing down incumbents

4th July 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Atom Bank delays current accounts over regulatory uncertainty

6th June 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Trust gap still holding tech back, says HSBC

24th May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Challenger bank hits one million accounts

3rd May 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech challenger Revolut to take on mortgages

19th April 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fintech synergy as challenger bank teams up with robo advice app

17th April 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Millennial Money Matters podcast: Episode 7, Starling Bank

10th April 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo breaks another equity crowdfunding record

29th March 2017 | Lisa Walls-Hester

Fintech disruptor Starling Bank goes live

17th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank partners with fellow fintech TransferWise

15th March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Monzo’s next crowdfunding round already more than three times oversubscribed

1st March 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Starling Bank to launch marketplace in March

23rd February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Government mobilising on fintech under Hammond

9th February 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Global fintech investment up 10.9% to $17bn, UK down a third

7th February 2017 | Daniel Lanyon

Zopa becomes first UK peer-to-peer lender to hit £2bn mark

30th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

What are the defining features of a digital-only bank?

27th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

“It’s not about tech or physical, it’s about integration,” says Metro Bank CEO

25th January 2017 | Ryan Weeks

Fidor says banks “gobbling up” fintechs faster than ever

8th December 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Why financial health apps are natural allies for marketplace lenders (as long as they’re left independent)

29th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Metro Bank revamps online banking platform

21st November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Zopa to launch next generation bank

16th November 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Survey confirms US banks prefer to collaborate with fintechs

26th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Digital bank Starling moves closer to launch with first debit card payment

12th October 2016 | David Stevenson

Mobile bank Atom opens to customers

6th October 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Is fintech now “more bark than bite”? Starling Bank thinks so

26th September 2016 | Ryan Weeks

Crowdfunded bank Mondo gets regulator thumbs up

12th August 2016 | Daniel Lanyon

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