Fintonic Granted a Banking Licence
FACTS The aggregation platform for financial services Fintonic, FinTech focusing on scoring and consumer lending activities, has just been ...
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ADN’co Payments Insight – September 2019
Players’ Strategy – e-Banking: the Race Towards Customer Acquisition FRANCE – ING launches a free, non-income-dependent offer for the sake...
The Era of Crypto-Banks Opens in Switzerland
FACTS The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) granted banking licences to two start-ups specialising in digital assets: Se...
News in Brief – May 2019
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – Nickel claims 4,800 agents (1 in 5 newsagents) or 60% increase year-over-year. Goal: attract 10,000 agents by 20...
Zopa Open-Banking Initiative on Track
FACTS The P2P lending platform Zopa was granted a banking licence in the end of 2018. They now intend to take their strategy one step furth...
Chetwood: a New Challenger Bank in the UK
FACTS The British FinTech Chetwood Financial launched in 2016 and, until recently, focused on consumer lending offers. They have just been ...
Revolut Banking Licence Application Approved
FACTS Even if they did seem like an “actual” bank, Revolut did not enjoy a banking status until recently: they have just been granted a ban...
A Dutch Neo-Bank Lands in France
FACTS The Dutch neo-bank Bunq enters the French market.
News in Brief – October 2018
Players’ Strategy EUROPE – Revolut applies for a banking licence in Luxembourg. This start-up has been granted EMI status in the UK and rel...
Square Still Crafting a Universal Bank
After having spent several months working on expanding their range of offers, Square shows even higher ambitions and claims they intend to make b...
Paytm Acquires Balance.Tech
Just a few days away from their launch of Paytm Money investment app, the leading e-payment player Paytm acquires the Indian start-up Balance.Tec...
News in Brief – July 2018
Players’ Strategy FRANCE – The multi-currency transaction specialist iBanFirst launches an online exchange coverage service. This service d...
SolarisBank Blockchain Factory Builds Bridge Between Virtual and Fiat Currencies
The German FinTech makes a second noteworthy announcement this month, shedding further light on a dynamic open model. An additional expertise wil...
News in Brief – June 2018
Players’ Strategy INDIA – The Indian manufacturer of retail POS solution Pine Labs announces a $125 million founding round from PayPal and ...
REX: Revolut Vaults Attracts 150,000 Customers
In addition to recent reports as to their success in Europe, Revolut launched a new savings service in April as they keep focusing on their devel...
Yet Another Payment Unicorn: Revolut Raises $250 million
Adding to their undeniable success story, Revolut managed another breakthrough on the market for financial services. This (former) start-up actua...
ADN’co Payments Insight – February 2018
Players’ strategy – Encouraging first steps for European neo-banks UNITED KINGDOM – Based on the banking licence which came with their purc...
A Credit Card with Cashback Feature for Tandem
Just a few months after they bought out Harrods stores’ banking subsidiary, along with their banking licence, the full-mobile British neo-bank un...
Location-Based Travel Insurance Seen by Revolut
Revolut enters the market of travel insurance (in line with their previous launch of an insurance service for smartphones). Once again, this neo-...
ADN’co Payments Insight – August 2017
Credit transfer – Progress well underway in Benelux and Northern Europe BENELUX – Payconiq buys out Digicash: a way for them to keep consol...
