Monzo launches £180-a-year metal card in drive to boost revenues
Rival banking start-ups Revolut and Curve previously launched their own metal card products
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Thought Machine adds former HSBC exec as chair
Andy Maguire, who was previously banking conglomerate's chief operating officer, will replace Richard Little
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The next Revolut? Meet Britain's rising digital banking stars
A fifth of the start-ups in Tech Nation's new fintech cohort are fledgling insurance businesses
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Meet the quiet Estonian behind TransferWise, Britain's third most valuable fintech worth $5bn
TransferWise has been profitable since 2017, setting it apart from challenger banks searching for sustainable business models
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UK sees tech jobs recovery as vacancies grow by third
Vacancies in the tech sector are the rise again after being hammered by the pandemic
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Jonathan Rowland plans £40m float for ‘Bitcoin bank’
Jonathan Rowland, the multimillionaire entrepreneur, aims to float his Bitcoin app Mode despite the fall in new listings
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These British stocks are challenging America's tech giants – and at a fraction of the price
Growth and innovation is less highly valued by investors in British companies compared to American ones
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OakNorth adds Salesforce veteran to lead US push
With more than £750m worth of loans processed since March, the challenger bank is shrugging off the effects of the pandemic
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UK fintech start-ups unhappy with government's pandemic support
The start-ups want greater access to Government-backed investing schemes
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Britain's once-popular digital banks face a bruising reality
The UK's three largest digital banking start-ups have all warned of the impact of the pandemic on their plans for 2020
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Losses at Revolut more than triple to £106m
The start-up says that customers made more cryptocurrency transfers during the coronavirus pandemic
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Elliott pumps £10m into challenger bank Chetwood
The New York hedge fund now has a £100m equity position in the Welsh start-up
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Allica Bank to invest £50m into new current account offering
The SME challenger bank will look to raise funds from the £775m RBS remediation fund aimed at driving competition
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Losses at Monzo-rival Starling Bank double to £52m
The digital bank nearly trebled the number of its employees in 2019, as its headcount grew to 740 full-time employees
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British fintech firm Curve to raise £100m in fresh funds
If it succeeds, it will be one of Europe's biggest fintech raises since lockdown began
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Revolut chief tasked with global expansion departs
Richard Davies has become the latest high-profile departure at the fintech giant after just a year in the job
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Stock-trading app Robinhood scraps UK launch
The millennial investor favourite was due to launch in Britain earlier in the year
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Former Worldpay boss to lead review of UK's £7bn fintech sector
Ron Kalifa will evaluate the sector's needs to help ensure Britain can maintain its "global reputation" for financial innovation
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The secretive UK fund behind the government’s $500m investment in OneWeb
The NSSIF had a key role in the recent OneWeb deal
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Monzo founder Tom Blomfield steps down from board
The start-up's new chief executive TS Anil is taking Tom Blomfield's board seat
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TransferWise takes on Revolut and Monzo with new investment service
The company has been profitable for three years but its chief executive says it has no plans to go public
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How the head of $5.5bn payments start-up Checkout trebled his company’s valuation during lockdown
The start-up is planning to open an office in China and hopes to eventually go public
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British fintech firms caught out by Wirecard crisis
Firms impacted include Pockit, which has almost 500,000 vulnerable customers who pay their salary or benefits into Pockit accounts
