banks

Mar
09

Starling Bank surpasses £1bn valuation with latest funding round

Anne Boden’s fintech challenger Starling Bank has raised £272m in a funding round that values the company at £1.1bn.

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Mar
01

UK’s biggest lenders to unveil plans for ‘open banking’ rollout

Britain’s biggest lenders will this week unveil proposals for a not-for-profit company to oversee the industry’s attempt to bolster competition.

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Feb
18

Banking giant unveils robo-advice offering

US financial services company Goldman Sachs is entering the robo-advice space with the introduction of a service targeting retail clients.

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Feb
09

Digital-only banks attract interest of US, UK consumers

More US and UK consumers are wanting to change banks and would consider a digital-only bank, according to a new survey from Juniper.

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Feb
03

FinTech Cashplus secures a full UK banking license

FinTech Cashplus, a digital banking services provider to the UK businesses, has reportedly secured a full UK bank license.

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Feb
02

What Hong Kong can learn from Open Banking in the UK

Open Banking in the UK in introduced in January 2018 when the Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) came into force.

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Jan
17

TrueLayer and sync. extend collaboration to German, Lithuanian banks

TrueLayer announce the extension of its partnership with digital smart open banking app sync., extending its European coverage.

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Jan
14

Irish banks select Italian fintech Sia to develop app to rival Revolut

The group of Irish banks seeking to set up an instantaneous money-transfer mobile app to take on the likes of Revolut and N26.

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