Podcast listening is gaining popularity in Europe. Almost 70 million people in the pre-Brexit EU-5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the UK) will listen to podcasts this year, per our estimates. However, the combined number of listeners in those countries is still much lower than the total number in the US (117.8 million).

The UK neobank’s banking as a service offering could open up a promising business line—helping nonbanks to offer banking products that interest consumers.

Here’s how French fintechs raised $2.45B so far this year—the third-largest funding in Europe—and what it means for the UK’s top spot.

The deal for the buy now, pay later provider, worth about $29B, hands Square an opportunity to roll out a consumer-side neobank in the US and to straddle two neobanking segments in Australia.