Do diverse travel ads make an impact?

Revolut hits a peak of 15.5 million retail customers: The neobank’s accounts and revenue swelled even as its losses mounted—and its financials suggest it can still grow paid revenue and attract more non-UK customers.

One hundred UK tech firms are valued above $1 billion, mostly thanks to its fintech sector—Watch for more unicorns to appear in the following sub sectors worldwide in the coming year.

Digital account opening is on the rise after a pandemic slump.

Amid the Euro Cup soccer competition, API fintech Yapily published its own league table ranking European countries’ open banking adoption—here’s what Europe’s fractured implementation means for the shift to open finance.

Worldwide ad spend soars: Total media ad spending will grow faster than anticipated this year, spurred by strong growth in digital and the rapid economic recoveries seen in countries with vaccine access.

Compliance will be key to promoting user trust, and fintechs should expect more regulatory scrutiny in the near future as the FCA aims to make the crypto sector safer for consumers.

On the back of Babylon’s SPAC merger announcement, we unpack why it makes sense for a digital health company with a murky security track record to use the SPAC route to the public market vs a traditional IPO.

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PrimaryBid partnered with Euronext to offer French retail investors early access to IPOs, but fintechs should ensure users understand that these present potentially highly risky investments.

This report summarizes our forecasts for nine countries—the US, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, China, India, Japan, and South Korea—and offers comparative analyses of the major time spent numbers for each.

A semblance of normalcy will return in 2021 after a media-saturated 2020, fueled by the pandemic. But while media time will reset somewhat this year, digital’s influence will continue to grow.

Where Europe gets a kick out of televised sports

Revolut rolls out business invoicing: The neobank is giving small and medium-sized businesses in the UK and across Europe the ability to run their collections processes through its app—its latest step in building a “financial super app” with a wide breadth of offerings.

Banking tech vendor Zeta eyes US market boost: The company plans to enhance its global footprint with proceeds from a $250 million round led by SoftBank—placing it in a strong position to make clients out of smaller banking players that are eager to upgrade their offerings.