A looming recession and economic turmoil will hinder neobanks’ ability to get in the black. They’ll have to fight to create profitable and sustainable growth—and put investors’ and customers’ minds at ease.
Goldman Sachs lent $233 million to help it grow its financial services presence in the region.
The neobank launched its BNPL product in Ireland ahead of a wider continental rollout.
The UK granted its second fintech banking license in the past month. But we expect Johnson’s resignation will delay fintech development.
Revolut is using Stripe’s infrastructure for payment processing in the UK and Europe and to support global expansion.
They’re looking for work-life flexibility and better pay. But economic skittishness, dried up funding, and crypto instability point to a rocky future.
The super app model is moving to the West and will upend how consumers interact with financial services. Banks must start preparing now to make the changing tide work to their advantage.
The UK-based neobank can now jump into Australian lending and it has acquired an Indian company that offers multicurrency accounts and remittances. But what does it all add up to?
Payments Ecosystem: POS hardware, POS software, and gateway providers are working to become one-stop shops for merchants. Offering simple, robust access to front- and back-end solutions across industries lets them better serve merchants demanding integrated solutions.
he UK-based neobank’s remittances feature isn’t unique but could still help it build name recognition in Mexico ahead of a direct launch.
Its fintech is out of stealth mode and is making acquisitions to build a neobank that will call itself as ONE. Its scaling potential makes it a threat to US banking players.
UK-based Monese’s in-house Credit Builder product lets customers develop credit histories through savings deposits. The data could also grow its lending.
Shake-ups in the new year will include hyper-personalization, tech companies venturing further into embedded finance, and the prospect of super apps in Western countries.
Neobank funding bonanza shows promise still outweighs profitability—for now: Globally, challengers brought in large funding hauls that signaled investors’ continued confidence in the space. But their patience in the face of commoditization and unprofitability won’t be endless.
JPMorgan’s digital-only bank plays in a market with strong neobanks and support for open banking. That could spur globally applicable innovation and best practices for its parent.
About two-thirds of US consumers want to integrate at least two of their digital activities, according to PYMNTS. Western users also seem receptive toward a bundled experience.
This report explores what’s driving UK neobanks’ growth and how incumbents can defend their share of the digital bank account holder market.
Monzo follows a slew of its global peers in winning a big funding round. Now these players must make smart spending decisions that demonstrate their maturity to investors.
The Europe-based neobank’s acknowledgment of an increasingly apparent reality and its soft retreat could indicate other foreign neobanks are struggling to crack the US market.
This could give it an even bigger edge over prominent challengers, should they choose to jump into mortgages.
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