Tag: challenger
Freetrade, the UK challenger stockbroker, completes $15M Series A
Freetrade, the U.K. challenger stockbroker that offers commission-free investing, has closed $ 15 million in Series A funding. The round includes a $...
FairMoney raises $11 million for its challenger bank for emerging markets
Fintech startup FairMoney is building a challenger bank in Nigeria. The company first started offering microcredit and now plans to expand to current accounts...
UK challenger bank Atom raises another £50M from BBVA and more...
Another hopeful among Europe’s so-called challenger banks — startups taking on the big names in consumer banking by targeting niche groups of users with...
Hard-left Ocasio-Cortez under threat as 5th challenger launches bid for Congressional...
ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, a hard-left New York congresswoman, has received a fresh challenge for her seat at the next US election.
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Kyash, a would-be challenger bank in Japan, raises $14M
The new era of tech-enabled banks is coming, even in regulation-heavy Japan. Kyash, a fintech company with visions on becoming Japan’s first challenger bank,...
Monzo, the UK challenger bank, raises £113M Series F led by...
Monzo, the fast-growing U.K.-based challenger bank with more than two million account holders, has raised £113 million (~$ 144m) in additional funding. Confirming...
Monzo, the UK challenger bank with over 2 million users, expands...
Monzo, the U.K. challenger bank with more than two million customers and a unicorn valuation to go with it, has formally announced its U.S. expansion....
Kard is a challenger bank for teens
Meet French startup Kard, a challenger bank that works a lot like N26 or Revolut. But Kard is all about convincing teens that...
Chinese e-commerce challenger Pinduoduo is raising over $1 billion more
The price of competing with e-commerce giants Alibaba and JD.com is immense. That’s evidenced by challenger Pinduoduo, commonly known as PDD, which...
After challenger banks comes the wave of anti-fraud startups
The sheer scale of global financial crime is not to be underestimated. The U.K.’s National Crime Agency recently observed that it’s “in the hundreds...