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Trust in traditional banking has long been in decline. Here's a list of UK Challenger Banks and associated fintech services looking to cash in on traditional banking decline... Trust in traditional banking has long been in decline. They make their money from our lack of it, from our debts and struggles, and they often invest that money in ways we may not approve of (billions in the arms trad...
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Dozens, an everyday bank account, a savings ally, a money manager, a financially savvy friend - all in one app, is on a mission to make saving easier and more rewarding for all and they have onboarded over 1000 customer within just two weeks of its app launch. Traditionally, banks have relied on customer debt for profit – this is something not even the ‘challenger banks’ have qu...
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GoHenry - Money management for kids thanks to this innovative startup which offers a pre-paid, pocket-money Card and app with unique parental controls, for young people aged 6 to 18... Money habits, whether good or bad, are learned as young as seven years old. Children, understandably, have no grasp of the imaginary, man-made concept of monetary value. This is why children can rack up massive bil...
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Crypto financial services startup Nebeus launches a £1.1m crowdfunding campaign to bring banking services to 2 billion unbanked citizens.   The World Bank estimates that the potential market value of the 2 billion global unbanked, which includes 138 million Europeans, is £380 billion. Step forward Nebeus, a London-based fintech platform which is working to bridge t...
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With MoneyConf in Dublin reportedly now the fastest-growing fintech event in Europe, we took a look at what to expect at this years event (happening 11-13th June at the RDS Arena) with some of the world's leading fintech, cryptocurrency and finance experts set to speak. Now in its 4th year, MoneyConf is Web Summit’s fintech event bringing an approx 5,000 of the world’s leading fintech...
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Monese - The FinTech startup which is on a mission to provide banking services for all  As we all know it can sometimes be a real chore opening a new bank account, however if you don’t have a regular fixed income or have just arrived in the country it can be even more difficult. Banks - the traditional ones anyhow, certainly don’t make it easy.Help is now at hand however thanks t...
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Coconut, an app-based smart current account, combining banking and accounting services for the freelance and self-employed workforce, has opened 1,000 accounts since launch. Coconut, an app-based smart current account combining banking and accounting services, designed specifically for the UK’s ever-growing freelance and self-employed workforce has reached a significant milestone in opening...
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Challenger bank, Countingup, a UK business current account with integrated accounting and tax software, goes from from beta to official launch. Challenger Bank Countingup offers accounting and banking in one place for sole traders, freelancers and small businesses. Created in September 2017 by Tim Fouracre, Countingup is VC backed startup who have worked with more than 1,000 small businesses ...
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Countingup has launched its mobile based business current account to sole traders at the top of its 'wait-list', coming only months after Countingup raised $750k lead by Frontline Ventures.Countingup is the first UK challenger bank to focus on the 4.5 million sole traders, freelancers and contractors; and the first to promise plug and play accounting built in. Sole traders looking t...
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Plum is the first AI-powered Facebook Chatbot which allows you to start saving money automatically without any effort, fees or changes in spending.  Alex Michael, Co Founder at Plum started his career writing software for retail analytics at EDITED in London and spent the last two years at Tictail in Stockholm where he joined as engineer #5 and then became team lead for payments, scaling the...
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