Marcel van Oost

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! From traditional bank to crypto bank for Binance... who saw this coming? Binance is partnering with BBVA to enable customers to keep their assets off the exchange. That means the Spanish bank is taking on the role of independent crypto custodian, not the other way around.

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Brex just flipped the script, is expanding from the US into the EU, with a wink at the UK next. Usually, it’s the other way around. Has any other digital bank pulled this off before? I couldn’t think of one. Can you? Let me

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! KakaoBank just reached 25.86 million users (77% active), as it reported its strongest half-year yet. Net profit rose 14% to 263.7 billion won ($190 million), while operating profit hit 353.2 billion won ($254 million). The growth came mainly from a 30% jump in

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Tencent and VR Capital just led a $70M equity round into Uzum, valuing the Uzbek FinTech-and-ecommerce giant at $1.5 billion. Uzum is moving fast to fill the gap in financial services in Uzbekistan, offering digital banking services and more. For Tencent, this is one of

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