Marcel van Oost

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Silicon Valley’s favorite startup banker is crossing the Atlantic. Mercury — the US business banking FinTech that raised $300m earlier this year at a $3.5bn valuation — is planting a flag in Dublin. The move comes after the company processed a cool $150bn in customer transactions

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Nubank just hit pause on its Argentina comeback tour 🇦🇷. The Latin American neobank giant (122M customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia) was in advanced talks to snap up Brubank — Argentina’s biggest digital bank — but political chaos and economic turmoil cooled the deal. It’s not

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! If you follow me on LinkedIn or read my FinTech Newsletter or Digital Banking newsletter, you know I keep a very close eye on Revolut. Well, today, I get to share something payments-related from them—and it’s a big one: Pay by Bank. 🚀 This new

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Big milestones, big money moves. My Amsterdam’s own bunq just hit 20 million users 🎉 as it turns 10. To celebrate, they dropped a shiny new app redesign—cleaner look, smoother navigation, and faster access to bunq’s full menu (accounts, cards, savings, stocks, even crypto)

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Revolut just checked off another passport stamp — this time in the UAE 🇦🇪. The neobank snagged in-principle approval for a payments licence from the Central Bank, unlocking one of the hottest fintech markets on the map. Why it matters? Think sky-high digital adoption, a forward-thinking regulator, and

Hi Digital Banking Fanatic, Big news out of Greece 🇬🇷: meet Snappi, the country’s very first ECB-licensed neobank. The Ioannina-based startup just flipped the switch on its app, promising a 100% digital, no-nonsense banking experience. Think: instant onboarding, free accounts, debit cards (virtual + physical), SEPA transfers, bill pay, cross-border transactions—