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Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Revolut is expanding its mortgage offering in Lithuania, moving beyond refinancing and into financing home purchases directly. The move builds on strong demand. Revolut launched mortgage refinancing last year, and uptake was high enough to justify the next step into full home loans. The experience stays

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Laser Digital, the digital assets arm of Nomura, has applied for a US national trust bank charter as crypto firms continue moving operations onshore. The application was filed with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. If approved, it would allow Laser Digital to operate

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Lunar just raised €46 million to accelerate growth across the Nordics. Lunar serves more than one million users and has reached 40,000 business customers, with more users opting into paid subscriptions. The focus now is on the following: scale business banking, build out lending, and

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Revolut is just weeks away from breaking a UK record: the longest mobilisation period ever for a newly licensed bank. It’s been 18 months since Revolut received its UK banking license and entered mobilization. In less than three weeks, it will officially surpass the current

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Nubank just became the largest private financial institution in Brazil by number of customers, according to the latest data from the Central Bank of Brazil. The total now tops 112 million users, roughly 61% of the country’s adult population. About 85% of Nubank’s Brazilian

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Kakao Bank is officially moving into Southeast Asia through a joint venture with Thailand’s SCBX to launch a digital bank in the country. This follows Thailand’s approval of its first virtual banking licenses earlier this year. The Kakao Bank–SCBX consortium secured one of

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Qonto just rolled out two new products aimed straight at a common SME pain point: cash flow gaps. A credit card and an overdraft, built directly into its business banking stack. The data explains the move. Half of Qonto’s customers face short-term cash gaps. Most