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Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Nubank customers can now make Pix payments by holding their phone near a payment terminal. No physical card, QR code, or third-party app is needed. To use it, customers need a registered Pix key and an Android NFC-enabled smartphone. At checkout, they can choose to pay

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! N26 has launched mobile phone plans in Germany, and is planning to expand to other countries. Branded as N26 SIM, the service runs on Vodafone Germany’s 5G network, with connectivity provided by 1GLOBAL. Rather than shipping physical SIM cards, the entire experience runs through eSIM

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! London-based business banking provider Tide is preparing a share sale that could push its valuation beyond $1bn, positioning it to become one of Britain’s next FinTech ‘unicorns’🦄 The move, coordinated by Morgan Stanley, comes as the firm looks to offer liquidity to existing investors and

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Two years after Revolut’s launch, its Business segment quietly emerged in 2017 and has steadily become a core part of the bank’s operations. Today, Revolut Business contributes 15% of total revenue, attracts 40,000 new business customers each month, and serves “hundreds of thousands

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Since entering the U.S. market in July 2023, OakNorth has crossed the $1 billion mark in lending, an early milestone in what’s shaping up to be a steady expansion across the Atlantic. Known for focusing on the underserved lower mid-market segment, the London-based digital

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! Revolut reportedly turned down investor interest that could have valued the company at approximately $65 billion. Earlier this year, an investor offered to purchase hundreds of millions of secondary shares from early backers at that high valuation, according to Axios. The report also noted that Revolut

Hey Digital Banking Fanatic! While I’ve been traveling, currently in Dubai, I’ve kept a close watch on news from back home. Two familiar names, Backbase and bunq, have made big moves. Both are part of the city’s entrepreneurial fabric I know well, and their latest steps show