Aspiration is an online financial firm that offers retail banking and investing services built for everyone. Aspiration delivers the financial products that people need in a consumer-focused model that empowers people to choose their fee and aligns the interests of Aspiration and its customers
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2 weeks, 2 days
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Meniga Brings in $11.8 Million Investment to Build Out Green Banking - Finovate
On the heels of its FinovateEurope demo this week, digital banking player Meniga has raised $11.8 million (€10 million). The investment brings the company’s total funding to $55.7 million. Velocity Capital and Frumtak Ventures led the round, followed by Industrifonden and Meniga customers UniCredit, Swedbank, Groupe BPCE, and Íslandsbanki. “Meniga has established itself as a Read more...
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2 weeks, 5 days
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3 weeks, 3 days
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25 Fintechs Going Green - Finovate
ESG investing is no longer the only environmentally conscious aspect of the financial services world. Recently, we’ve seen an explosion of fintechs– both new and incumbent players– going green. Here’s a roundup of who’s who in sustainable fintech: Ando Money Ando Money is a California-based digital bank that uses client deposits to support green initiatives. Read more...
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3 weeks, 5 days
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Banks Battle with New Competitive Advantages - Finovate
What happens after the newest cutting-edge banking technologies become table stakes? Banks move on to tackle another new technology. In fact, in the past decade or so, banks have been constantly moving from one new technology to the next– from remote deposit capture to merchant-funded rewards, roboadvisory services, AI-informed marketing strategies, and finally on to Read more...
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1 month, 1 week
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Challenger bank helps customers erase carbon footprints
Aspiration makes donations to a tree-planting charity based on debit card spending, buys carbon offsets for gas purchases and rates retailers' environmental records.
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1 month, 2 weeks
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How Quantum Metric Helps Banks Make the Right Digital Moves - Finovate
Multiple benefits arose from last year’s drive to digital, including the increase in user data and more control over the user experience. But making the leap to capturing that data and enhancing control over the user experience is easier said than done. It is this gap that led Quantum Metric to launch its platform for Read more...
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1 month, 2 weeks
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The Secret Financial Lives of Consumers that Banks Don't Know About
'Shadow' banking with fintechs and others keeps growing, from transaction accounts to cards to mobile payments and merchant apps to savings.
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1 month, 3 weeks
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The Neobank That's Growing Like Crazy (and Earning Record Profits)
The original U.S. challenger takes a different approach to disrupting. (Hint: It requires a full-service balance sheet, not just a slick app.)
Fintastico Team
7 months, 3 weeks
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The revolution will be regulated - FinTech Futures
I believe the biggest driver of accelerated change in the more mature markets globally, when it comes to digital adoption, has been the regulator.
Fintastico Team
8 months, 2 weeks
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World’s Biggest Virtual Global Fintech Fest Saw Participation From Over 12000 Attendees From Over 110 Countries | IndianWeb2.com
Global Fintech Fest which (GFF) organised by Fintech Convergence Council (FCC), Payments Council of India (PCI) and National Payments Corporation of India
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8 months, 4 weeks
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State-backed green bank to land in UK to hit country’s climate goals - FinTech Futures
A state-backed green bank is set to land in the UK to finance the country’s climate goals. It follows the sale of ‘Green Investment Bank’ three years ago.
Fintastico Team
9 months
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LA neobank Aspiration plants 1m trees in three months - FinTech Futures
Aspiration, a Los Angeles-based green financial services start-up, has planted one million trees on behalf of its customers over the last three months.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 4 weeks
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Are Challenger Banks on the Rocks? Or Will They Rock You?
Challenger banks and other fintechs have hit a rough stretch due to funding issues and lower revenue. But don't start celebrating just yet.
Fintastico Team
9 months, 4 weeks
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Are Challenger Banks on the Rocks? Or Will They Rock You?
Challenger banks and other fintechs have hit a rough stretch due to funding issues and lower revenue. But don't start celebrating just yet.
Fintastico Team
10 months, 1 week
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5 Fintech Startups That Help With Remote Team Management | TechBullion
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the entire landscape of work. With lockdowns and quarantines imposed across various territories worldwide, businesses are left with little choice but to adopt remote working arrangements. However, not all business workloads can be transitioned so easily online. Finance, for instance, involves activities such as cash flow management, payroll, reports, and […]
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10 months, 1 week
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Belgian challenger Aion rolls out business banking app
The ‘Premium Plan’ is €39 a month.
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10 months, 2 weeks
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San Francisco neobank Aspiration raises $135m in Series C round
The socially conscious fintech plans further growth with cash injection.
Fintastico Team
10 months, 3 weeks
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Marketplace Lending News Roundup – May 23rd, 2020 - Lend Academy
During the week I share the latest marketplace lending and fintech news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. Lendit Fintech Digital – First Impressions by CrowdFund Insider – We launched LendIt Fintech Digital last week and …
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10 months, 3 weeks
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Los Angeles based FinTech startup Aspiration raises $135 mn in funding
Los Angeles based Aspiration, a FinTech company with the mission of offer financial solutions to everyone has announced that it has closed a $135 mn Series C funding round
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10 months, 3 weeks
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12 months
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PayPal, fintech companies supply coronavirus relief check cash out options
Companies like PayPal, Cash App, Simple and Chime are allowing users to access coronavirus relief payments via direct deposit.
Fintastico Team
12 months
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PayPal, fintech companies supply coronavirus relief check cash out options
Companies like PayPal, Cash App, Simple and Chime are allowing users to access coronavirus relief payments via direct deposit.
Fintastico Team
1 year, 4 months
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Marketplace Lending News Roundup – November 23, 2019 - Lend Academy
During the week I share the latest marketplace lending and fintech news on Twitter as it happens. Then every Saturday I take the most interesting news items and blog posts from the past week and share them here. Every Tech Company Wants to Be a Bank—Someday, At Least from Wired – Much has been written about …
Fintastico Team
1 year, 4 months
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Charter or not, fintechs are already ‘banking’
A more practical approach for U.S. regulators on whether to bring fintechs into the banking fold might be ‘better the devil you know than the devil you don’t.’