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Banking with FAANGs
Banking with FAANGs
What keeps bank executives up at night? Is it the raft of neobanks entering the space? Or, more likely, is it the idea that an established…
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Sep 10, 2018
Challenger banking: new horses, same race?
Challenger banking: new horses, same race?
To say that Britain’s modern banking revolution has been a long time coming is something of an understatement. Over the past century, there…
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Jun 4, 2018
Money where their mouths are? The VC view
Money where their mouths are? The VC view
Venture capitalists are in the business of future-gazing. They imagine how the world is going to change, and place expensive bets on the…
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Sep 10, 2018
Banking, Cryptocurrencies and Wallets
Banking, Cryptocurrencies and Wallets
Crypto is a topic that polarises. People tend to have strong feelings about the nascent industry, either proclaiming it the future of…
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Sep 10, 2018
What will the bank account look like in 2030?
What will the bank account look like in 2030?
Much can change in 12 years. Between 2000 and 2012, the world saw the invention of the iPhone, the birth of Facebook, the rise of Google…
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Sep 10, 2018
Introducing: ‘the future of the bank account’
Introducing: ‘the future of the bank account’
Technology has revolutionised the way we all live our lives. It is so entrenched that most of us take it for granted. How many of us are…
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May 2, 2018
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George Bevis, founder, Tide
George Bevis, founder, Tide
Aimed at small businesses, digital challenger bank Tide has gone from strength to strength in the three years since inception; by November…
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Sep 11, 2018
Alex Letts, founder, U Account
Alex Letts, founder, U Account
U Account started life as Ffrees, the prepaid card aimed at people that high street banks don’t want to support. Alex Letts, the man called…
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Sep 11, 2018
Antony Jenkins, founder, 10x Banking
Antony Jenkins, founder, 10x Banking
Antony Jenkins gives us the lowdown on the banking revolution, the demise of the bank branch, and why the whole financial system is so…
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Sep 11, 2018
Lord Adair Turner, advisor, OakNorth
Lord Adair Turner, advisor, OakNorth
Jonathan Adair Turner was the City’s watchdog as chairman of the Financial Services Authority. He is now an adviser to OakNorth, the…
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Sep 11, 2018
Ollie Maitland, co-founder, Capitalise
Ollie Maitland, co-founder, Capitalise
Capitalise helps entrepreneurs find the right loans for their business through their advisers, providing an impartial service that offers…
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Sep 11, 2018
Guillaume Pousaz, founder, Checkout.com
Guillaume Pousaz, founder, Checkout.com
This payments processing company has already lured the likes of Samsung, Transferwise, Adidas and Virgin away from the incumbents by…
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Sep 11, 2018
Tom Blomfield, founder, Monzo
Tom Blomfield, founder, Monzo
Tom Blomfield founded British neobank Monzo three years ago. What started as a prepaid card has blossomed into a fully-fledged current…
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May 17, 2018
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