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Nuula raises $120M to build out a financial services ‘super app’ aimed at SMBs
A Canadian startup called Nuula that is aiming to build a super app to provide a range of financial services to small and medium businesses has closed $120 million of…
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2020 will be a challenging year for challenger banks
Over the past year, startup banks have proven that they have a shot at disrupting retail banking. These challengers have amassed a war chest of funding, announced some ambitious international expansion plans and attracted millions of customers. And yet, building a bank has proven to be even harder than building a startup in general. Retail…
UK challenger bank Atom raises another £50M from BBVA and more at £530M valuation
Another hopeful among Europe’s so-called challenger banks — startups taking on the big names in consumer banking by targeting niche groups of users with a more modern set of tools…
UK’s Atom Bank raises another $206M led by BBVA for millennial and SMB financial services
Atom Bank, the startup based out of Durham, England that operates a mobile-only bank targeting consumers between the ages of 18 and 34, has raised another big round of funding.…
Atom Bank raises $102M at $320M valuation for a mobile-only bank for millennials
Atom Bank, a startup out of the U.K. that has built a mobile-only bank targeting consumers between the ages of 18 and 34, has raised another £83 million ($102 million)…
Atom is the first of the new UK challenger banks out the gate — sort of
Atom Bank, which is backed by Spanish banking giant BBVA, has become the first of the four so-called UK ‘challenger’ banks out the gate — sort of. Having secured a…
UK’s Atom Bank makes first acquisition, Grasp, to hone its youth-focused user experience
A day after Finnish online bank Holvi got acquired by BBVA, here comes yet more consolidation in Europe’s fintech landscape. Today, Atom Bank — a still stealth, online-only startup, coincidentally…
UK Mobile-Only Atom Bank Picks Up $128M Led By BBVA, Owner Of Simple In The U.S.
All major banks today offer a way for customers to bank online, but this is not stopping a rush of startups emerging to build new, mobile and online-only banks from the ground…