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Newly Flush With Capital, Challenger Banks Face New Challenges
Newly Flush With Capital, Challenger Banks Face New Challenges
December 10, 2024  |  Security & Fraud

A wave of funding rounds over the past several months is giving challenger banks fresh financial firepower to position themselves as alternatives to traditional banks,...

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They Said What? Notable Quotables From This Week in PYMNTS
They Said What? Notable Quotables From This Week in PYMNTS
June 14, 2024  |  This Week in PYMNTS

This week in PYMNTS, industry insiders discuss everything from composable banking to network tokenization to which tradeoffs lipstick buyers are and are not willing to...

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Why This CTO Says the Bank of the Future Is Already Here
Why This CTO Says the Bank of the Future Is Already Here
June 13, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

Digital banks have long eschewed physical branches in favor of direct, digital customer engagement. Digital banking’s convenience has been a competitive advantage for challenger or...

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Froda Launches Embedded Lending Solution for Small Businesses in Denmark
Froda Launches Embedded Lending Solution for Small Businesses in Denmark
June 20, 2023  |  SMBs

Swedish FinTech Froda has launched a card-based embedded lending solution in Denmark. Developed in partnership with digital challenger bank Lunar and Visa, this offering was successfully tested in Denmark during the spring...

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Visa, Froda and Lunar Launching Digital Solution for Small Business Loans
Visa, Froda and Lunar Launching Digital Solution for Small Business Loans
February 16, 2023  |  Loans

Visa, Froda and Lunar have partnered to launch a digital solution for business loans. With this collaboration, Nordic digital bank Lunar will be able to...

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How Nordic Payments Megastructure Can Drive Greater Regional Integration, Harmonization
How Nordic Payments Megastructure Can Drive Greater Regional Integration, Harmonization
July 18, 2022  |  Partnerships

From Europe’s first banknotes, issued in Stockholm in 1660, to the Danish government’s world-first abolition of paper bond certificates in 1980, the Nordic countries have...

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EU Neobanks Lean on Innovation, Consolidation to Bolster Growth
EU Neobanks Lean on Innovation, Consolidation to Bolster Growth
June 29, 2022  |  Banking

In the early days of Europe’s neobank revolution, the continent’s 750 million+ inhabitants provided what felt like an unlimited pool of customers for a generation...

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EMEA Daily: UK Consumer Lending Rose in Feb.; ArK Kapital Raises $183M; Zimpler Plans Expansion; Medius Acquires OnPay Solutions
EMEA Daily: UK Consumer Lending Rose in Feb.; ArK Kapital Raises $183M; Zimpler Plans Expansion;...
March 29, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, consumer lending in Britain swelled in February, the most in five years, the Bank of England...

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Challenger Bank Lunar Plans $146M Acquisition of Instabank
Challenger Bank Lunar Plans $146M Acquisition of Instabank
March 29, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Challenger bank Lunar is acquiring digital bank Instabank for 132 million euros (about $146 million), a move that will increase Lunar’s reach in Norway and...

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