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20th March 2025

Personalized financial education & support: Which markets get it right

Access to personalized educational resources and support is one of the key priorities for banking consumers. 70% of respondents to a Sopra digital..

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27th February 2025

Nubank vs Revolut, round 2: What if Nubank launched in Europe?

One year and eight months. That's how long it's been since Revolut, Europe's most valuable startup, launched its challenge to Nubank's dominance in..

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27th January 2025

Are Banking Apps Meeting the Mark on Personalization & Accessibility?

The discourse around personalization in banking often centers around product features. But while tailoring accounts, loans, and other products to..

25th January 2023

Battle of the Challenger Banks: Account Opening & e-KYC

Welcome to our very first Battle of the Challengers! In this post we are going to be covering one of the most buzz-worthy topics in the Fintech..

6th May 2021

A quick guide to effective competitive digital banking analysis

A few weeks ago we discussed the major issues that lead to ineffective comparative research. We talked about the importance of informative competitor..

22nd April 2021

7 ways that Latam banks can promote financial education

Carlos lives in Chile and was never approved for a bank account. Whenever he wants to send money back to his home country, Paraguay, he’s required to..

15th April 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Digital Onboarding and KYC

Welcome back to another series of Battle of the Challenger banks! We are thrilled to be back and starting on another series of Battle of the..

17th March 2021

8 Digital banking features to simplify customers' money management

Banking is central to the financial livelihood of our daily lives. A few years ago the case was that people would have to wait in lines in front of..

10th March 2021

Why is your bank’s competitor analysis not conclusive enough?

Competitor analysis is innate in the growth strategy of every bank and fintech. Its primary goal is to keep the company’s trajectory forward by..

9th March 2021

3 Ways to Empower Women in Fintech

In a discussion I had a couple of weeks ago, I asked my friends the following simple question: “When you hear the word fintech, what type of person..

23rd February 2021

The jarring issues that slow down digital banking product development

Product development is the intricate process where an ideation of a digital banking feature is slowly being fleshed out into a reality. From the..

4th December 2020

UK banks and challengers ranked: from on-boarding to app functionality

An emergence of new technology and new start-up participants in the banking sector has caused a stir in recent years.

19th November 2020

Battle of the Challenger Banks: Help me build towards my wealth!

Welcome bank to another Battle of Challengers! So far in our blog, we have been starting conversations about Challenger Banks, yet focusing on what..

4th November 2020

On the lookout: New neobanks that are worth the try!

One of the many perks of working in the team of FinTech Insights, is taking a look at banks from all over the world. More than that, our team of..

15th October 2020

Battle of the Challenger Banks: Can you block my Card?

Welcome back everyone to another Battle of Challengers! The previous Battle was decided by a poll we had over at our LinkedIn and Twitter and you..

17th September 2020

Battle of the Challenger Banks: What Support do you Offer?

Welcome back everyone to another Battle of Challengers! As you may have seen in our social media accounts, for this episode of our battles, we asked..

10th September 2020

Account Opening & KYC Chime vs Wells Fargo

Did you know that the US has the second most competitive economy in the world, based on the Global Competitiveness Index, as Visual Capitalists..

20th August 2020

Battle of the Challenger Banks: Transferring Money within the EU

Welcome back to the Battle of the Challengers! First of all, I would like to thank everyone for the support on the first episode of this series. This..

12th July 2020

Battle of the Challenger Banks: The Intro

Welcome to the Battle of the Challengers! When the first challenger banks hit the market in the early to mid-2010s, nobody had experienced anything..

10th July 2020

Learning from your competitors: How FinTech Insights measures UX

Picking a bank used to be about things like who had the most conveniently-located branches, the best opening hours, and the most ATMs. Then,..

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