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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..

7th June 2024

How to find must have and differentiating features in your market

Discover which features are considered must-haves in a chosen market and which could be key differentiators, compared to the competition. Find out..

16th May 2024

How to find out how a competitor implements a specific feature

Explore how any of your competitors has implemented a specific feature, in any channel, and save months of trial and error.

30th April 2024

View a feature's evolution with FinTech Insights' history button

Drill down into how specific features within a competitor's digital banking product change over time

29th April 2024

How to perform a Gap Analysis

Discover how to perform a Gap Analysis on FinTech Insights, to uncover where you excel and where you fall short in your market.

10th April 2024

How to pinpoint the best UX for any user journey

Learn how to find the best UX for any user journey on FinTech Insights and uncover best-in-class implementations.

10th April 2024

New FinTech Insights feature alert: Historical functionality change

Track your competitors' evolution, and understand its impact on your digital banking offering.

4th July 2023

Nubank vs Revolut: Who will come out on top in Brazil?

It's official. Revolut, Europe's most valuable startup, has launched in Brazil. Which means that, after years of absolute dominance, Nubank now faces..

27th June 2023

Mobile banking features: what are the must-haves in 2023?

Do you offer the right set of mobile banking features, or are your app's capabilities holding you back?

30th May 2023

KYC Requirements for Banks

What is KYC for digital banking? KYC stands for Know Your Customer. It is a process used by digital banking institutions to verify the identity of..

11th April 2023

How to use digital banking research to build standout user experiences

"How does our mobile banking offering stack up?" "Which mobile banking features should we be focusing our efforts on?" "And how do we make sure we..

30th August 2022

Where do credit unions stand in the US digital banking market?

When St Mary's Cooperative Credit Association, the first US credit union, opened its doors in 1909, it was a radical alternative to mainstream..

22nd July 2022

Is cross-channel UX consistency in digital banking overrated?

Implementing a similar feature set and user interface across your web and mobile offerings is often regarded as a fundamental element of good UX. It..

16th September 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Support

Welcome to the Final Battle of the US Challengers It has been another great journey for our team, discovering the potential of Challenger banks in..

27th August 2021

FinTech Insights Spotlight: Chase

It’s time for another FinTech Insights Spotlight! So far, in our two previous monthly blogs we shed light on two Challengers banks that have taken..

19th August 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Investments

Welcome back to the Battle of the US Challengers! This the 5th installment to our 6-part series. So far we have examined our 13 Challengers according..

12th August 2021

FinTech Bites: Video Banking

It’s another FinTech Bite and we are pumped to discuss what has been most talked about top within our fintech analysts' team. For this month what has..

6th August 2021

Bank of America vs M&T Bank: a Digital Banking Comparison

The US digital banking market undoubtedly represents one of the most competitive globally. With hundreds of Legacy, Regional banks, Credit Unions and..

29th July 2021

Digital Banking Features that Matter: Support

A month ago, to honor the most intuitive and helpful digital banking features that help customers, we launched Digital Banking Features that Matter...

23rd July 2021

FinTech Insights Spotlight: Starling Bank

Welcome to FinTech Insights Spotlight! In this monthly blog we are examining the biggest and most innovative financial institutions worldwide and try..

15th July 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Budgeting

Welcome to our fourth episode of Battle of the US Challengers! As we mentioned in our previous installment, Episode 3: Help me Save Towards my Goal..

8th July 2021

FinTech Bites: Notification Alerts

Another month, another FinTech Bite. As always we will be discussing what has been most exciting and intriguing to our analysts team. In previous..

30th June 2021

Digital banking features that matter: Subscriptions Management

Intuitive features are what make a digital banking design memorable and lovable to customers. To honor the most exciting features out there, the..

17th June 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Help me Save Towards my Goal

Welcome to our third episode of Battle of the Challengers US! In our previous episodes we have pitched our competing Challengers against each other..

10th June 2021

5 digital banking feature sets to make you the customers go-to-bank

The notion that customers own one bank account or are customers of just one financial institution reflects less and less percentages of the market...

4th June 2021

FinTech Insights Spotlight: Chime

Welcome to the FinTech Insights Spotlight series! We are thrilled to be embarking on this new series with you! The FinTech Insights Spotlight series..

20th May 2021

Battle of the US Challengers: Cancel, Reorder Debit Card and Use Virtual to Pay

Welcome back to another series of Battle of the Challengers US! We are thrilled to be back with Episode 2 of Battle of the Challengers US. Last time..

13th May 2021

Fintech Bites: a case of Cryptocurrency

Fintech Bites has always been about our inside the team conversations we have about fintech and digital banking in general.

29th April 2021

Is your digital onboarding process driving new customers away?

The first point of contact potential customers have with your digital banking is the process of opening their first account. Know Your Customer (KYC)..

25th March 2021

Digital banking features that simplify money management: best UX journeys

Earlier in one of our blogs we talked about the features that help customers manage their money through their digital banking mobile applications and..

12th March 2021

Why should banks include wealth management features in their digital offerings?

For quite a while investing was considered a niche activity, exclusive to high street investors, the wealthy and the extremely wealthy. Then the..

3rd March 2021

Why does FinTech Insights use Functionalities?

In a previous blog post we have talked about different aspects of our digital banking research platform, . We have discussed our Perfect 1000 UX..

25th February 2021

Fintech Bites: “Split the Bill” functionality in the US market

The pandemic has arguably halted most interactions between people. But, with restaurants, coffee shops and bars slowly opening up again, and the..

1st October 2020

Fintech Bites: Functionality Ranking — USA Challenger Banks

This month, and for this cup of our hot black coffee, we have chosen to take a closer look to the challenger banks in the USA.

27th August 2020

Fintech Bites: 5 Key Functionalities in Junior Accounts

Next hot (like our morning coffee) topic of discussion these days is the hype surrounding Junior accounts.

27th July 2020

Fintech Bites: Functionality Ranking — UK High Street Banks

Fun little story for you... If you know us, you know we love our morning coffee in the office, during which the hot topics of talk include a little..

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