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May 14, 2025
TS Anil, Monzo’s CEO, discusses the company’s innovative approach to customer-centric banking, the strategic decisions that fueled its growth, and insights into the future of digital finance. He shares how he led the digital bank through a remarkable transformation, from early challenges to achieving its first annual profit in 2024.
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Apr 22, 2025
With India’s corporate banking lagging decades behind consumer fintech, TransBnk raises $25M to bridge the gap
Mumbai-based TransBnk offers a foundational layer of microservices, enabling use cases such as treasury, liquidity, and escrow management to be built upon.
Aug 27, 2025
Impact investors FMO and BlueOrchard back Ghana’s digital lender Fido in $30M Series B round
Digital lending platforms have become an easy and swift alternative source of credit for microenterprises and individuals overlooked by traditional banking institutions. These platforms have turned into a lifeline for millions of underbanked and demand will keep growing, pushing the value of the digital lending platform market in the Middle East and Africa to reach $2 billion in the next five years, recording a four-fold growth since 2021. This is the market opportunity Ghanaian fintech Fido pl
Sep 3, 2024
UK neobank Monzo hits $5.9B valuation with secondary market sale
Monzo is now valued at $5.9 billion after the U.K.-based challenger bank confirmed a secondary market share sale to provide liquidity for its employees. The transaction, first rumored yesterday, saw existing investors such as Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (GIC) and StepStone Group procuring additional shares in the London-based fintech. A secondary market sale essentially rewards employees for getting a company to where it is, without having to go public — or, at least, buying it more time.
Oct 11, 2024