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Millennial-Focused Digital Bank Empower Finance Raises $20M

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San Francisco-based Empower Finance, a mobile banking app aimed at helping millennials save wealth, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Defy Ventures and Icon Ventures, according to a report. The company, which was founded in 2017, is run by a former Sequoia Capital partner named Warren Hogarth.

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Digital Banking Service One Combines Accounts

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One , a new digital banking service in the U.S., The company also announced a Series A funding round that raised $17 million from Foundation Capital, Obvious Ventures and Core Innovation Capital. There’s a gap in the market that’s not being met. The venture has raised $26 million in funding so far.

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Citigroup To Market Digital Bank To Credit Card Customers

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Citigroup said on Tuesday (May 29) that it won’t use high deposit rates to lure new customers to its digital bank – instead, it will go after its credit card customers. Citigroup’s efforts to grow its digital banking offering come at a time when activist investor ValueAct Capital recently revealed that it has a roughly $1.2

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ADVANCE.AI Consortium Seeks Singaporean Digital Banking License

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Yet another business consortium vies for a lucrative, wholesale digital banking license, according to reports. The license bid is “an opportunity for us to impact an underserved segment,” said Mi Li, ADVANCE.AI’s chief marketing officer. billion in capital on hand, and be governed by Singapore leadership.

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Pandemic Impact Affects Singapore Digital Bank License Decisions

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The COVID-19 crisis continues to upend the economy, including even the world of digital banking. As previously reported in this space, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s central bank, announced its intention to issue five digital banking licenses last year. That was before the pandemic hit.

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UK Digital Bank Starling Launches New Capital Drive As Founder Anne Boden Eyes IPO

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Starling Bank is pushing ahead with plans to raise another $263 million as the U.K.-based based digital bank looks to fuel additional expansion in its home market while eyeing an initial public offering (IPO) down the line. digital bank public.

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PayPal Working Capital Steps Into Germany

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PayPal is broadening its small business financing offering into the German market, a press release announced on Wednesday (Nov. PayPal Working Capital will launch in Germany as PayPal Businesskredit, offering small and medium-sized businesses access to working capital financing that is deposited directly into their PayPal accounts.

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