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Weekly Wrap: Varo gets FDIC approval, as Curve prepares for US launch

Bank Innovation

In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: The implications of banking startup Varo’s FDIC approval; How U.K. Welcome to the latest episode of our Weekly Wrap series, for the week ending Friday, Feb. card startup Curve opened a New York City office in advance of its U.S. launch; and Wells Fargo’s […].

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Varo, with $241M Series D, plans to become a bank this summer 

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We have the FDIC approval, and we’re going through the final examination […]. Varo Money is in the “last leg of the race” in getting a banking charter, according to founder and CEO Colin Walsh. The mobile banking startup announced a $241 million Series D today and expects to have a bank charter sometime this summer. “We

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