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Best Digital Banks in Pakistan: What Does Each Licensed Bank Offer in 2026?

Over the past few years, Pakistan’s digital banking sector has been developing slowly but surely. Back in 2023, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) approved five digital retail banks,...

A chat with Wio Bank, a fully digital, platform-based bank

A chat with Wio Bank, a fully digital, platform-based bank – I recently had a nudge to talk to Wio Bank, who claim to be the Middle East’s first fully digital, platform-based bank...

In 9 Months, Bank Muamalat Built a Digital Bank That Outperformed 70 Branches

What does it take to launch a full digital bank in under a year and have it outperform 70 physical branches? Bank Muamalat’s Atlas did exactly that. Built in just 9 months, it onbo...

In 9 Months, Bank Muamalat Built a Digital Bank That Outperformed 70 Branches

What does it take to launch a full digital bank in under a year and have it outperform 70 physical branches? Bank Muamalat’s Atlas did exactly that. Built in just 9 months, it onbo...

The challenge of turning banks into fintech leaders (Laurent Descout)

Once seen as challengers, fintechs have reshaped customer expectations in financial services. Faster...

Why the future of challenger banking is customer-centric (Jeremy Takle)

The UK’s challenger banks reshaped British banking. But as the incumbents regain strength, the next ...

The challenge of turning banks into fintech leaders

Once seen as challengers, fintechs have reshaped customer expectations in financial services. Faster...

Why Digital Banks in Southeast Asia Are Rethinking Core Banking for the AI Era

Digital banking in Southeast Asia was once built on speed. For quite some time, they held on to the formula of launch first, refine later, and it did work, especially during their...

The Rise of “Agentic Learning”: Why Neobanks are Retiring the Static LMS (Shailendra Prajapati)

The global fintech landscape has reached a startling inflection point. As of early 2026, the industr...

How Should Legacy Banks Compete with Chime?

Chime has built its brand on a simple promise: it’s not like traditional banks. For a generation of younger, financially stretched customers, that message has resonated—and Chime h...

Digital bank Monzo opens doors to Irish consumers

One-hundred-thousand Irish consumers are opening accounts with Monzo as the digital bank opens for business. The first digital bank to secure a full banking licence from the Centra...

BoB and Reliance Jio launch mobile banking app for feature phone users

The app aims to make digital payments accessible to feature phone users and will be available to both existing BoB customers and customers of other banks through an easy self-onboa...

Irish banking shake-up: Monzo launches as PTSB deal signals new competition for traditional banks

New entrants and digital disruption are set to intensify competition, forcing Ireland’s traditional banks to adapt or risk losing customers

AI-Native Banking Is the First Real Post-Neobank Model (Dmitry Volkov)

For the past decade, we’ve been told that neobanks reinvented banking. I don’t think they did. Sure,...

The Future of Banking Isn’t a Bank: Why Financial Inclusion is the Defining Mission of Our Era

The Vision: From Walled Garden to Open NetworkContinue reading on Medium »

Fintech Acquires National Bank Charter Through $130 Million Deal

Fintechs that have spent years renting balance sheets from partner banks just got a new playbook. On April 29, an online installment lender announced that it had agreed to acquire...

Onlinebanken: „Eine ganz neue Gattung Banken entsteht“: ING Deutschland will eine KI-Bank werden

Vorstandschef Lars Stoy erwartet, dass Digitalbanken dank Künstlicher Intelligenz künftig auch personalisierte Beratung anbieten. Zwei Punkte sind Kunden dabei aber wichtig.

Digital Banking in the UAE: What’s Driving the Shift in 2026?

The UAE has rapidly emerged as a global fintech hub, leading the shift toward digital-first financial services. With strong government backing, advanced infrastructure, and a tech-...

Australian mutual banks favour fintech partnerships for Open Banking data access

A panel at the Fintech Data Horizons Summit hosted on Friday, 8 May 2026 by FinTech Australia in Sydney, discussed how mutual banks favour partnering with fintechs for Open Banking...

Virtual Bank CLICX Plans June Launch to Reach Underserved Thai Borrowers

CLICX is set to test Thailand’s virtual banking market by targeting consumers who struggle to access credit through conventional banks. The Nation reported that the bank will open...

The Machine-Readable Franchise: Why Banks Must Rethink SME Participation in the AI Economy (Raktim Singh)

In the AI era, the constraint is no longer access to intelligence. It is access to trusted participa...

Two smaller banks launch best buy fixed-rate savings deals while Revolut reveals new savings prize challenge

GB Bank and Oxbury Bank have rocketed to top of the best buy savings tables with fixed-rates deals.

EQ Bank: Why Canada must design Consumer-Driven Banking to serve national interests

Dan Broten, senior vice president and head of EQ Bank, set out how Canada can deliver Consumer-Driven Banking with urgency and confidence. Source