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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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Cash Infusion for Candescent and Lumin: Now What?

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Will new infusions in the digital banking space translate to real innovation? This year has delivered many that wasnt on our digital 2024 bingo card moments for our industry. Together, both deals show that digital isnt hitting a lull, but rather ramping up speed for future growth. billion cash deal.

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Digital Banking Leads to Most Bank Branch Closings Since Great Depression

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Is digital banking killing physical bank branches? How much truth is there to the longtime fear that online banking will replace consumer interaction with bank branch tellers?

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The Digital Banking Market Is Lit With Lumin and Candescent: So What?

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Will new infusions in the digital banking space translate to real innovation? This year has delivered many “that wasn’t on our digital 2024 bingo card” moments for the team at Cornerstone Advisors. Together, both deals show that digital isn’t hitting a lull, but rather ramping up speed for future growth.

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New Unicorn Revolut Will Use Capital For International Expansion

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based digital bank Revolut has raised $250 million in a Series C, boosting the company’s valuation to unicorn status. This new raise brings the amount of money the digital […]. The company, which is now worth $1.7

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Bank Of England Ups Monzo’s Capital Requirements

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Monzo Bank Ltd, the London-based online bank, must now have a capital worth of 13.6 The Financial Times (FT) reported the new requirements are among the first signs the Bank of England ( BoE ), the United Kingdom’s (U.K.) That’s more than more than twice as high as many mainstream banks in the U.K.,

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Capital One To Focus On Digital, Close 37 Locations

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Capital One is going to increase its focus on digitization and close 37 branches around the U.S., Our customers are increasingly engaging with us digitally,” said Capital One spokesman Derek Conrad. Banks like Bank of America, JPMorgan, Zions Bancorp and Huntington Bancshares have all been spending on technology upgrades.

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