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    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      How Germany’s top fintech is struggling to grow up

      N26’s strategic planning, leadership and governance in the spotlight

    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Allianz puts N26 stake up for sale at steep discount

      German insurance group values smartphone bank at as little as $3bn

    • Tuesday, 7 March, 2023
      Fintech
      N26’s top executives warned co-founders over ‘dysfunctional’ leadership

      German fintech’s senior management laid bare their concerns in blistering internal memo

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
      N26 head of risk quits due to personal reasons in escalating leadership crisis

      Fintech start-up loses Thomas Grosse while scrambling to improve anti-money laundering controls

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      German fintech N26 says no new funding needed before it breaks even

      Online bank optimistic over cash despite regulatory cap on new customers and a 14% rise in net losses

    • Monday, 10 January, 2022
      InterviewFintech
      N26 got it wrong on global expansion and crypto, co-founder admits

      Max Tayenthal says €7.8bn fintech should have prioritised expanding its services over ‘putting flags’ in more countries

    • Thursday, 18 November, 2021
      Fintech N26 pulls out of US as it abandons global ambitions

      Retreat follows last year’s UK exit and series of public rebukes from German regulator

    • Monday, 18 October, 2021
      Fintech
      German watchdog imposes strict cap on N26’s client growth

      Fintech limited to maximum 70,000 new customers a month in long-running BaFin tussle

    • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
      N26 fined €4.25m for weak money-laundering controls

      German regulator rebukes the fast-growing online bank and has installed a supervisor to monitor progress

    • Wednesday, 12 May, 2021
      European companies
      German regulator sends supervisor to N26 in money laundering push

      BaFin’s intervention comes 2 years after it ordered digital bank to improve controls

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      City InsiderMatthew Vincent
      Rory Stewart plans to build an aligned post-Brexit City

      London mayoral candidate aims to be both a house guest and a housebuilder 

    • Wednesday, 12 February, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      BP lays out the wisdom of Buffett’s advice to short the horses

      Oil group’s green push; German digital lender N26 struggles in crowded field

    • Tuesday, 11 February, 2020
      Digital bank N26 to pull out of UK

      German challenger blames Brexit disruption although fintech rivals maintain commitment

    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Fintech users just can’t get enough of traditional banks

      New data show challenger banks aren’t managing to convince customers to ditch their old high-street accounts. 

    • Tuesday, 24 September, 2019
      Special ReportFuture of Fintech
      Coming soon: Netflix-style nudges that reward retail bank customers

      Lenders take a lead from subscription services that make recommendations based on user behaviour

    • Wednesday, 14 August, 2019
      German fintech N26 appeases regulators as it eyes future IPO

      $3.5bn online bank is fixing customer service and security problems, says chief

    • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
      FT AlphavilleJamie Powell
      N26 comes of age

      “In all honesty, profitability is not one of our core metrics”.

    • Thursday, 18 July, 2019
      German online bank N26 valued at $3.5bn after $170m investment

      Europe’s most valuable fintech says it does not see profitability as a ‘core metric’

    • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
      Regulator orders N26 to improve anti-money laundering controls

      German bank told by BaFin to fix backlogs and strengthen staffing

    • Thursday, 10 January, 2019
      Digital banking
      Germany’s N26 becomes Europe’s top fintech with $2.7bn valuation

      Online bank raised $300m from US Insight Venture and Singapore’s GIC

    • Thursday, 4 October, 2018
      European companies
      German digital bank N26 opens to UK customers

      Berlin-based start-up will be hoping to emulate success of app-based rival Monzo

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