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  • 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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