397. News: Is N26 challenging the US banks?

Ross Gallagher and Adam Davis are in the hosting seat this week and are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week’s guests include:

• Ian Fuller, CTO and Co-Founder of Freetrade
• Jonathan Lister Parsons, CTO at Pensionbee
• Roisin Levine, Head of Banks at Flux

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

• N26 nabs 250,000 US customers in six months (02:53)
• FCA questions new overdraft rates (10:24)
• OakNorth brings former Chancellor onto advisory board (18:19)
• Community banks inject $9.5 million into Neocova (25:26)
• RBS CEO to fund women-led businesses (31:24)
• Goldman to deny IPOs to companies with non-diverse boards (37:20)
• New York City to ban cashless stores (42:59)

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