UK challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech)

quirkydeptless

I found this interesting article with an overview (albeit a year old, so apologies if it's been posted before) of



UK challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech)

https://www.bankingtech.com/2018/05/uk-challenger-banks-whos-who-and-whats-their-tech/

eskbanker

quirkydeptless wrote: »

I found this interesting article with an overview (albeit a year old, so apologies if it's been posted before)

Although the article is dated May 2018, it does also state "Last updated: 28 March 2019" and has various references to events that occurred in late 2018 (Chip) and early 2019 (Revolut), so is perhaps more up to date than you thought....

I don't recall hearing about Bank of Dave before, it'll be interesting to see if adopting a TV channel naming convention proves as successful in the world of retail banking!

agrinnall

eskbanker wrote: »

I don't recall hearing about Bank of Dave before, it'll be interesting to see if adopting a TV channel naming convention proves as successful in the world of retail banking!

I think the nickname has more to do with the founder, David Fishwick, than with the TV channel :cool:


https://www.burnleysavingsandloans.co.uk/

eskbanker

agrinnall wrote: »

I think the nickname has more to do with the founder, David Fishwick, than with the TV channel :cool:


https://www.burnleysavingsandloans.co.uk/

Yes - I wasn't trying to imply that the bank was actually named after the TV channel, just that it's an unusual style of branding shared by both.

Rather than just being a nickname, it's been reported (albeit by a Daily Mail-owned site) that "Bank of Dave [...] will be the official name of the bank", although the use of double quotes at https://www.burnleysavingsandloans.co.uk/about-us/ may cast some doubt on that: 'Currently BSAL is applying to become a UK regulated bank; “The Bank of Dave”'!