We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Neo banks

Options
lon_don
lon_don Posts: 132 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
in Budgeting & bank accounts
https://www.ft.com/content/dc80b04d-1279-4883-b78b-77deaa4e3e2f

Revolut and Wise have become quite profitable in 2023, in no small part thanks to higher interest rates.

Comments

  • Zanderman
    Zanderman Posts: 4,878 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!
  • lon_don
    lon_don Posts: 132 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    It's Alphaville. You just need to register for free, and log in, then the article is readable.
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,688 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Zanderman said:
    FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!
    The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archive

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • Shakin_Steve
    Shakin_Steve Posts: 2,813 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 26 January 2024 at 3:41PM
    Nasqueron said:
    Zanderman said:
    FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!
    The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archive
    It's grown, it's a 12ft ladder now. It's been taken down by it's ISP, for now anyway.
    I came into this world with nothing and I've got most of it left.
  • Nasqueron
    Nasqueron Posts: 10,688 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 26 January 2024 at 3:46PM
    Shakin_Steve said:
    Nasqueron said:
    Zanderman said:
    FT is behind a paywall so, with moneysaving in mind, could you tell us more about the article says? Thanks!
    The 10 foot ladder site allows you to bypass paywalls, same as internet archive
    It's grown, it's a 12ft ladder now. It's been taken down by it's ISP, for now anyway.
    Fair do, https://12ft.io/ is still up though albeit this FT article is still paywall so maybe they bypassed it

    https://archive.ph/ works for it though

    Sam Vimes' Boots Theory of Socioeconomic Unfairness: 

    People are rich because they spend less money. A poor man buys $10 boots that last a season or two before he's walking in wet shoes and has to buy another pair. A rich man buys $50 boots that are made better and give him 10 years of dry feet. The poor man has spent $100 over those 10 years and still has wet feet.

  • lon_don
    lon_don Posts: 132 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 26 January 2024 at 3:59PM
    FT Alphaville is free of access, has always been free. I'm no FT subscriber, and rarely really read the truly paywalled content.
  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 37,179 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    FT paywall can be circumvented by Googling the article title (visible in the main link in OP, "UK neobanks need to show sterling qualities, not just fintech growth" in this case), and following the link returned by the search.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture