Banking Briefing: Open banking in Africa & how to make finance fun

New banks, Path to growth

How Grasshopper uses team building and customer acquisition strategies to catalyze its growth

• Grasshopper has recently grown its talent pool by bringing on four new executives to fill key roles in startup banking, embedded finance, product management, and SMB/SBA lending.
• We look at how team building is intertwined with Grasshopper’s growth strategy and its growth trajectory two years post-relaunch.

New banks

Stash’s new CMO, Jackie Stern on building big partnerships and the importance of simplifying products and communications in finance

• As investment service Stash matures, it's made a series of key hires in the C-suite.
• CMO Jackie Stern joins Stash as the firm works to scale its username, expand its product sets, and move into the next stage of its growth.

New banks

Looking back and moving forward: How neobanks tackled 2023 and what they expect from 2024

• 2023 wasn't the best year for traditional banks, but were neobanks any better off? 
• Hear from Chime and Panacea Financial about the challenges they faced in 2023 and what they think the new year will hold.

New banks

‘We’re shortening the distance between consumers and the products they want and need’: MoneyLion’s Dee Choubey comments on Q3’23 and more

• MoneyLion delivered strong third-quarter earnings and revenue last week.
• Dee Choubey, co-founder and CEO of MoneyLion, discusses where the firm stands today and the trends propelling digital banking heading into 2024.

New banks

‘Fintechs need to do a better job of talking about how we’re at the forefront of trust and security’: 5 questions with MoneyLion’s CEO Dee Choubey

• MoneyLion's revenue increased 34% to $93.7 million in Q1 2023 from $70 million in Q1 2022.
• Tearsheet spoke with MoneyLion's Dee Choubey about the increased revenue for the quarter, the advancing role of AI in banking, and how the banking crisis is affecting fintechs.