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‘Banks are a flight to safety’: Challenger banks are struggling to gain trust during COVID-19

  • Challenger banks look for new ways to remain relevant and gain user trust during the pandemic.
  • With incumbents given time to improve their digitized services, challenger banks may become less of a rising threat to the traditional banking industry.
Rivka Abramson | August 14, 2020
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