What is a Neobank?

What is a Neobank?

🔥NEW Neobanks are new generation banks which offer banking services over a completely digital platform, in particular mobile apps. Unlike traditional banks, they don't have a brick-and-mortar setup. Thus, users of such banks (only) interact with the bank's mobile apps (or website) to avail banking services.
Although internet banking isn't a new concept, the concept of neobank is still new (thus the word 'neo').

Neobank Business Model

While Internet banking is typically offered by traditional banks to its customers, Neobanks are founded independently of any traditional bank. They typically partner with traditional banks to offer banking services. Using a neobank, customers can avail traditional banking services (deposit, withdrawal, payment, loan etc.) as well as certain niche services usually at a much lower cost that traditional banks cannot offer.

Neobank Examples

Because of gaining extensive funding in recent years, Neobanks have become a buzzword in fintech industry. There are hundreds of players right now in the industry. N26 (Germany), Chime (US), Revolut (UK), Tinkoff (Russia), Nubank (Brazil), just to name few.

Neobank Success Factors

In a growing cashless society powered by smartphone-savvy generations, neobanks are challenging traditional banks with its unique customer-friendly smart banking experience and data-driven, extremely cost-effective business model. They are also called challenger banks for that reason.
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Sources:
Statrys Team (2020), "What are Neobanks?"
Rao, H. (2021)"What is a Neobank? Everything You Should Know", Razorpay
Crasulla (2019), "Neo Banks: Explaining the New Term in Digital Banking", Medium

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		2 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Properties of Neobanks Neobanks all have one thing in common: they operate exclusively online or via apps. However, their ... Sign up

		1 Anonymous
	Similar Terms Like Neobanks They are also referred to as online banks, internet-only banks, virtual banks, digital banks, and "f... Sign up

		1 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Neobanks are Technology-oriented New technologies such as big data, artificial intelligence, robotization, and machine learning are w... Sign up

		1 Armand Zunder Entrepreneur, Suriname
	Neobank Start Up What do you need to start a Neobank?... Sign up

		1 Jacques Strydom CEO, South Africa
	New Banks Should Remember the Human! I am 100% pro these new banks as they fit the profile of the current client profile. I would howeve... Sign up

		0 Meheresh Management Consultant, India
	Are There Any Bank Classifications? As Jaap de Jonge explained "…offerings vary and the same applies to the degree of their bank permits... Sign up

		1 Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
	Classifications of Banks Based on Their Bank Permits and Restrictions @Meheresh: Interesting question. I am unaware of such standard classifications for banks showing at ... Sign up

		1 Ivan Kohlinsky Management Consultant, United Kingdom
	Interesting Development - Hopefully Well Regulated and Well Understood by Potential Customers I hope that these Neobanks either pay directly for their customers' use of other organisations (i.e.... Sign up