#1 Go-to-market Strategy

While Monzo & Revolut both went the #partnership way at launch, Starling Bank took its time with #licensing & building its own technological capabilities.
The result?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Revolut saw rapid uptake but hasn& #39;t been able to tap deposits & #lending

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Monzo switched to native capabilities via banking license - interest income cha-ching!

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Starling has diverse revenue streams - talk interest income, interchange, commission & #BaaS
#5 Financials

End of the day it all comes down to numbers.

Rapid revenue growth overshadowed by costs is a common factor across the 3 neo-banks.

Compared to the UK #Big4 banks, they lack in optimising their deposit bases to lend. Interest income WYA? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">
#6 Future Outlook

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Monzo is going the #subscription route & pushing the gas on lending

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Starling is SME all the way - business #marketplace, paid products, government-backed loans

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Revolut is going the #SuperApp way and they& #39;ve got their infinity gauntlet almost ready
 #6 Future Outlookhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=Monzo is going the #subscription route & pushing the gas on lendinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Starling is SME all the way - business #marketplace, paid products, government-backed loanshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Revolut is going the #SuperApp way and they& #39;ve got their infinity gauntlet almost ready" title=" #6 Future Outlookhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Monzo is going the #subscription route & pushing the gas on lendinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Starling is SME all the way - business #marketplace, paid products, government-backed loanshttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚡️" title="Hochspannungszeichen" aria-label="Emoji: Hochspannungszeichen">Revolut is going the #SuperApp way and they& #39;ve got their infinity gauntlet almost ready" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
A lot remains to unfold in this saga, but the hype sure isn& #39;t dying down anytime soon.

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