111 results about this entity
Period: 09 Apr 2014 - 01 Aug 2025
Company announcement
Atom bank, the UK’s first bank built exclusively for smartphone and tablet, has joined the Faster Payments Scheme as a direct participant and migrated all traffic across its retail deposit book to the real-time payment scheme.
23 March 2018
News
UK digital-only Atom Bank has raised £149 million in a funding round which sees BBVA invest a further £85.4m in the startup, raising its stake to 39%.
07 March 2018
Anthony Thomson, the founder of UK challenger bank Atom is to step down from the chairmanship of the Durham-based lender as it reputedly finalises a £150 million fundraising round.
25 January 2018
Atom, the UK's first bank built exclusively for mobile, has partnered with user-generated content platform Reevoo to drive greater transparency, improve customer engagement and help prospective customers make informed purchase decisions.
19 September 2017
British app-only bank Atom is making a move into the German market through partnership with local startup Deposit Solutions.
06 September 2017
UK digital-only bank Atom is set to ramp up its small business lending after securing a £30 million Tier 2 capital facility from the state-backed British Business Bank.
21 June 2017
Digital only Atom Bank has put plans to open a current account on ice as it faces up to a slew of new regulations set to land over the course of the next year.
06 June 2017
Voice recognition software launched last year by HSBC in order to speed up access for phone banking customers has been successfully bypassed by a BBC reporter and his non-identical twin brother.
19 May 2017
American musician will.i.am has become a strategic board advisor at Atom, calling the new UK app-based bank's bid to change the industry through technology "awesome".
24 April 2017
App-based bank Atom is raising another £83 million from existing investors, including Spain's BBVA, as it builds up a war chest to take on Britain's high street giants.
03 March 2017
For the first time since launch in 1989, First Direct has been displaced as the most recommended UK bank by digital-only entrant, Atom Bank.
23 February 2017
In April 2016, Atom Bank, the UK’s first bank built exclusively for mobile, became the first of the new breed of challenger banks to open its virtual doors through a controlled roll-out to pre-registered customers.
20 December 2016
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