From no bank to neobank

2024-11-24 17:46:46 source: category:Stocks

When's the last time you visited the bank? With so much banking happening online now, some banks don't even have physical locations anymore. And that's not just happening in the U.S. — Mexico has become fertile ground for purely digital banks, known as neobanks.

Many adults in Mexico don't have any kind of bank account, and a lot of those people are young and tech savvy. Fintech startups see this as their window of opportunity to leapfrog over in-person analog banking and get people to start online banking.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Facebook / Newsletter.

Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts and NPR One.

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

More:Stocks

Recommend

Nordstrom Limited Time Beauty Deals: Drybar, St. Tropez, MAC, It Cosmetics, Giorgio Armani, and More

We independently selected these products because we love them, and we hope you do too at these price

Human remains found in luggage in separate Texas, Florida incidents

In separate incidents in Florida and Texas, officials in those locations discovered suitcases contai

Earthjustice Is Suing EPA Over Coal Ash Dumps, Which Leak Toxins Into Groundwater

Environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency to close a gaping loophole in the