NUMBER26 is a bank built for smartphones. "Other banking products are not really connected to digital natives," says Valentin Stalf, CEO and co-founder. It launched in January. "Banks have a hard time figuring out how to build digital products. We're rethinking the whole process, from signing up to customer experience. We place mobile at the core and everything works in real time." Stalf is planning to incorporate features including "smart personal financial management" and fraud detection. "We can compare the geolocation of smartphones with the location of transactions and block a fraudulent transaction before it actually happens," he says. In April, NUMBER26 raised €10m (£7m) from Valar Ventures, a VC firm backed by Peter Thiel, along with Daniel S Aegerter, Earlybird and Redalpine. Ik zit er aan te denken om deze kaart aan te vragen, aangezien ze geen kosten in rekening brengen voor betalen in buitenlandse valuta. Het is een soort halve prepaid creditcard, maar volgens de reviews wordt deze niet zo herkent, maar als een volwaardige CC TechCrunch over Number26: http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/26/number26-could-be-the-best-banking-experience-in-europe/
