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Chime, Chart IQ, Starling Bank and several other startups have raised millions of dollars from venture capital and private-equity firms this year. Here's what they plan to do with their haul.

Digit, Chime and Pluto are among those said to be stepping into a void left by the banking industry. But designing helpful enough, yet flexible enough, financial safeguards for consumers is easier said than done.

The San Francisco challenger bank is adding 150,000 customers per month and plans to expand its financial product offerings.

Digital banks dispute the notion that they can skimp on customer service because millennials are only shopping for low fees and high savings rates.

Fintech challenger banks like Simple, Moven, Varo and Chime have faced separate headwinds in recent years. Here's how they’re taking up the charge again.

Disruptors would get a powerful new competitor if Amazon began offering checking accounts, but such a move would also validate the notion that fintechs are the future.