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Opening an 86400 account – A first impression

The 86400 app follows on the heels of Up Bank, the tearaway neobank leader. Up Bank didn’t just get their product to market first,...
Prashant Rajkhowa
3 min read

How Up Bank is building a habit forming product,…

You can’t discuss habit-forming products without mentioning Nir Eyal’s Hooked – How to Build Habit-Forming Products. It’s a four-step manual for product-managers and experience...
Prashant Rajkhowa
7 min read

Travel money card showdown: Xinja vs Up Bank vs…

It’s one thing to be a shiny, young neobank in Australia. But what happens when we take our upstarts out of their comfort zone?...
Prashant Rajkhowa
4 min read

Up Bank – App review

I signed up and have been using the Up Bank app for two months now. And there is no denying the work that has...
Prashant Rajkhowa
3 min read

Xinja prepaid card – App review

The Xinja prepaid card is Xinja’s first banking product. Their main selling point is that they don’t charge overseas ATM fees and refund the...
Prashant Rajkhowa
1 min read

Opening an Up Bank account – A first impression

Opening an Up Bank account was going to be the most interesting of them all because it’s the only one of the lot that’s...
Prashant Rajkhowa
1 min read

Signing up for Revolut’s waitlist – A first impression

I knew that signing up for Revolut would not be like the others. Revolut has been running with incredible success (read 3 million+ users...
Prashant Rajkhowa
1 min read

Signing up for Pelikin’s waitlist – A first impression

My signing up for Pelikin almost did not happen because it doesn’t look like they want to be a neobank. It’s more of an...
Prashant Rajkhowa
1 min read

Signing up for Volt Bank – A first impression

Signing up for Volt Bank was a completely different experience from the other neobanks. Volt Bank have gone beyond the concept of signing up...
Prashant Rajkhowa
2 min read

Signing up for Xinja – A first impression

Signing up for Xinja was a mixed bag. I started thinking it was going to be a waitlist, like the others. Then found out...
Prashant Rajkhowa
1 min read