Varo is a digital bank that offers innovative, premium banking services wrapped in inclusive design. Varo was founded to make a powerful impact on systemic financial inequality that Americans have experienced for generations—and Varo’s founders knew that to tackle this head on, we needed to be a chartered national bank.
Overview
Type:
Private
Funding Status:
Series D
Foundation year:
2015
Location:
San Francisco, California, United States
Number of employees:
251-500
Founders:
Assaf Guery, Colin Walsh, Mykola Klymenko, Roger Van Duinen
Bank account, Checking accounts, savings accounts, debit cards, peer to peer payments, fee-free overdraft
Core product offerings for individual/retail customers
Bank Account
The Base Currency
USD
Product cost
No monthly fees
Openning a current account (business and personal)
Free
Money transfers/payments
No transfer fees; No foreign transaction fees
ATM withdrawals
No fees at 55,000+ Allpoint® ATMs in places you already shop. Deposit cash at 90,000+ retail locations using Green Dot ReloadⓇ. An out-of-network ATM charged only.
Other
Customer's bank deposits are FDIC insured up to $250,000
Minimum USD deposit required to open (a) a personal account (b) a business account
There is no minimum balance required to open a Varo Bank Account
(a) a personal account
Yes
(b) a business account
No
Key people
Colin Walsh Founder and CEO
Deep Varma CTO
Thibault Fulconis CFO
Wesley Wright COO
Smith Forte CPO
Philippa Girling CRO
Marina Gracias General Counsel
August de los Reyes Chief Design Officer
Halle Hutchison Chief Brand Officer
Lisa Violet Chief Auditor
May O’Neal Chief People Officer
Funding rounds
Last Funding Date
Jun 3, 2020
Last Funding Amount
$241M
Last Funding Type
Series D
Total Funding Amount
$419.4M
Number of Funding Rounds
6
Financials
Customer/Products segments
Online banking
Key product offering
Bank Account
Banking license
Varo Bank has been granted its full-service U.S. national bank charter on July 31, 2020.
Type of customers
Individuals
Number of customers
over 1 million customers
Number of investors
12
Number of lead investors
5
Names of lead investors
Paul Hewson (Bono), The Rise Fund, Jeffrey S. Skoll, Gallatin Point Capital, Warburg Pincus
Tech stack
Competitors
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