Best UNO Digital Bank alternatives

#1 alternative

Maya

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Philippine digital bank and wallet that outgrew the e-money label.

4.4

Pasig · 50M+ · Voyager / public-era capital

7.2Solid

Label Maya Bank deposits as PDIC-eligible products and the wallet as EMI. That sentence is the review.

Best for: Philippine residents who want bank + wallet in one super-app.

Licence

Digital bank + EMI heritage

Protection

PDIC on digital-bank deposit products; wallet balances follow EMI rules

Monthly

Free wallet u00b7 bank products vary

#2 alternative

GCash

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The Philippinesu2019 scale wallet. G-Xchange, Inc. is an e-money issuer. The wallet is not a bank deposit.

Taguig · ~94M have used GCash · Mynt / Globe

6.9Mixed

GCash is the wallet. UNO is the bank. G-Xchange, Inc. is a BSP e-money issuer. The GCash balance is e-money, not a deposit, and PDIC does not cover it. If you want insurance, open GSave at a partner bank and read that banku2019s name. File GCash on Wallets, never on Neobanks.

Best for: Everyday peso payments in the Philippines. Not a PDIC bank account.

Licence

Electronic money issuer

Protection

The GCash wallet is not PDIC-insured. GSave balances sit at partner banks and follow those banksu2019 PDIC cover.

Monthly

No monthly fee on the wallet. Cash-in, cash-out and some transfers have fees.

#3 alternative

Yuh

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Yuh is not a bank. Swissquote Bank Ltd is. esisuisse cover is CHF 100,000, shared.

Gland · Swiss all-in-one app · Swissquote (100% after July 2025)

7.6Solid

Yuh is not a bank. The English homepage says it in one paragraph: Swissquote Bank Ltd provides the banking, FINMA authorises that bank, and esisuisse cover is CHF 100,000 shared with Swissquote. July 2025 ended the PostFinance joint venture. If you already hold cash at Swissquote, do not count CHF 100,000 twice. Zak is Bank Cler. Neon sits at Hypothekarbank Lenzburg. Read those files separately.

Best for: People who live in Switzerland and want spend plus invest, and who accept Swissquote as the bank.

Licence

Fintech app u2014 not a bank

Protection

Yuh itself is not a bank. Banking sits at Swissquote Bank Ltd, FINMA-authorised. esisuisse covers eligible deposits up to CHF 100,000. Yuh and Swissquote are one entity, so the cap is shared.

Monthly

No fees whenever possible u2014 live list on yuh.com/en/pricing

#4 alternative

Chase UK

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J.P. Morgan Europe Limited trading as Chase. UK bank, PRA/FCA, FSCS up to u00a3120,000.

London · UK digital bank · JPMorgan Chase

7.6Solid

Chase UK is a bank. The legal name is J.P. Morgan Europe Limited. PRA-authorised, FCA-regulated, FSCS up to u00a3120,000. It is a useful UK current account with honest travel spend. It is not Revolutu2019s multi-country stack and not a US Chase login. UK tax residents only.

Best for: UK residents who want a JPMorgan current account in an app, with FSCS, and cheap travel spend.

Licence

UK bank

Protection

FSCS covers eligible deposits at J.P. Morgan Europe Limited t/a Chase up to u00a3120,000 per depositor.

Monthly

u00a30

#5 alternative

Neo Financial

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Calgary fintech. Not an OSFI bank. Eligible cash sits in trust at CDIC-member institutions.

Calgary · Canadian fintech · Private

6.8Mixed

Neo Financial is not a bank. Neo Financial Technologies Inc. is a Calgary fintech, a FINTRAC money-services business and a payments-Canada PSP. CDIC cover, when it applies, follows the member institution that holds the funds in trust u2014 Peoples Bank of Canada is named on the HISA. File it as a Canadian app with a partner-bank deposit, not as EQ Bank.

Best for: Canadian residents who want the Neo app and will read which CDIC member holds the cash.

Licence

MSB and payment service provider

Protection

Neo is not a CDIC member. Eligible funds held in trust at CDIC-member institutions can be covered up to CAD $100,000 per beneficiary per member institution.

Monthly

$0 monthly on chequing, on the September 2026 agreement

#6 alternative

Zak

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Zak is Bank Cleru2019s digital account. Swiss IBAN, FINMA bank, esisuisse up to CHF 100,000.

Basel · Bank Cler digital · Basler Kantonalbank

7.5Solid

Zak is not a neobank startup. It is Bank Cleru2019s app. Bank Cler AG is a FINMA bank in Basel, owned by Basler Kantonalbank. You get a Swiss IBAN and esisuisse cover up to CHF 100,000. File it next to Yuh and Neon, but remember the difference: Yuh is Swissquote. Zak is Bank Cler. Neon is still Neon.

Best for: People who live in Switzerland and want a real CHF IBAN without a fintech wrapper.

Licence

Swiss bank (Bank Cler AG)

Protection

esisuisse up to CHF 100,000 per client at Bank Cler AG.

Monthly

CHF 0 on Zak. Zak Plus is CHF 8/month.