MEMPHIS, Tenn. - After mega-influencer MrBeast made headlines for purchasing a banking app for kids, federal lawmakers are questioning the motives of the app and its connections to a Mid-South Bank.

The YouTuber's new fintech venture relies on Evolve Bank & Trust, a partner bank of the now-collapsed Synapse that has dealt with numerous setbacks. MrBeast, who acquired teen banking app Step in ...

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MrBeast has gone from giving away money to asking teenagers to trust him with theirs. The YouTube star with 469 million followers recently acquired Step, a financial services app with 7 million teen ...

The company said that the move, if approved, would allow it to offer more products to American customers as it seeks to grow globally. By Michael J. de la Merced Over nine years, the banking app ...

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Jimmy Donaldson’s latest venture adds digital banking to the growing list of businesses under Beast Industries. Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Step will join a number of other ventures ...

YouTuber MrBeast’s company Beast Industries purchased Step, a banking app with 7 million teen and young adult users Deal follows $200 million investment from Ethereum treasury firm BitMine Immersion ...

On February 9, 2026, Jimmy Donaldson, the global content phenomenon known as MrBeast, announced that his holding company, Beast Industries, has successfully acquired the teen-focused fintech platform ...

Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. Beast Industries has acquired Step, a finance app aimed at Gen-Z and Gen Alpha. is a news writer covering all things ...

YouTube megastar MrBeast announced on Monday that his company, Beast Industries, is buying Step, a teen-focused banking app. Step, which raised half a billion in funding and has grown to over 7 ...