A banking app designed for teens and young adults has come under scrutiny in recent months after it was acquired by YouTube's biggest star, leading to questions about the creator's plans and shining ...

Step is an “all-in-one money app” aiming to bring financial literacy and independence to its users. Founded in 2018, it raised over $175 million in equity from investors like General Catalyst, Coatue ...

Jimmy Donaldson might have made his fortune on YouTube, but the man better known as MrBeast has plans for a much wider financial empire—and he’s well on his way to achieving it. Through Beast ...

(Bloomberg) -- YouTube star Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson acquired Step, a financial services company catering to young people, through his Beast Industries. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Step ...

YouTube star Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is making a push into financial services with his acquisition of Step, a money app for teens and young adults. Donaldson’s Beast Industries now ...

Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson (left), owner of Beast Industries, speaks with Apple CEO Tim Cook during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. James "Jimmy" ...

Popular YouTuber MrBeast’s company, Beast Industries, enters the fintech space, as it buys a teen-focused banking app, Step. It (Step) offers financial services catered to Gen Z to help them build ...

The banking acquisition follows a trademark filing for “MrBeast Financial” in October, which specifically mentioned “cryptocurrency exchange services.” Beast Industries, the entertainment company ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is questioning MrBeast's recent acquisition of the banking app Step. It shows the risk MrBeast is taking by entering the financial services industry. Beast Industries said it's ...

Beast Industries has acquired a banklike app for young people and could eventually offer a variety of financial services, including crypto. By Tara Siegel Bernard and Ron Lieber Jimmy Donaldson, the ...