Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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728. News: FCA enlists Love Island star while Visa connects Venmo and PayPal users Apr 17, 2023

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Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Love Island's Sharon Gaffka teams up with FCA in clampdown on 'get rich quick' schemes promoted by influencers - 6:00
Verto claims a quarter of SVB customers operating in Africa are opening accounts on its platform - 18:25
Visa partners PayPal for interoperable P2P payments - 32:45
India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital payments system - 44:10
Molo launches 24-hour ‘Rapid Remortgage’ - 52:30
bunq applies for US banking licence - 53:50
Dumb phones are on the rise in the U.S. as Gen Z looks to limit screen time - 55:00

This week's guests include:

Anthony Oduu, Co-Founder, Verto
Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst

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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher, Benjamin Ensor, and Kate Moody - as well as a range of brilliant guests. We cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Anthony Oduu and Kate Drew.

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727. Insights: Is debt the last taboo of financial services? Apr 14, 2023

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Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Is debt the last taboo of financial services?”

This week's guests include:

Karen Andres, Director, Policy & Market Solutions, Aspen Institute
Neil Costello, UK Marketing Director, Lowell
Siamac Rezaiezadeh, VP of Product Marketing and Insight, GoCardless

As an industry, we can talk endlessly about positive user journeys and financial enrichment. But, when it comes to the tough topics it’s a little more challenging to open up.

No topic seems more taboo for the financial services industry than debt. But with people in the UK owing £1.8 billion in 2023 and millions of Americans currently carrying some form of debt – this is a subject far too important to ignore.

We’ve put together a panel of amazing experts to discuss why debt is such a taboo subject, how to help people avoid unworkable debt, and how we improve the debt collection process.

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Special Guests: Karen Andres, Neil Costello, and Siamac Rezeaizadeh.

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726. Focus: Can APAC’s travel sector spur on its financial services? Apr 12, 2023

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Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus!

In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews – all to bring the global community into focus.

In this episode, we're looking at how lockdowns impacted the Asia Pacific's travel sector, how fintechs pivoted during that time, and how things look as the region is opening up again.

This week's guests include:

Matthew Wood, Head of Digital and Fintech Partnerships, Asia Pacific, Visa
Caecilia Chu, Co-Founder and CEO, YouTrip
Matt Baxby, Australia and APAC Lead, Revolut

This episode is sponsored by Visa

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Special Guests: Caecilia Chu, Matt Baxby, and Matthew Wood.

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725. News: Has Apple missed the Buy Now Pay Later boom? Apr 10, 2023

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Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Crowdcube and Octopus Investments are opening up retail investments in a new partnership - 5:20
Apple Pay Later is finally launching - 16:35
Investing app Acorns acquires kid-focused fintech GoHenry to expand in Europe - 28:50
The Meltdown of a Gay Bank: What went wrong when an LGBTQ+ start-up set out to disrupt finance - 41:15
Twitter changes logo to Dogecoin cryptocurrency image in apparent late April fool’s day gag - 43:00

This week's guests include:

Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly
Jonathan Keeling, Chief Growth Officer, Crowdcube
Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times

With soundclips from:

Louise Hill, Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer, GoHenry

This episode is sponsored by Global Processing Services

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Special Guests: Jason Mikula, Jonathan Keeling, Louise Hill, and Polly Jean Harrison.

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724. Insights: Are SMEs being served globally? Apr 07, 2023

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Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Are SMEs being served globally?”

This week's guests include:

Bruno Diniz, Co-Founder, Spiralem
Dani Lima, Executive VP of Infrastructure , Novo
Rob Pearce, Technical Advisor - CEO's Office, OakNorth
Said Murad, Partner, Global Ventures

No matter where you’re tuning in from - at some point, you’re likely to have heard that independent small businesses are the backbone of your economy.

But to date, that backbone of entrepreneurs and small business owners has often lacked the proper support needed from financial services.

According to the World Economic Forum, 67% of small and mid-sized companies globally are fighting for survival.

Our panel of experts discuss: the banking options for SMEs globally, the challenges across markets, and what could the future be in this space.

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Special Guests: Bruno DIniz, Dani Lima, Rob Pearce, and Said Murad.

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723. News: After Dark: Silicon Valley Bank bought by US rival and Klarna embraces ChatGPT Apr 03, 2023

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Live on stage at our recent After Dark: London Calling event, in association with GPS.

Our expert hosts, David M. Bear and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Silicon Valley Bank: Collapsed US lender bought by rival - 5:10
Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform for faster product recommendations - 14:20
Latitude Financial customers frustrated after millions of personal records stolen in cyber attack - 28:50
Fintech Higher or Lower - 40:30

This week's guests include:

Charlotte Crosswell, Chair, CFIT
Saira Khan, Head of Innovation & Partnerships, First Direct Bank

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Special Guests: Charlotte Crosswell and Saira Khan.

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722. Insights: How do you choose the right investment path for your business? Mar 31, 2023

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Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "How do you choose the right investment path for your business?"

This week's guests include:

David T Frank, CEO & Founder, Stonehaven LLC
Joshuah Lebacq, Director at NA Ventures, National Bank Of Canada
Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner, Anthemis

Investment has been the rocket fuel in the jetpack of fintech’s success to date.

But it might be time for fintechs to think strategically about where and who signs the cheques which help them to grow.

So, in this show, we’ve put together a panel of amazing experts to discuss how investment looks in 2023, how to choose the right path, and how investors maintain a relationship.

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Special Guests: David T Frank, Joshuah Lebacq, and Ruth Foxe-Blader.

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721. Focus: Building financial inclusion for seven generations, with Amber Buker, CEO of Totem Mar 29, 2023

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In the newest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus.

In this episode, David Barton-Grimley sat down with Amber Buker, CEO of Totem to continue exploring the question set out in our previous Focus episode: “What does effective financial inclusion look like in the USA?”

Join us to find out what the biggest hurdles to financial inclusion in North America overall right now are, what financial _exclusion _looks like and how we can change that, and how to make a real change in banking the unbanked in the US.

All of this, and so much more!

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Special Guests: Amber Buker and Erin Pursell.

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720. News: UBS snaps up Credit Suisse, while Stripe breaks the down round stigma Mar 27, 2023

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Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

UBS is buying Credit Suisse in bid to halt banking crisis - 4:55
FCA warns payment firms over ‘unacceptable risk of harm to customers’ - 17:40
Stripe now valued at $50B following $6.5B raise - 33:10
Final Tech Nation report: What UK tech needs to quadruple in value - 44:00
Fintech startups race to serve LatAm founders left behind by SVB - 52:20
DIGISEQ taps Curve to bring passive wearable payments to Europe - 55:30
JPMorgan Chase thought it had $1.3 million worth of nickel stored in a warehouse. A closer examination revealed bags of stones - 57:00

This week's guests include:

Luke Massie, Founder and CEO, VibePay
Sarah Kocianski , Independent Fintech Consultant

With soundclips from:

Dr. George Windsor, Data and Research Director, Tech Nation
Bernardo Brites, CEO & Co-Founder, Trace Finance

This episode is sponsored by Global Processing Services

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Special Guests: Bernardo Brites, George Windsor, Luke Massie, and Sarah Kocianski.

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719. Insights: Is FinOps the key to ride out the economic storm? Mar 24, 2023

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Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Is FinOps the key to ride out the economic storm?”

This week's guests include:

Ewan Silver, Group CTO, 11:FS
Stathis Onasoglou, Principal Architect, Google
Regina Lau, Chief Financial Officer, Weavr

Fintechs and the wider financial services are currently in a stress test - with all sorts of costs suddenly being put under scrutiny.

Cloud-based services can be one cost put under the microscope – but would it be wise to move away from a system that made the fintech revolution possible in the first place?

We’ve put together a panel of amazing experts to give an overview of the cloud and FInOps today, how the industry faces into this current downturn, what the future looks like…with or without cloud-based services.

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Special Guests: Ewan Silver, Regina Lau, and Stathis Onasoglou.

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