Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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698. News: How Apple Card cost Goldman Sachs billions Jan 23, 2023

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

This week's guests include:

Irina Chuchkina, Chief Marketing Officer, Thunes
Natasha Jones, Early-Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures

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

Apple Card has cost Goldman Sachs over $1bn in losses - 5:00
Cashed-up banks ready to buy UK fintech firms on the cheap in 2023, says VC chief - 18:20
Women pass 40% mark on European financial services boards but hurdles remain - 31:15
US tech firms are replacing workers with cheaper talent in Latin America - 42:00
Revolut is assembling a new team to address its workplace culture - 50:10
Amazon to widely launch 'Buy with Prime', says offering improved merchant sales - 51:50
Keep cake away from office, suggests food watchdog head - 54:25

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: David Barton-Grimley, Irina Chuchkina, and Natasha Jones.

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697. Insights: Will social media banks ever take off? Jan 20, 2023

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Our expert host, Nicole Perry, is joined by some great guests to discuss the potential of social media networks becoming banks.

At the end of 2022, Elon Musk held a meeting with Twitter employees laying out plans to turn the social network into a bank - complete with a high-yield money market account, debit cards, checks, and loans.

Musk is not the first social media mogul to see the power of combining banking and social networks – but, to date, that melding of likes and filters with APIs and KYC has proved difficult in many markets.

So how have these two worlds collided so far, what is stopping social media banks from happening, and what could happen in the future?

This week's guests include:

Ross Gallagher, Manager, 11:FS
Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly
Nik Milanović, Editor, This Week in Fintech

This episode is sponsored by Amplitude

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Special Guests: Jason Mikula and Nik Milanović.

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696. Focus: Can Open Finance ever be truly global? Jan 18, 2023

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Our expert host, David M. Bear, is joined by some great guests to get deep-dive into the question: "Can Open Finance ever be truly global?"

In this new 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 set the scene on the journey from Open Banking to Open Finance to date, then our panel break down the challenges and opportunities for a truly global system.

This week's guests include:

Dan Roesbery, Global Fintech Partnerships Lead, Visa
Andrew Norman, Senior Engineer Lead for UK and Europe, Wise
Matt West, Vice President Strategic Accounts & New Markets, MX

This episode is sponsored by Visa

Visa’s Fintech Fast Track program is streamlining the onboarding process for fintechs – enabling them to gain access to Visa’s powerful capabilities and network. Visa and their enablement partners help fintechs launch and scale cards, virtual credentials, and disbursement programs. To learn more visit, partner.visa.com

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Special Guests: Andrew Norman, Dan Roesbery, and Matt West.

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695. News: Flutterwave vies for Railsr and NALA expands into Europe Jan 16, 2023

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

This week's guests include:

Benjamin Fernandes, CEO, NALA
Charlie Conchie, Investment Editor, City AM
Wiza Jalakasi, VP of Global Merchant Business, Chipper Cash

With soundclips from:

Tom Burton, Director of External Affairs and Public Policy, GoCardless

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

African payments giant Flutterwave vies to buy British fintech Railsr - 4:15
NALA expands into Europe to enable cross border payments - 16:40
UK fintech funding tumbles amid global slowdown, but London remains well ahead of global rivals - 30:15
Jack Ma to give up control of fintech giant Ant Group - 41:40
Visa and Enfuce pilot prepaid cards for refugees in France - 49:15
Open Banking turns five! - 50:50
YouTube star Logan Paul apologises for CryptoZoo project failure - 55:00

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Special Guests: Benjamin Fernandes , Charlie Conchie , Tom Burton, and Wiza Jalakasi.

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694. Insights: Can fintech ever be environmentally sustainable? Jan 13, 2023

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Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can financial services ever be sustainable?”

From the carbon cost of everyday payment transactions, data servers, plastic credit cards, and investments in polluting industries - not to mention the international conferences that require some serious jet-setting – it’s safe to say that our industry has never looked to put its environmental impact front and centre.

But, with global temperatures rising and climates across the globe being altered by our behaviour, can financial services really afford to ignore sustainability any longer?

This week's guests include:

Ken Hart, CEO and Founder, Snowdrop Solutions
Sarah Habib, Customer Strategist, 11:FS
Heidi Lindvall, General Partner, Pale Blue Dot

This episode is sponsored by Amplitude

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Special Guests: Heidi Lindvall, Ken Hart, and Sarah Habib.

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Bonus: Trailer | Fintech Insider Focus Jan 11, 2023

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David M. Brear is here to tell you about Fintech Insider Focus, the latest podcast strand joining your weekly News and Insights shows.

Focus will take all the burning financial services questions from across the globe and put them under the microscope – with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews with decision-makers.

We’re hopping continents and crossing borders to delve into the biggest subjects in the industry.

Whether Open Banking in Africa, or Super Apps in the Middle East, these bi-monthly breakdowns are essential listening wherever you are in the world.

The first episode is dropping January 18th and every other Wednesday from then on!

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693. News: Stripe is 2022's MVP as fintechs debate open banking future and cost of living bites Jan 09, 2023

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

This week's guests include:

Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic
Geri Cupi, CEO and Founder, Twig

With soundclips from:

Paul Lloyd, CMO and Co-Founder, Snoop

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

Millions of Brits would struggle to cover extra £20 a month as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite - 4:00
Twig acquires Vybe Technology - 16:20
Fintechs call for clarity over Open Banking reforms - 28:00
Stripe ranked world’s most valuable fintech in 2022 - 37:45
Australian BNPL Humm 'retreating from England' as market worsens - 46:55
Cashless Denmark records a year without bank robberies - 48:05
NatWest CEO receives damehood and FinTech Scotland chair recognised in New Year Honours - 49:45

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Special Guests: Geri Cupi, Lindsay Davis , and Paul Lloyd.

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692. Insights: What do we predict for financial services in 2023? Jan 06, 2023

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Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody, have come together to ask: "What do we predict for financial services in 2023?”

No matter how big or shiny your crystal ball was, there’s no way anyone predicted the sheer chaotic energy that was financial services in 2022.

So, for the opening Fintech Insider of the year, we’ve put together a panel of Elevens to discuss: how right or wrong we got last year's predictions, what our panel hope to see this year in financial services, and what the wider community see happening in 2023.

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691. Insights: SWIFT, Fast, Eat Now Pay Later – the biggest stories in financial services in 2022 Dec 23, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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’ve seen some of the biggest tests of financial services in living memory – with global conflicts, economic downturns, and industry layoffs. But…it’s not all been doom and gloom!

So, for the last Fintech Insider of 2022, we’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss: The biggest stories in financial services in 2022, the impact of these stories, and what buzzwords our panel would ban going into 2023.

This week's guests include:

Mary Ann Azevedo, Senior Editor, TechCrunch
Alex Johnson, Creator, Fintech Takes

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

The West’s Sanctions sever Russia’s economy from much of the world - 4:05
Fast shuts doors after slow growth - 12:50
Shoppers relying on buy now pay later and microloans for groceries in the UK and US - 25:05

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Special Guests: Alex Johnson and Mary Ann Azevedo.

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690. News: Sam Bankman-Fried and the dangers of celebrity founders Dec 19, 2022

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

This week's guests include:

Janay Eyo, Director of Financial Policy, Chamber of Progress
Sarah Kocianski, Independent Fintech Consultant
Bruno Diniz, Co-Founder, Spiralem

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

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried charged with defrauding investors - 4:20
Brazil's Nubank announces $330 million equity capitalization in Mexico - 17:15
Inflation peaked — but it's not returning to pre-Covid levels in 2023, Mastercard says - 30:00
Ocho wants to rethink (and rebrand) personal finance for business owners - 40:40
UK banking rules in biggest shake-up in more than 30 years - 50:50
The ‘naughty or nice’ list of financial services - 52:05

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Special Guests: Bruno DIniz, Janay Eyo, and Sarah Kocianski.

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