Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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680. News: Apple and PayPal call a truce – but who wins? Nov 14, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Kate Moody 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.

This week's guests include:

Alex Johnson, Creator, Fintech Takes
Sophie Winwood, Principal, Anthemis

With soundclips from:

Kristin Sadler, Head of Impact, Quona Capital

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

PayPal, Apple reach truce and will accept each other’s products - 3:20
Stripe cuts 14% of its workforce, CEO says they ‘overhired for the world we’re in’ - 14:45
Quona Capital sinking $332M into startups focused on financial inclusion - 25:15
Santander to block UK transfers to crypto exchanges in 2023 - 36:00
Black-owned fintech company launches free grant search platform - 46:40
Twitter files paperwork to enter payments business - 48:45
11:FS and Griffin join forces to bring the power of embedded finance to UK businesses - 50:20
Glastonbury Festival ticket sales hit by technical issue - 51:20

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: Alex Johnson, Kristin Sadler, and Sophie Winwood.

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679. Insights: Is the future of fighting financial crime in people or automation? Nov 11, 2022

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In this show in association with LexisNexis Risk Solutions – our expert host, David M. Brear , is joined by some great guests to ask: “Is the future of AML and fighting financial crime about investing in people, or automation?”

With the current climate of economic downturns, global conflict, and international sanctions - fighting financial crime has never been tougher.

But is the answer better equipping humans to spot the signs of financial crime, or creating more sophisticated systems through machine learning? We discuss the current challenges, the role of orchestration, and more!

This week's guests include:

Eddie Vaughan, Sales Director, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Dan Argent, Head of Financial Crime and MLRO, GB Bank.
Jessica Cath, Head of Financial Crime Project Delivery, FINTRAIL

This episode is sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions harnesses the power of data and advanced analytics to provide insights that help businesses and governmental entities reduce risk and improve decisions to benefit people around the globe.
Leveraging automation and machine learning from the ground up, the LexisNexis® RiskNarrative™ platform, as recognised by Gartner, is a smart, configurable financial crime and fraud lifecycle management solution enabling businesses to seamlessly manage all customer journeys within a simple, no-code integration.

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Special Guests: Dan Argent, Eddie Vaughan, and Jessica Cath.

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678. News: What Open Banking brings to the cost of living crisis Nov 07, 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.

This week's guests include:

Tage Kene-Okafor, Africa Reporter, Techcrunch
Karina Seskena, Product Marketing Lead, Yapily

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

UK consumers using new money tools to cope with cost of living - 4:34
JPMorgan Chase wants to disrupt the rent check with its payments platform for landlords and tenants - 16:41
Money Fellows, an Egyptian fintech digitizing money circles, raises $31M funding - 28:33
Uber alum rakes in $9.7M to curb finance-related fights between co-parents - 40:18
Bank of Ireland to roll out bio-sourced cards - 49:28
Capital Bank of Jordan launches new mobile banking app powered by Codebase - 51:20
Actor Simon Callow sits down for spooky story time - to warn Brits about types of fraud - 52:17

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Special Guests: Karina Seskena and Tage Kene-Okafor.

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677. Insights: How does innovation survive a recession? Nov 04, 2022

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Our expert host, Nicole Perry, is joined by some great guests to ask: 'how does innovation survive a recession?'

While the current economic issues will no doubt have many across the globe feeling worried, there are some who look at these times as a challenge and the chance to build something better than we’ve had before.

We’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss: what lessons can be learnt from previous economic downturns? What are the current challenges to innovation? And how will this impact the future for many in financial services?

This week's guests include:

Catalina Munteanu, Engineering Manager, 11:FS
Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth and Communications, OakNorth
Jake Johnson, VP of Brand and Content Versapay

This episode is sponsored by Tink

Open banking can pave the way for faster and more responsible lending practices, that are robust on risk and financially inclusive. As the leading open banking platform, Tink is powering banks and fintechs to transform lending. To find out more, and read Tink’s new Lending Unlocked report, go to tink.com/11fs.

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Special Guests: Catalina Munteanu, Jake Johnson, and Valentina Kristensen.

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676. News: Live from Money20/20 - announcements from Google, Wells Fargo, Adyen, Fireblocks and more! Oct 31, 2022

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Our expert host, David M. Brear, 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:

Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic
Charley Ma, General Manager, Alloy
Lindsey Argalas, COO, TaxBit

With soundclips from:

Ran Goldi, VP of Payments, Fireblocks
Hemmo Bosscher, VP of Platforms & Financial Services, Adyen
Hasan Luongo, VP of Brand & Marketing, Chipper Cash
Simon Khalaf, Chief Product Officer, Marqeta

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

Wells Fargo launches virtual assistant, named Fargo 4:35
Fireblocks launches digital asset payments engine with FIS as new pilot partner - 10:03
Adyen moves into embedded finance with dual product launch - 22:10
TaxBit releases Cost Basis Interchange for digital asset reporting and compliance - 32:00
ChipperCash’s new UGX Virtual Card lets you make online payments - 38:25
Fintech Marqeta pushes into banking for next growth phase - 41:31

This episode is sponsored by Tink

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Special Guests: Charley Ma, Hasan Luongo, Lindsay Davis , Lindsey Argalas, Ran Goldi, and Simon Khalaf.

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675. Insights: Is the USA world-beating when it comes to payments? Oct 28, 2022

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Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some greats to discuss: “Is the US world-beating when it comes to payments?”

Just like the food in Vegas, the payments industry doesn’t do small!

The USA is home to the biggest payments players, the most valuable companies, and the most sought-after market.

But does that make it world-beating in this industry?

This week's guests include:

Wade Arnold, CEO, Moov
Kristen Anderson, CEO, Catch
Ginger Baker, Head of Financial Access, Plaid

This episode is sponsored by Tink

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Special Guests: Ginger Baker, Kristen Anderson, and Wade Arnold.

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674. News: Is Apple's big bank dream impossible? Oct 24, 2022

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Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, 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:

Alex Zivoder, CEO, GoHenry
Jason Mikula, Publisher, Fintech Business Weekly
Gaia Lamperti, Producer, Bloomberg

With sound clips from:

Luigi Pace, Director of Marketing and Innovation, Compass

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

Apple teams up with Goldman Sachs on high-yield savings accounts - 5:33
GoHenry, the fintech for under-18s, raises $55m after passing 2m users - 18:15
Mastercard will help banks offer cryptocurrency trading - 30:45
Italy’s Mediobanca acquires fintechs to drive BNPL growth - 41:00
Digital bank Bunq wins case against Dutch Central Bank over artificial intelligence use - 50:30
Revolut expands accommodation booking service to rival Airbnb - 52:10
Ed Westwick teams up with Shares to champion new era of social investing -53:20

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Special Guests: Alex Zivoder, Gaia Lamperti, Jason Mikula, and Luigi Pace.

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673. Insights: How to make home-buying more inclusive Oct 21, 2022

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Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask "how do we make home-buying more inclusive?"

Home-buying is challenging enough with house prices and mortgage rates continuing to rise.

However, certain demographics face even more scrutiny than others when applying for loans, trying to raise their credit scores, or getting the down payment needed to get on the property ladder at all.

So today, we’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss how to open up the home-buying market to more diverse communities.

This week's guests include:

Brian Simons, President of Maxwell
Laura Arce, SVP, UnidosUS

This episode is sponsored by Tink

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Special Guests: Brian Simons and Laura Arce.

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672. News: Will Goldman Sachs call time on Marcus? Oct 17, 2022

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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.

This week's guests include:

Oliver Smith, Managing Editor, AltFi
Anita Ramaswamy, Senior Reporter, Techcrunch

With soundclips from:

Mauricio Magaldi, Crypto, 11:FS

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

Is Goldman Sachs ready to pull the rug on Marcus? - 4:10
PayPal decides fining people $2,500 for 'misinformation' wasn't a great idea - 15:08
Affirm is working on credit card-like bonus points for its payment product - 27:10
How India's proposed digital rupee would be different from cryptocurrency - 38:00
Egypt’s Algebra Ventures completes first close of $100m for its second fund - 49:25
Martin Lewis hits out Deliveroo for buy now pay later scheme - 50:45
Digital receipts start-up Flux closing down - 52:20
Damien Hirst burns artworks after collectors pick their NFTs instead - 54:20

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Special Guests: Anita Ramaswamy, Mauricio Magaldi, and Oliver Smith.

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671. Insights: What does the perfect pension offering look like? Oct 14, 2022

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Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to ask: "What does the perfect pension offering look like?”

The average global life expectancy today is higher than in any country back in 1950 – which means we’re seeing a lot more of our retirement years than previous generations.

So pension planning and offerings have never been more prevalent or important to get right.

We’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss how to build the perfect pension offering, with today’s constraints in mind.

This week's guests include:

Jasper Martens, Chief Marketing Officer, PensionBee
Andy Russell, CEO, Wealthify
Alex Mazer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Common Wealth

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Special Guests: Alex Mazer, Andy Russell, and Jasper Martens.

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