Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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613. Insights: The rise of 'fintech for good' Mar 25, 2022

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Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk about the relationship between charitable giving and fintech.

With a cashless society steadily reducing the amount of spare change in purses and back pockets, many charities have been plunged into a crisis of traditional fundraising.

While dropping coins into buckets may be a thing of the past, financial services focused on charitable giving is a growing sector which could help small charities, NGOs, relief funds and community organisations stay above water.

So today we’re talking about what charitable giving looks like today, what are the challenges still to overcome and the rise of 'fintech for good'.

This week's guests include:

Sarah Habib, Customer Strategist, 11:FS
Matt Crate, CEO, Toucan
Fizel Nejabat, Co-founder & COO, Algbra

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, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Fizel Nejabat, Matt Crate, and Sarah Habib.

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612. News: SCA finally in effect, Lunar raises $77M and HSBC joins the metaverse Mar 21, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Sim Rai, 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:

Roger De’Ath, UK Country Manager, at Truelayer
Jimmy Fong, CCO at SEON

With soundclips from:

Mauricio Magaldi, Global Leader - Cryptocurrency

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

Online retailers warned of lost sales as SCA comes into effect - 2:20
Nordic Neobank Lunar raises $77M, reaches $2B valuation AND launch a crypto platform - 13:00
eBay and Klarna partner to bring flexible payment options to Germany - 24:40
Revolut given thumbs up by the Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister for helping refugees open accounts - 32:30
Softbank turns fund for diverse entrepreneurs into evergreen opportunity - 38:05
The FCA searches for head of new crypto dept - 41:15
One in 12 now use BNPL to play for essentials - 42:30
HSBC buys a virtual plot of land in the metaverse - 43:30

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Special Guests: Jimmy Fong, Mauricio Magaldi, Roger DeAth, and Sim Rai.

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611. Insights: Running the Canadian fintech 'ultramarathon' Mar 18, 2022

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Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk all things Canadian fintech.

Following a tough 2020, Canada’s fintech scene has now thawed and 2021 saw record VC investment in the ecosystem.

With the promise of new regulation on Open Banking and payments on the horizon – this could be a big moment for The Great White North!

This week's guests are:

Barb Maclean, VP Integration & Analytics, Celero
Joshuah Lebacq, Director at NA ventures, National Bank Of Canada
Tarique Khan, Director of Business Development, Brim Financial
Ryan Tevel, Director of Partnerships, Koho

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Special Guests: Barb MacLean, Joshuah Lebacq, Ryan Tevel, and Tarique Khan.

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610. News: Kenya's M-Pesa marks milestone anniversary Mar 14, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana 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:

Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, CEO, M-Pesa
Lindsay Davis, Head of Markets, Atomic
Eric Johansson, Fintech Editor, Verdict

With soundclips from:

Patrick Kavanagh, CEO, Atlantic Money
Nicola Anderson, CEO, Fintech Scotland

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

M-Pesa: Kenya's mobile money success story celebrates 15 years - 3:55
Russian banks turn to China to sidestep cutoff from payments systems - 15:20
Atomic lands $40m in funding, just five months after its Series A, to connect banks and fintechs to consumers’ paychecks - 26:00
Money transfer fintech launches in London to take on Wise and PayPal - 37:05
Indian fintech CredAvenue turns unicorn with fresh $137m funding - 46:25
New roadmap unveiled to take Scottish fintech from 'strength to strength' - 48:11
LimeWire announces comeback as Web3 NFT marketplace - 50:50

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Special Guests: Eric Johansson, Lindsay Davis , Nicola Anderson, Patrick Kavanagh, and Sitoyo Lopokoiyit.

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609. Insights: What makes partnerships work? Mar 11, 2022

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Our expert host Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about partnerships all across the ecosystem between fintechs, service providers, banks, non-banks and more.

What once might have been perceived as rivalries between the old guard and the new school are now looked on as opportunities to learn and develop through working together.

So, today we’re talking about what partnerships look like in 2022, what challenges are still to overcome and how could partnerships look in the future?

This week's guests include:

Nicole Perry, Strategy Director - Digital Business Design, 11:FS
Martin Häring, CMO, Temenos
Mary Agbesanwa, Fintech Growth Lead, Seccl
Josh Williams, Chief Banking Officer, Seattle Bank

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Special Guests: Josh Williams, Martin Häring, Mary Agbesanwa, and Nicole Perry.

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608. News: Russia removed from Swift as fintech community steps up for Ukraine Mar 07, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai, 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:

Yann Ranchere, Partner, Anthemis
Clare Gambardella, Chief Customer Officer, Zopa

With soundclips from:

Ali Niknam, CEO, Bunq

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 - 1:54
Wider fintech community responds to the invasion of Ukraine - 17:33
Klarna’s widening losses driven by rapid expansion - 31:10
Freetrade’s European expansion given the green light - 40:30
Women overtake men in UK start-up volumes, NatWest data shows - 49:20
Payhawk becomes Bulgaria's first ever unicorn - 50:50

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Special Guests: Ali Niknam, Clare Gambardella, Sim Rai, and Yann Ranchere.

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607. Insights: The state of financial crime Mar 04, 2022

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In this episode (in association with ComplyAdvantage), our expert host Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests to look at the latest trends in financial crime.

ComplyAdvantage recently released their annual The State of Financial Crime report for 2022 – in which they surveyed 800 C-suite and senior compliance decision makers across North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

The report provides insights into trends that will shape the year ahead in financial crime, as well as showing what’s changed in the last year. So today, we’re using this report to kick off a whole discussion on financial crime.

This week's guests include:

Charles Delingpole, Founder & CEO, ComplyAdvantage
Jo Ann Barefoot, CEO & Co-founder, Alliance for Innovative Regulation
Matthew Redhead, Associate Fellow, RUSI

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Special Guests: Charles Delingpole, Jo Ann Barefoot, and Matthew Redhead.

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606. News: Flux's new CEO calls out the gender gap at the top of fintech Feb 28, 2022

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Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Nasir Ahmad, 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:

Kevin Chong, Co-Head, Outward VC
Veronique Barbosa, CEO & Co-Founder, Flux

With soundclips from:

Tayo Oviosu, CEO, Paga
Marko Wenthin, Co-Founder, Dock Financial
Will Carmichael, CEO, RoosterMoney

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

Retail investor platform PrimaryBid wins SoftBank backing - 4:40
New Flux CEO calls paltry number of female fintech bosses "insane" - 13:10
UK’s leading fintech bosses call on government to ramp up efforts to overhaul regulation - 31:55
Twitter adds Paga as a payment provider for its "Tips" feature in Nigeria - 40.25
Revealed: Credit Suisse leak unmasks criminals, fraudsters and corrupt politicians - 49:05
Dock Financial prepares for the launch of a new Banking-as-a-Service platform - 53:22
The pocket money pinch - inflation fuels the surge of the 'school kid side hustle' - 55:45

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Special Guests: Kevin Chong, Marko Wenthin, Tayo Oviosu, Veronique Barbosa, and Will Carmichael.

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605. Insights: Looking ahead to the future of fintech in UAE Feb 25, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Tristan Brandt, are joined by some great guests to delve into the fintech landscape in UAE.

The Middle East is home to a number of exciting fintech companies and the UAE has rapidly established itself as a leading hub for fintech startups in the region.

So, today we’re talking about how things look in 2022, what challenges there are to overcome, and what’s next for one of the region’s hottest fintech ecosystems.

This week's guests include:

Mirna Sleiman, Co-founder, Fintech Galaxy
Olivier Crespin, Co-founder and CEO, ZAND
Ambareen Musa, CEO of Souqalmal

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Special Guests: Ambareen Musa, Mirna Sleiman, Olivier Crespin, and Tristan Brandt.

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604. News: Banked and Agreena raise Series As – but does fintech have a problem with copying? Feb 21, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Tim Heard, 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:

Brad Goodall, CEO, Banked
Julie Koch Fahler, Co-founder, Agreena

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

Banked raises $20m Series A led by Bank of America and Edenred for US expansion - 3:00
'Farmer fintechs' are turning Europe’s farms into carbon sinks - 15:30
Primer co-founder hits out at "brazen" copying in fintech - 28:15
Four buy now, pay later firms change ‘potentially unfair terms’ - 39:30
Revolut acquires Indian money transfer company Arvog Forex - 50:25
BBVA invests $300m in Brazil's Neon - 51:40
Sustainable finance app Novus raises $5m in 9 months and is now officially live - 52:58
JPMorgan is the first bank into the metaverse - 54:25

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Special Guests: Brad Goodall and Julie Koch Fahler.

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