Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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594. News: Fintech funding ramps up as Brex, Qonto and others all hit record valuations Jan 17, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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:

Samim Abedi, Chief Investment Officer at Wahed
Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst

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

Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, AND snaps up Meta exec to serve as its head of product - 2:50
Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq - 14:50
Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation - 29:14
Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries - 35:45
UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants - 47:14
Citi to sack unvaccinated staff at the end of the month - 48:42
UK parliament launches crypto group - 50:50
A technical issue sees a bank accidentally hand out £130m on Christmas morning - 52:40

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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, who are joined by 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: Kate Drew and Samim Abedi.

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593. Insights: Breaking down the US financial services sector Jan 14, 2022

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Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to look a the banking sector in the USA – in association with Temenos.

Where once the American banking sector was dominated by the biggest names on Wall Street - we’ve seen major evolution in recent years; following changes in regulation and smart new ideas from both news players and incumbents looking to shake things up.

So what have been the successes so far? What has proved challenging? And what’s next for the banking sector in the USA?

This week's guests include:

Dan Henry, CEO, Green Dot
Jacqueline White, President - Americas, Temenos
Vlad Lounegov, CEO, Mbanq

All of this and much more on today's episode!

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Special Guests: Dan Henry, Jacqueline White, and Vlad Lounegov.

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592. News: Anne Boden comments anger fintech bosses and Tencent invests in Monzo Jan 10, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi , 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:

Abba Newbery, Chief Marketing Officer, Habito
Wiza Jalakasi, VP, Developer Relations, Chipper Cash

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

Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation 2:57
Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo 15:16
Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary 27:03
Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained 37:39
ING announces exit from French retail banking market 49:41
Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn WeLab To Enter Increasingly Crowded Indonesian Digital Banking Market 50:56
Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital raises $1.15B 52:30
BlackBerry: End of an era as company pulls plug on iconic handsets 53:50

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Special Guests: Abba Newbery and Wiza Jalakasi.

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591. Insights: Predicting the future of fintech in 2022 Jan 07, 2022

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Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, Gwera Kiwana, and Alex Hooper got together to discuss their predictions for fintech in 2022 – as well as revisiting the predictions previously made for 2021.

Will we see the rise of the global south? Could variable recurring payments silence the critics of Open Banking? Or will direct-to-consumer fintechs target more specific audiences?

Tune in to hear how last year's predictions went and the big themes to look out for this year!

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590. News: Global Super Apps on the rise as Nubank IPOs and Lydia becomes a unicorn Dec 20, 2021

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Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Amy Gavin, 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:

Gabriel Le Roux, Co-Founder, Primer
Bruno DIniz, Co-Founder, Spiralem

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

Nubank makes its market debut on New York Stock Exchange - 4:15
Primer launches no-code plugins for e-Commerce platforms - 15:55
Which? calls for banks to pause branch closures - 25:40
French ‘super app’ Lydia raises $100m becoming latest European fintech unicorn, plots 10 million users by 2025 - 35:50
Better.com CEO to take time off after firing hundreds of employees over Zoom - 46:40
JPMorgan to hire hundreds more staff for UK digital bank - 48:35
OakNorth acquires smart cashflow firm Fluidly to boost SME support - 50:30
FCA launches Christmas jingle to warn about fraud - 52:05

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Special Guests: Bruno DIniz and Gabriel le Roux.

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589. Insights: Taking a closer look at the Canadian market ft. Phillippe Daoust Dec 17, 2021

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This Friday, we're switching it up a bit!

From our Youtube sister show Spotlight, our expert host - Simon Taylor - is joined by Philippe Daoust, Vice President & Managing Director at National Bank of Canada. The pair look at Canada's fintech scene looks today, how it's evolving, and the National Bank of Canada's growing relationship with fintech challengers.

All of this and much much more on today's show!

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Special Guest: Philippe Daoust.

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588. News: Seedrs acquired by Republic to fuel European expansion Dec 13, 2021

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Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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:

Kirsty Grant, CIO, Seedrs
Ruby Hinchliffe, Reporter, FT Adviser

With soundclips from:

Lisa Jacobs, CEO of Funding Circle

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

Republic acquires UK’s Seedrs in $100M deal to push into Europe - 2:45
Former TSB CEO launches money-sharing social network Loop - 15:50
Wealthsimple quits the UK market - 25:49
Zopa pulls out of P2P consumer lending - 36:25
Majority raises $27 million for migrant mobile banking service - 46:12
Funding Circle launches embedded finance solution (soundclip from Lisa Jacobs, CEO of Funding Circle) - 47:35
Monzo valuation hits $4.5bn on back of drawing thousands of new customers - 49:00
Harrods agrees buy now pay later tie up with Klarna - 51:14

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Special Guests: Kirsty Grant and Ruby Hinchliffe.

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587. Insights: Financial education is best served young Dec 10, 2021

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Our expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to talk about financial education – what it currently looks like, the challenges faced, and what the syllabus should be in the future.

We asked on Twitter and Linkedin 'what topic in financial services isn’t talked about enough'? Many people came back with great and insightful suggestions – with financial education coming up again and again.

So, we’re dedicating our Insights show to ‘what financial education should look like in 2022?’

This week's guests include:

Dan Lane, Senior Analyst, Freetrade
Louise Hill, Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer, GoHenry
Fiona Montgomery, Head of School Age Education, MyBnk

All of this and much more on today's episode!

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Special Guests: Dan Lane, Fiona Montgomery, and Louise Hill.

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586. News: Has the Financial Conduct Authority freed up Open Banking? Dec 06, 2021

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Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank
Sophie Winwood, Investor, Anthemis

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

Small business lender Allica raises £110m as it quickens growth 3:16
FCA boosts Open Banking by removing 3-month re-authentication requirement 14:38
British Business Bank Finds UK Venture Capital Fund Performance has Increased 27:10
Afterpay releases BNPL for subscription services in the US and Australia 35:55
Thought Machine closes $200M for its cloud native banking SaaS and becomes a unicorn 47:10
India’s Slice becomes unicorn with $220M funding from Tiger Global, Insight Partners and Advent 48:44
Moneybox and Plaid give customers greater control over their finances 50:41
Mr Goxx, the crypto-trading hamster, dies 53:10

This episode is sponsored by SAS.
SAS help their customers make banking simple, safe and rewarding for everyone. They support banks in their goal to treat every customer as an individual. Combining data from across the bank with external information and real-time context delivers unique insight and a deep understanding of customer needs. By applying this insight at the right time via the right channel, SAS help make every customer engagement with the bank a relevant, valuable, and seamless experience.
SAS enables banks to embed real-time intelligence in every interaction, helping them make smarter, faster decisions that transform customer experience.
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585. Insights: After Dark: Better. Faster. Stronger. Dec 03, 2021

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Welcome to the latest installment of After Dark, titled 'Better. Faster. Stronger.'

We are joined by the best and the brightest in fintech and financial services, as well as our first live audience of 2021, to set some goals for the industry as a whole.

What do we mean by that?

We’re asked our panel and live audience to rate where the financial services industry is in 2021 and set three goals for 2022 and beyond – what to start, what to keep up, and what to stop!

Our fantastic panel conists of;

Hosts:

Simon Taylor, Co-Founder, 11:FS / CPO, 11:FS Foundry
Jason Bates - Co-Founder / Deputy CEO - 11:FS

Guests:

Louise Smith, Chair, Innovate Finance / Chief Digital Officer, Lloyds
Matt Henderson, EMEA Business Lead, Stripe

This episode is sponsored by OneSpan
OneSpan helps protect the world from digital fraud by establishing trust in people’s identities, the devices they use and the transactions they execute. We make digital banking accessible, secure, easy and valuable. OneSpan’s Trusted Identity platform and security solutions significantly reduce digital transaction fraud and enable regulatory compliance for more than half of the top 100 global banks and thousands of financial institutions around the world. Whether automating agreements with identity verification and e-signatures, reducing fraud using advanced analytics, or transparently securing financial transactions, OneSpan helps lower costs and accelerate customer acquisition while improving the user experience.
Learn more at OneSpan.com

This episode is sponsored by Trustly
What if you could re-imagine payments for the insurance industry? What if you didn't have to rely on old and complex payment services and infrastructure? Instead, what if your payment provider could help create a user experience that stands out? And when it's time to pay out a claim it can do so instantly to millions of bank accounts across the UK, Europe and North America?
Trustly are leading the charge in unlocking the Open Banking payments revolution we are seeing today. Their Open Banking platform redefines the speed, simplicity and security of payments, for more than half a billion consumers across the globe.
Visit trustly.net to read more about how they help insurtech companies make payments a key part of their digital-first approach.

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Special Guests: Louise Smith and Matt Henderson.

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