Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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387. Happy Holidays from 11:FS! Dec 30, 2019

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Season's greetings from 11:FS! As it's the most wonderful time of the year, David takes a few minutes to look back at all we've achieved in 2019.

It's been quite a busy year! We've chatted to some of the biggest names in fintech, including will.i.am for the second time, we've done four After Dark shows as well as other live shows all around the world, and we’ve continued to have fantastic guests on the show week on week to dissect the latest news from across the industry.

11:FS has gone from strength to strength and we would like to thank every listener for supporting and contributing to our content this year. From everyone here at HQ, have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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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, Jason Bates, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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386. Bloopers 2019 Dec 27, 2019

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Happy holidays and season's greetings from 11:FS! To give you one last laugh before the end of the year we've rummaged through the archives to bring you a collection of stumbles, fumbles and absurdly mispronounced names from all the recordings this year.

Thanks to all our guests who have contributed to the shows over the past year, and thank you for listening!

Enjoy!

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385. News: Does anyone trust banks anymore? Dec 23, 2019

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In the last Fintech Insider News show of the year expert hosts, David Brear and Simon Taylor, are joined by a panel of awesome guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

Making his Fintech Insider debut:

Bradley Riss - Chief Commercial Officer at Checkout.com.

And we also have some familiar faces returning to the show:

Tom Blomfield - Cheif Executive Officer at Monzo
Louise Hill - Co-founder & Chief Operating Officer at gohenry

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

RBS to pay £40m penalty for foreign exchange rigging (02:44)
WeLab raises $156 million ahead of virtual bank launch (11:01)
OakNorth sees first loan default (19:23)
Incumbents and challengers hike overdraft rates (25:34)
Venmo and PNC feud over glitch (34:06)
Volt’s onboarding process begins (38:17)
Three more payday lenders fold (46:50)
Mastercard launches mobile gift card (57:12)

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Special Guests: Bradley Riss, Louise Hill, and Tom Blomfield.

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384. Insights: The top fintech stories of 2019 Dec 20, 2019

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Joined by returning guests, David Brear and Simon Taylor are on hosting duties for this week's insights show. As 2019 draws to a close, the panel takes a look back at the most memorable and intriguing fintech stories from the past 12 months. This week's guests include:

Valentina Kristensen - Director of Growth & Communications at OakNorth
Ali Patersen - Editor in Chief at Fntech Finance
Emily Nicolle - Technology Editor at City AM

It was no easy feat narrowing down an entire year of fintech news, however, we revisited the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

That time RBS hid Natwest data breach from their customers (03:38)
The RBS remedies fund (12:02)
That time TFL and fintech went very very wrong (21:32)
A busy year for Monzo (28:40)
Honourable mentions that didn't quite make the cut (37:58)
Bank of England finally welcomes fintechs (40:10)
The 10 biggest US mergers and acquisitions in 2019 (43:17)
K-Swiss' CEO sneakers (50:06)

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Special Guests: Ali Paterson, Emily Nicolle, and Valentina Kristensen.

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383. News: No one can acquire Chime Dec 16, 2019

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This week David Brear is back in the Big Apple and is hosting today's Fintech Insider news show alongside Will White. Our expert hosts 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 - Senior Intelligence Analyst at CB Insights
Arno Castanet - Director of Solution Marketing, Americas at Finastra
Jon Zanoff - Managing Director at TechStars

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

Chime quadruples valuation in less than a year (03:30)
Robinhood tops 10 million accounts (15:48)
Goldman to bring wealth management to the masses (31:32)
Paul A Volcker, Former Fed Chairman, Dies at 92 (37:57)
SoFi founder raises $100 million for new company (40:40)
Andreessen-backed fintech’s ‘abusive’ boss sued for gender bias (49:50)
One-digit sort code error costs Cambridge man his inheritance (59:27)

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Special Guests: Arno Castanet, Jon Zanoff, and Lindsay Davis .

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382. Interviews: Des McDaid, UK MD, Marcus by Goldman Sachs Dec 13, 2019

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In today's episode, we bring you an interview with Des McDaid, UK MD at Marcus by Goldman Sachs. Sarah Kocianski caught up with Des at Fintech Connect 2019 and the pair discuss Marcus' first year in the UK, its newest product offerings and the future of the Goldman Sachs online bank.

Tune in for industry insights, a wealth of experience and much much more!

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Special Guest: Des McDaid.

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381. News: Zopa funding drama Dec 09, 2019

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Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis, are joined by some new and returning guests to talk about the latest goings-on in the world of fintech, financial services and banking. This week's guests include:

Andrew Bud - Founder and CEO, iProov
Livia Benisty - Global Head of Business AML at Banking Circle
Jamie Campbell - CEO of Fronted

Together, they cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Natwest and RBS suffer outages on Black Friday (04:37)
Goldman taps the brakes on Marcus expansion in the UK (10:55)
Zopa secures last-minute licence renewal (15:45)
First Direct tops the charts twice in a week (24:26)
Apple Pay speeds up payments on the tube (35:20)
Monzo announce their US CEO (40:40)
Roger Federer coins make a mint (46:30)

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Special Guests: Andrew Bud, Jamie Campbell, and Livia Benisty.

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380. After Dark: A Fintech Christmas Carol Dec 06, 2019

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For our winter instalment of After Dark, we took over Revolut HQ to bring you 'A Fintech Christmas Carol' - an exploration of the past, present and future of financial services.

Getting us into the spirit of giving, we were first joined by Lauren Murray, Humanitarian Child Protection Advisor from Save the Children who are working to repair 11 schools that were destroyed by a devastating cyclone in Mozambique.

Kicking off the fintech fun, David Brear took to the stage as our narrator for the evening and was joined by a panel of three scrooges :

Richard Davies - COO at Revolut
Scott Abrahams - SVP of Business Development & Fintech at MasterCard
Megan Caywood - Head of Digital Strategy at Barclays

Joining them on stage and taking up hosting duties, David and guests were also visited by
Simon Taylor, the Ghost of Christmas Past (04:53), Sarah Kocianski, the Ghost of Christmas Present (20:30), and Jason Bates, the Ghost of Christmas Future (36:25) and together they took a festive journey through the landscape of financial services.

All this and so much more on today's very special After Dark episode of Fintech Insider!

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Special Guests: Megan Cooper, Richard Davies, and Scott Abrahams.

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379. News: Is Goldman Sachs going mass market? Dec 02, 2019

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Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and David Brear are joined by some returning guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include:

Olly Betts - Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at OpenWrks
Aman Kohli - Chief Technology Officer Banking and Capital Markets, DXC Technology
Isabel Woodford - Fintech Journalist, Sifted

Together, they cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

Plaid expands further across Europe (02:24) - and we also hear from Plaid's Head of UK, Keith Grose, to tell us more.
Goldman Sachs may be acquiring E-Trade or merging with US Bank (12:29)
Westpac chief quits amid money laundering scandal (21:36)
India’s Paytm raises $1 billion (30:40)
Nationwide opens API sandbox for mortgage industry (37:28)
Revolut launches GBP direct debits (44:17)
Brazilian fintech says it’s the world’s first LGBT+ bank (50:26)
RBS’s Bo moo-ves into the market (54:11)

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Special Guests: Aman Kohli , Isabel Woodford, Keith Grose, and Olly Betts.

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378. Interviews: Robinhood Snacks - Investment content simplified Nov 29, 2019

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Sam Maule is hosting today's Fintech Insider Interviews all the way from New York City! In this episode, Sam is joined by MarketSnacks co-founders Jack Kramer and Nick Martell, now Managing Editors of News and hosts of the rebranded Robinhood Snacks podcast and newsletter. Together they talk about how the brand came about, the power of podcasts with millennials and the ethics of democratising our financial systems.

We're also given an insight into Jack and Nick's backgrounds, their take on emerging fintech markets in Latin America, and what the future holds for Robinhood Snacks. All this and much much more on today's Fintech Insider Interviews!

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