Under the Hood

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10. The Future of Banking May 13, 2021

In this final journey Under the Hood this season, we are looking ahead and discussing the future of banking.
Simon and Sankaet are joined by some incredible guests:

Angela Strange - General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz
Anne Boden, CEO and Founder, Starling Bank

Our awesome panel really dig deep into the challenges banks have faced previously and will do in the future; the expectations of customers that banking has to meet, now more than ever; what the role of technology will play in the future of banking and what changes are on the horizon.
Most importantly we also discuss the role of banks - will they even still be needed? Will their role completely change, and might every company become a fintech company?

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Special Guests: Angela Strange and Anne Boden.

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9. The importance of partnerships and integration May 06, 2021

This week, Simon and Sankaet are looking at partnerships and how they can be strategically important to any organisation and help with speed and transformation.

They also want to look at the technology used and how partner technology can integrate with existing banking tech.

To dive deeper into this, we’re joined by some excellent guests:

Hrishi Dixit, CTO Yieldstreet
Roisin Levine, Head of Banks, Flux

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Special Guests: Hrishi Dixit and Roisin Levine.

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8. Why can't banks innovate? Apr 29, 2021

This week, Simon and Sankaet are looking at big banks holistically and asking the big question: Why can’t banks innovate?

Why IS innovation and transformation from within so long and expensive for traditional banks? Where are they going wrong, and how do fintechs and FS service providers manage to “do digital” so much better than traditional banks?

To dive deeper into this, we’re joined by some excellent guests with their fair share of experience in big banks, who've gone on to found fintechs, who can help us answer this very question.

Peter Hellwig, CEO and founder, Atmos
Andy Mielczarek, CEO of Chetwood Financial

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Special Guests: Andy Mielczarek and Peter Hellwig.

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7. How are third party providers taking the stress out of card issuance? Apr 22, 2021

Simon and Sankaet are deep diving into the card issuance space today, lifting the lid on how card payments and technology actually works; as well as looking at where the greatest disruption in this space is coming from; how to choose a card partner and the advantages of having one; and what the future of cards might be.

They are joined by some very special guests who know a thing or two about this space:

Edoardo Volta, VP, Head of Fintechs, Mastercard
Shaun Puckrin, Chief Product Officer at GPS (Global Processing Services)

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Special Guests: Edoardo Volta and Shaun Puckrin.

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6. How is Cryptocurrency disrupting money movement? Apr 15, 2021

Simon and Sankaet are deep diving intro the cryptocurrency space, looking at what is a stable coin and how is it different from crypto assets such as bitcoin?
They also examine how regulation and compliance around crypto is also beginning to change; and how, when or if crypto might start to be built into actual banking systems and start to disrupt global money movement.

Jonathan Conway- CTO, Mode
Rhian Lewis, Author of The Cryptocurrency Revolution.
Neel Popat, CEO of Donut

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Special Guests: Jonathan Conway, Neel Popat, and Rhian Lewis.

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5. How are lending models being reimagined? Apr 08, 2021

In this episode, we're going Under the Hood of lending models!

Simon and Sankaet are looking at lending and credit scores, and how new fintechs, ideas and technology are coming through to shake up this area and offer new solutions to help consumers.
How are new models enabling lenders to offer credit to those that have previously been left unable to access credit? Is this a space that’s also long overdue for disruption?

Tucker Haas, CEO and co-founder, Quo
Melanie Aliperti, Head of Product, Nova Credit

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Special Guests: Melanie Aliperti and Tucker Haas.

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4. What is financial crime and how can banks better protect themselves? Apr 01, 2021

In this episode, we're going Under the Hood of financial crime!

We look at the challenges faced by banks and fintechs when it comes to financial crime, how they can try and stay ahead and keep themselves and their customers safe; and also what emerging technology is coming through to help better detect fraudulent activity and shut down scammers.

To join Simon Taylor and Sankaet Pathak on this journey, we’re joined by some excellent guests.

Livia Benisty, Global Head of Business AML, Banking Circle
Sheetal Parikh, VP Compliance, Synapse
Robert Evans, Co-founder of FINTRAIL

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Special Guests: Livia Benisty, Robert Evans, and Sheetal Parikh.

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3. No banking licence? No problem! Mar 25, 2021

In this episode, we're going Under the Hood of banking licences!

We look at the challenges of getting a banking licence and why it’s so tough (especially in the US) , but also how not having a licence of your own is no longer a drawback, and through the beauty of Banking as a Service and partnerships, you don’t necessarily need your own licence any more to be able to offer successful financial services product.

To join Simon Taylor and Sankaet Pathak on this journey, we’re joined by some excellent guests.

Siddharth Verma, Co-founder OnJuno
Joanne Dewar, CEO, Global Processing Services
Teo Blidarus, Founder and CEO at FintechOS

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Special Guests: Joanne Dewar, Siddharth Verma, and Teo Blidarus.

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2. How is the payments space being disrupted? Mar 18, 2021

In this episode, we're going Under the Hood and getting a little more niche, focusing specifically on the payments space and the new innovation and technology shaking things up there.

To join Simon Taylor and Sankaet Pathak on this journey, we’re joined by some excellent guests.

Nick Ogden, founder of Worldpay, Clearbank and now RTGS global,
Craig Lewis, founder and CEO of Gig Wage.

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Special Guests: Craig Lewis and Nick Ogden.

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1. How is emerging technology disrupting traditional banking? Mar 11, 2021

Welcome to Under the Hood, a brand new podcast from 11:FS and Synapse!

Hosted by 11:FS co-founder Simon Taylor and Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak, we are lifting the lid on banking infrastructure and taking you deep into the technology that is disrupting traditional models and shaking up the system to improve the financial lives of customers around the world.

In this episode, we want to start at the beginning of the journey, looking at the financial services ecosystem as a whole and looking at how technology is disrupting not just banking but also making us question what it means to be a bank, at all.
To dive deeper into this, we’re joined by some excellent guests.

Neel Ganu, Founder of Finch
Helen Bierton, Chief Banking Officer, Starling Bank

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Special Guests: Helen Bierton and Neel Ganu.

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Under the Hood - Preview Feb 22, 2021

Simon Taylor introduces Under the Hood, a brand new podcast from 11:FS, in partnership with Synapse.

Hosted by Simon Taylor, co-founder of 11:FS, and Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak, Under the Hood will lift the lid on banking infrastructure and take you deep into the technology that is disrupting traditional models and shaking up the system to improve the financial lives of customers around the world.

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