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Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS Insights: Was 2024 the year fintech bounced back?It’s our final Insights episode of the year! This week, we’ve gathered a panel of certified Fintech Insiders to look back at the stories that shaped the past 12 months in fintech and ask: If 2023 was a year of turbulence and reckoning for the industry, was 2024 the year fintech bounced back?Host:Kate Moody - Customer Strategy Director at 11:FSThis week's guests: Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research & Strategy at 11:FS David-Barton Grimley, Strategy Director at 11:FS Jason Mikula, Founder of Fintech Business Weekly & Head of Industry at Taktile --This...

2024-12-1955 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS Insights: How to buy a bank - Long listen (Rewind)On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor takes us back in the archives to revisit our two part series on 'How to buy a bank'. Mergers and acquisitions in fintech are all over the news at the moment, from Nationwide Building Society being approved for a £2.9bn UK takeover of Virgin Money, to the possible $35bn Capital One Discover merger in the US. So, we'll be taking a deep dive into what really happens when one financial giant swallows another. Why do they do it? And, what technical and organisational shifts need t...

2024-08-151h 37

Realise Mindfulness Healing life: living with heart - Episode 10 - Season 2In the season finale, we delve into the connection between mindful compassion and our innate capacity for self-healing. This episode is a reflective journey that brings together the insights and practices we've explored throughout the season, highlighting how they help us connect with our inner gold and navigate life’s challenges with grace. We begin by examining the archetype of the wounded healer, teaching us that our experiences of suffering can become sources of profound wisdom and empathy. As we reflect on the season, we revisit the rich tapestry of practices shared, from brief mindfulness exercises to more extended me...

2024-06-251h 06

Realise Mindfulness Weaving Kindness & Compassion into Daily Life - Episode 9 -Season 2How can we thread kind, wise and compassionate action into the very fabric of our daily life? This is what we explore in Episode 9, as we take a deep dive into the theme of living with a heartful mind and a mindful heart. We revisit our emotional regulation systems, acknowledging that what we incline the heart & mind towards becomes the inclination of the heart, guiding our thoughts, words and acts. With this in mind, we contemplate how we can nourish and serve the ecosystem - seeing ourselves as part of an intricate web of interconnection - rather than the...

2024-06-111h 12

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS News: Starling banks on Engine for growth while N26 focuses on achieving profitabilityJoin hosts Benjamin Ensor, Kate Moody, and some great guests as we discuss the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.Topics include: German fintech N26 says regulatory action cost it ‘billions’ in lost growth; Ozone API, a global leader in open banking, has partnered with Engine by Starling, Starling Bank’s SaaS-native banking platform; ABN Amro acquires Germany’s Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe for €672 million; and Revolut has partnered with Airtel, Orange Money, and MTN for faster transfers between Europe and Africa.This week's gues...

2024-06-031h 04

Realise Mindfulness Deepening Compassion with Equanimity - Episode 8 - Season 2We explore deepening compassion with a special focus on the quality of equanimity as Kate joins in conversation with Frits Koster, renowned meditation teacher, author and course co-developer of the Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living course for this episode of the Realise Mindfulness podcast. Frits begins by sharing his fascinating journey to mindful compassion and talks about his time as a Buddhist monk and his experiences in Psychiatric healthcare. Acknowledging how challenging many of us find it to shine the light of kindness and compassion inwards, we explore the idea of the Four Friends for Life as a way to support...

2024-05-281h 12

Realise Mindfulness Growing Happiness - Episode 7 - Season 2In episode 7 of our Mindful Compassion season, we explore the essence of "Growing Happiness." Grounded in ancient wisdom and modern psychology, join us as we walk the sometimes-illusive pathways to joy and fulfilment. Throughout the episode, we illuminate different routes to happiness: the pleasant life, the engaged life, and the meaningful life. We demystify these concepts by aligning with our core values and providing practical tools, like the silver lining contemplation, to navigate life's challenges with insight and grace. We also introduce four Friends for Life: compassion, kindness, sympathetic joy, and equanimity and explore how these timeless virtues stand...

2024-05-1448 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS News: Zopa reaches profitability, Chime get fined and Ant goes to SaudiBenjamin Ensor and Jamie Campbell are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including: Zopa reach profitability and £4bn in deposits, Chime get fined for late refunds, iwoca reach £1bn in total funding and Ant Financial enter Saudi. And we discuss whether you should join an online community to help you save.This week's guests include: Sam Maule, Head of Business Development at Moov Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst We cover the following st...

2024-05-1359 min

Realise Mindfulness Giving and Receiving Compassion - Episode 6 - Season 2In Episode six we continue our exploration of mindful compassion, as we delve into the interplay of giving and receiving compassion, culminating in a transformative compassionate breathing meditation practice. We explore the essence of compassionate exchange, drawing insights from the Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living course. Our core meditation, Compassionate Breathing, is inspired by the ancient Tibetan practice of Tonglen which invites us to transform our suffering through the power of the breath, breathing in what hurts and breathing out what heals. We also explore the complexities of navigating self-identity and the power of mindful compassion to gain perspective, exploring how...

2024-04-3050 min

Realise Mindfulness Embodying Compassion - Episode 5 - Season 2How can we embody the many skills and attributes of compassion? In this episode we explore the answers to that question. Inspired by the Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living course, we embark on a journey to understand and cultivate compassion in our lives. We begin by harnessing the power of imagination through mindful imagery, laying the groundwork for compassion to flourish. Discover a practical breathing space with compassion meditation for moments of challenge and adversity. Delving deeper, we explore the Lotus of compassion, uncovering the environment, attributes, and skills pivotal for embodying this virtue. We also explore how to discern...

2024-04-1645 min

Realise Mindfulness Treating Habits with Compassion - Episode 4 - Season 2How can we mindfully and compassionately relate to our desires and habits? In this episode we talk about common human patterns of mind, how we can recognize them and how we can make a shift to treating both our patterns and ourselves more kindly. We begin by looking at how we can compassionately relate to resistance and share a story to help us recognise how, with mindful compassion, we can make conscious choices about which wolf we feed, sharing an ‘on the go’ Breathing Space with Kindness practice to feed the wolf of kindness. To help us develop an inne...

2024-04-0257 min

Realise Mindfulness Self-Compassion - Befriending our Brain - Episode 3 - Season 2What stops us from practicing self-compassion? We begin today’s episode by exploring some common blocks to self-compassion and look at how the research addresses these common concerns. We identify the three defining characteristics of self-compassion and share some embodied compassion gestures to help us fully step into this way of being. We build on this with a short ‘on the go’ practice: the Self-Compassion Mantra. By exploring the phenomenon of backdraft we build an understanding of why we may sometimes need to go slowly and gently with any resistance we encounter. To consolidate the themes of the session we end...

2024-03-1945 min

Realise Mindfulness Compassion and the Brain – Shifting from surviving to thriving - Episode 2 - Season 2Our mindful compassion season continues with an exploration of how the evolutionary development of our brain can mean we are actually wired for surviving rather than thriving and how mindful compassion can help us redress that. We consider our 3 emotion regulation systems & how, because of both evolutionary design and modern culture, the threat and drive systems can become overactive resulting in stress-related health issues. I share some in the moment mindfulness practices to restore balance through breath work, self-compassion gestures and gratitude & appreciation. We close the episode with a Safe Place guided meditation which helps us put some of...

2024-03-0541 min

Realise Mindfulness What is Mindful Compassion? Episode 1 Season 2 We begin our mindful compassion season with an interview with Erik van den Brink, codeveloper of the internationally recognised Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living course. We talk about how mindfulness helps us address the universal mechanisms contributing to suffering and how self-compassion supports us to relate kindly to our inner critic, opening possibilities to transform our relationship with ourselves and those around us. Exploring the interconnection of self-compassion and compassion for the others, we challenge some of the myths and resistance we can commonly encounter. The symbolism of the lotus reminds us how the muddy parts of our lives...

2024-02-201h 03

Realise Mindfulness Mindfulness for life - Episode 10We focus on Mindfulness for life as we reach the milestone finale of Season One of the podcast. It’s a perfect opportunity to reflect on the journey so far, as we have explored the themes of an 8-week mindfulness course together, and how we can intentionally create conditions to maintain our meditation practice and enable mindfulness to flourish in our lives. I invite you to think about what has really resonated with you and what you may like to consider putting in place or exploring further to support yourself in keeping mindfulness alive in your own li...

2023-12-1448 min

Realise Mindfulness Caring for ourselves - Episode 9We focus on caring for ourselves, with a deep dive into mindful movement, during episode 9 of the podcast. Together we explore why movement practices are an integral part of the 8-week course and how we can also bring mindful awareness to the ways we move our bodies in everyday life, both through our leisure pursuits and the sports we enjoy and in our day-to-day activities. Being with the body in movement can offer us a fresh perspective on what shows up in our field of experience and how we typically relate to ourselves. It can offer an...

2023-12-0747 min

Realise Mindfulness Kindness and compassion - Episode 8Kindness and compassion are underpinning attitudes of mindfulness. In fact, mindful awareness and compassion have been described as 2 wings of a bird – just as a bird needs 2 wings to fly, our mindfulness practice needs the clear vision and wisdom of awareness and the open heartedness of compassion to take flight. So it’s no surprise that kindness and compassion are gently threaded through the fabric of the 8-week curriculums. In our practice this episode we are invited to shine the light of kindness and compassion both outside and inside as we share a 20-minute Befriending practice. There is also the en...

2023-11-3033 min

Realise Mindfulness Being with what’s here - Episode 7When we allow difficult feelings to held in awareness, it means that, rather than reacting on auto pilot with habitual patterns, we register their presence and have the space and possibility to make a choice about how to respond to them. We will experiment with embodying this attitude of welcoming all experience Episode 7 as we explore Being with what’s here. And, of course, that will be easier with some experiences and harder with others, so, the encouragement is to work within what feels appropriate and accessible for ourselves and easing back if we sense we are meeting our limi...

2023-11-2327 min

Realise Mindfulness Responding skillfully - Episode 6Mindfulness not only helps us to pause and recognise moments of reactivity, as we explored together in the previous episode, It opens up ways of being to help us respond skillfully. One of the ways it helps us do this is by becoming an objective observer of our experience. Rather than being lost in thought, washed away by a wave of strong emotion, or simply compelled by our human urges to grasp after what we want and push away what we don't want, mindful awareness helps us to be more conscious of our experience and urges to act. In t...

2023-11-1641 min

Realise Mindfulness Recognising Reactivity - Episode 5 In Episode 5 we begin to explore some of our very human habits around reactivity and look at how Mindfulness can help us shift from habitual reactions to a wiser and kinder way of responding. We build on the foundational mindfulness meditation practices explored in episodes 1-4 and, from this place of grounded mindful awareness, we share a shorter practice called the 3-Step Breathing Space. In this way, we continue building the muscle of Mindfulness in a very practical and accessible way. Because of its shape, the 3-Step Breathing Space is sometimes likened to...

2023-11-0922 min

Realise Mindfulness Befriending our Busy Mind - Episode 4How would you like a way to begin to befriend the antics of your busy mind? With consistent practice, mindfulness can offer us a way to relate to our thoughts without getting carried away by them. This is our focus in today’s episode. For our first few episodes we explored our body and breath as a gateway to Being mode – a way of being with our direct moment-to-moment experience. No doubt, as we have practised together, you have begun to be aware of our more habitual human mode of mind – Doing – our human tendency of planning, problem-s...

2023-11-0225 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 798. News: JP Morgan's former fintech lead launches TodayPay and Airwallex target LATAMOur 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: Pranav Sood, Executive GM, EMEA at Airwallex Jeremy Balkin, Founder of TodayPay Randy Fernando, VP of Product at Marqeta We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Former J.P. Morgan fintech lead launches Refund-as-a-Service platform TodayPay Airwallex continues expansion into LATAM with acquisition of MexPago Money 20/20 to launch TwentyFold, a communication platform for finance professionals ...

2023-10-301h 05

Realise Mindfulness Coming home to our body - Episode 3 How does it feel to fully come home to our body? And how do we even achieve this? Mindfulness offers some straightforward guidance on this. Being present with our breath and our body offer an anchor to the present moment. So, to start the episode, Kate guides us in a short breath awareness practice. We go on to discuss how and why the breath and body can be so helpful when it comes to mindfulness and Kate offers some guidance on setting ourselves up for success with – both in the formal meditation practices and more informal dail...

2023-10-2632 min

Realise Mindfulness Coming back to our senses - Episode 2Directly experience coming home to your senses as Kate guides the raisin practice. So often we can be going through life on autopilot, missing out on the very moments of our lives. Mindfulness invites us to wake up to this and offers us a way to consciously come back to the here & now. In today’s episode, we will be exploring that for ourselves through the raisin practice. During the practice you will be guided to explore each of your senses in turn, noticing the vividness of present-moment experience that is available to us when we pay mindful attention, ev...

2023-10-1218 min

Realise Mindfulness Grounding and arriving.... Realise Mindfulness - Episode 1 In this episode, we lay the groundwork for the intent and flow of the podcast.Kate shares a bit about her own journey to mindfulness and why she is so passionate about sharing it with others. It can be helpful to be clear on the science and evidence behind why mindfulness can be so effective, so we also spend some time exploring this territory. We outline the flow of the episodes which follow a rich heritage of evidenced mindfulness-based courses. Finally, we end with a short grounding meditation. If you go no further, regularly bringing your attention to this si...

2023-10-0533 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 775. News: Ramp raises $300m, Goldman returns to the rich and Monzo tops the charts 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: Kate Drew, DIrector of Research, CCG Catalyst Martin Sokk, CEO & Co-Founder, Lightyear We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ramp raises at downround and Adyen share value drops Lightyear launches B2B investment accounts targeted at ‘solopreneurs’ Goldman Sachs plans sale to concentrate on the ultra-wealthy Monzo tops CMA’s list of best banks NALA enters...

2023-08-281h 00

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 766. Focus: What problem is mobile money solving in Sub-Saharan Africa? Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the boom of mobile money, its value to the region, and what it has changed for people in Sub-Saharan Africa. This week's guests include: Miranda Perumal, Head of Digital Partnerships, Fintech and Ventures - SSA, Visa Ham Serunjogi, Co-Founder & CEO, Chipper Cash Hassan Bourgi, Founder, DJAMO In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we taking a burning question from financial services across the...

2023-08-0248 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 765. News: FedNow powers up and Dame Alison Rose steps down 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernising system NatWest boss Alison Rose resigns over Nigel Farage bank account leak Italian banking giant Mediobanca backs London with £10.4m investment in startups Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin Twitter CEO teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrand McDonald’s opens McNuggets Lan...

2023-07-311h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 761. Focus: How US market turmoil can build more resilient founders – with Adams Conrad, Principal at QED Investors In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, David Barton-Grimley sat down with Adams Conrad, Principal, QED Investors to delve into the challenges for venture capitalists in the current market, as well as the incredible stress test the industry is under. Join us to hear about QED's approach to finding businesses to invest in, an...

2023-07-1931 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 760. News: Public.com lands in the UK and Solaris raises €38 million Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Public launches in the United Kingdom - 4:09 Embedded finance platform Solaris closes €38 million funding round to ‘strengthen governance and compliance’ - 14:50 Revolut’s US payment flaws allowed thieves to steal $20mn - 27:55 Martin Lewis felt 'sick' seeing deepfake scam ad on Facebook - 40:10 Jeremy Hunt unveils pension fund reform plan to help UK startups - 49:30 The co-founder of inves...

2023-07-1755 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 759. Insights: Will PSD3 really live up to the expectations? (Rewind) Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Will PSD3 really live up to the expectations?" This week's guests include: Dan Morgan, Policy Lead - Europe, Plaid Nilixa Devlukia, Founder, Payments Solved Thibault de Barsy, Vice-Chairman & General Manager, The Payments Association EU The Open Banking sector is currently abuzz – following the unveiling of proposals for Payment Service Directive 3 by the European Commission. For fintechs, banks, financial services players, and even non-financial services players – these proposals are a huge deal which could shape the next decade in our indu...

2023-07-1451 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 758. Is Goldman Sachs breaking up with Apple? Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and David Barton-Grimley, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Goldman is looking for a way out of its partnership with Apple - 4:35 Visa $1 billion buyout of Brazil's Pismo eases fintech M&A slowdown - 14:35 UK banks warned against closing accounts - 26:35 Open Banking education a must in Canada as only 9% have heard of it - 36:50 Taylor Swift fans caused 45% surge in UOB card...

2023-07-1056 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 757. Insights: Can financial services change how people think about money? Our expert host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can financial services change how people think about money?” This week's guests include: Jason Bates, Co-Founder, 11:FS Rajan Lakhani, Head Of Public Relations, Plum Stephen Bowe, Director - Digital Experience & Innovation, Nationwide The way we manage money is incredibly complicated. Spend, save, invest, borrow, lend, pay-off – user journeys in financial services are all over the place So – can financial services smooth out the journey and make it more effective for consumers, and is it the place of banks and fintech...

2023-07-0741 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 756. Focus: What are US VCs looking for in today’s market? Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the turmoil in the VC space, what has changed in 2023, and what the next half of the year might look like for investment in fintech. This week's guests include: David Rolf, Head, Visa Ventures Sasha Pilch, Principal, Fin Capital Vivek Krishnamurthy, Principal, Commerce Ventures In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we taking a burning question from financial services across the globe and...

2023-07-0540 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 755. News: PSD3 unveils plans to shake up Open Banking 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: PSD3: The European Union unveils new open banking rules - 4:50 Wise sees profits soar amid customer boost and rising interest rates - 22:05 Robinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M - 35:10 UK fintech TreasurySpring raises $29 million to scale its cash investment platform - 44:00 Integrated surveillance demand increases - 51:40 Checkout.com launches AI-powered optimisation engine...

2023-07-031h 02

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 754. Insights: How do we get to the holy grail of cross border payments? Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "“How do we get to the holy grail of cross border payments?” This week's guests include: Sara Castelhano, EMEA Payments & Commerce Solutions Product, JP Morgan William Artingstall, Global Co-Head Cross Border Payments and Receivables, Citi Cheap, universal, speedy, and secure – is that too much to ask for when moving money internationally? Moving money across the world is one of the biggest spaces in financial services and just keeps getting bigger. But, there’s still lots of issues and technical challeng...

2023-06-3045 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 753. News: Banks are in an AI talent war and Revolut launches the 'Ultra' account Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Ross Gallagher, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: European banks are putting "AI" in 30% of their job ads - 6:10 Majority, a digital bank for US migrants, grabs $9.75M amid expansion in Texas - 18:40 Revolut to launch Ultra, a new subscription plan - 32:05 UK Mortgage rates: Average two-year fix now above 6% - 41:20 Starling Bank renews sponsorship of Southampton FC women's football team - 49:10 ...

2023-06-2659 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 752. Insights: How does Big Tech shake up the payments industry? Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask "How does Big Tech shake up the payments industry?" This week's guests include: Alexandra Rivas-Gale, International Payments Product Lead, Clearbank Jim McCarthy, EVP of Product & Sales, Thredd Jorn Lambert, Chief Digital Officer, Mastercard It’s often said that, with every new feature launch, Apple can wipe out 100+ startups trying to do the same thing. But actually the relationship between financial services and Big Tech is way more complicated than that! Between partnerships, acquisitions, back-end processes, and public fallouts - th...

2023-06-2351 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 751. Focus: Putting grain on the blockchain – with Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO of Agrotoken In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, Benjamin Ensor sat down with Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO & Co-Founder, Agrotoken to continue exploring the question set out in our previous Focus episode: "How do agriculture and fintech collide in LatAm?” Join us to hear about Agrotoken's approach to tokenising real-world assets, what this changes for farm...

2023-06-2130 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 750. News: Andreessen Horowitz lands in London and HSBC rebrands Silicon Valley Bank UK 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Andreessen Horowitz to open its first international office in London - 6:00 HSBC builds innovation division from the bones of collapsed SVB UK - 20:28 Citizens Bank and Wisetack announce partnership to expand embedded ‘pay over time’ solutions - 32:42 Nasdaq to buy financial software company Adenza in $10.5 billion cash-and-stock deal - 45:40 Desperate for dollars, Argentina just gave...

2023-06-191h 05

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 749. What is Anne Boden’s legacy in fintech? (rewind) Our expert host, David M. Brear, is asking: "What is Anne Boden’s legacy in fintech?" This week's guests include: Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank The fintech world has been rocked by the news that Starling Bank’s Founder and CEO, Anne Boden, is stepping back nine years after founding the company. A self-described “5ft tall Welsh woman”, who started a challenger bank in her mid-50s, Boden has been one of the sector’s most passionate and vital voices for the last decade. To give you a glimpse of that drive and...

2023-06-1632 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 748. News: Money20/20's biggest stories from Fabrick, Griffin, and more! 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 Money20/20 conference in Amsterdam! We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Open finance fintech Fabrick raises €40m, expands partnership with Mastercard - 6:30 Lucinity unveils generative AI-powered financial crime compliance copilot - 14:55 UK's newest bank Griffin secures £11m in funding round as it plots expansion - 27:15 Dutch fintech Klearly raises €2.1 million and officially launches its payments app in the Netherlands - 40.40 Our panel gives their highlights from...

2023-06-1254 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 747. Insights: How do we make back office payments processes sexy?’ Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, are joined by some great guests at Money20/20 to ask: "How do we make back office payments processes sexy?" This week's guests include: Ben Morfoot, Director of Product, GoCardless Abid Mumtaz, Commercial Lead for Wise Platform, Wise With soundclips from: David Singleton, CTO, Stripe We get it – the stuff that gets into consumer’s hands is bound to get the most attention from the wider world. But, as certified fintech nerds, should we all be doing more to the bang the drum of the back-end of f...

2023-06-0944 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 746. Focus: How does agriculture and fintech collide in LatAm? Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the relationship between agriculture and financial services in Latin America, the historical importance to economies across Latin America, and how this space is developing. This week's guests include: Pamela Ceballos, Senior. Director, Digital Partnerships, Fintech & Ventures, Visa Etienne Gillard, Head of Ventures, Mana Tech Juan Fantoni, CCO & Co-Founder, Pomelo In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we taking a burning question from financial...

2023-06-0739 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 745. News: QED's new $925 million fintech war chest & Klarna fights to return to profit 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: QED closes on $925M to back fintech startups globally - 5:10 UK banks shortchanging savers with ‘measly’ rates, says Which? - 17:10 Klarna's losses halve as Swedish fintech predicts return to profit - 30:00 Plenty’s new wealth-building app targets couples blending finances - 39:45 Property fintech LendInvest sells £243m buy-to-let mortgage portfolio following financing deals - 49:50 HSBC opts fo...

2023-06-051h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 744. Insights: How NOT to build a bank - Part II Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to discuss how not to launch a bank! This week's guests include: David M. Brear, Group CEO, 11:FS Ewan Silver, Group CTO, 11:FS Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director, 11:FS Nas Ahmad, General Counsel, 11:FS At 11:FS, we’ve launched products in different markets, continents, and economic conditions across the globe. But, we often see many of the same challenges popping up again and again. So, we’re giving our experts the Tony Soprano treatment and inviting them to the podcasting therapy couch - to...

2023-06-0247 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 743. News: Revolut's banking licence in jeopardy and Anne Boden departs Starling Bank Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Ross Gallagher, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Bank of England plans to reject Revolut's bid for banking licence - 5:00 Brite Payments launches instant payments network - 17:20 Daylight, the LGBTQ+ neobank, calls it quits - 30:40 Fifth Third acquires Rize Money - 39:50 Jia, a blockchain-based lender of small businesses in emerging markets, raises $4.3 million seed - 50:30 Starling Bank chief Anne Boden to step...

2023-05-291h 04

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 742. Insights: How NOT to build a bank - Part I Our expert host, Ross, is joined by some great guests to discuss how not to build a bank! At 11:FS, we have experience building financial services products all over the world, with differing budgets, scales, target demographics, and functions. But, we often see many of the same challenges popping up again and again. Today we’re opening up the podcasting version of a rage room - to vent on the biggest hurdles to overcome when turning an idea from nothing into something. This is the first part of a two-episode discussion - with to...

2023-05-2648 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 741. Focus: How UX is fundamental to seamless money movement - with Surendra Chaplot, Global Head of Product at Wise In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, David Barton-Grimley sat down with Surendra Chaplot, Global Head of Product at Wise to continue exploring the question set out in our previous Focus episode: "Will great UX keep European fintechs ahead of their competitors?" Join us to hear Wise' approach to transparency in UX, the ch...

2023-05-2434 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 740. News: Smart raises $95 million while Robinhood sparks all-night trading fears 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: London pension fintech Smart gears up for deals after $95m funding injection - 5:00 Robinhood launching 24-Hour weekday stock trading - 17:45 Tiger Global looks to cash in part of $40bn portfolio of private companies - 28:40 M-KOPA snaps up $250M+ debt, equity for its asset financing platform - 37:50 More red faces at Revolut after boss accidentally...

2023-05-2259 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 739. Insights: Could 'mortgages as a service' mark the future of homebuying? Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Could 'mortgages as a service' mark the future of homebuying?" This week's guests include: Andrew Lloyd, Chief Customer Officer, Pexa UK Ewan Silver, Group CTO, 11:FS Francesca Carlesi, Co-Founder & CEO, Molo Finance We see embedded finance and banking as a service (or BaaS) as one of the next big evolutions in financial services - whether that’s embedded lending, payments, or insurance. But buying a house remains the biggest and most significant purchase of most people’s lifetimes - and the...

2023-05-1941 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 738. News: Skipton's no-deposit mortgage raises eyebrows and Apple banks a billion! Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Ross Gallagher, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Skipton launches deposit-free mortgage aimed at renters - 6:10 Apple attracts nearly $1 billion in deposits within a week of high yield savings account launch - 19:50 WhatsApp now allows Singapore-based users to pay businesses within the app - 32:10 French fintech Green-Got banks €5 million to grow its green banking platform in Europe - 42:05 SEC pays whistleblower $279mn in...

2023-05-151h 03

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 737. Insights: Is the future of KYC truly digital? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to discuss: "Will the future of KYC be truly digital?" This week's guests include: Emma Lindley, Managing Director International Expansion, CAF / Co-founder and Chair, Women in Identity Joe Robinson, Co-founder & CEO, Hummingbird Will Jones, Executive Creative Director, 11:FS As banking technology evolves, so too must the methods for verifying who customers are and keeping them safe. Financial services is embracing new technology, but some are still lagging behind and putting their institutions at risk. Know Your Customer (KYC) doesn’t ha...

2023-05-1246 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 735. News: JP Morgan swoops in for First Republic, while Revolut takes on Nubank Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by a great guest to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: First Republic: JP Morgan snaps up major US bank - 4:00 Revolut takes on Nubank with Brazil launch and LatAm push - 13:55 An investment fund created by ChatGPT is “smashing” the UK’s top 10 most popular funds - 23:50 Australian gamblers to be banned from using credit cards for online betting - 33:35 Microsoft teams up with Stripe...

2023-05-0845 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 734: Insights: How important is trust to financial services in 2023? Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "How important is trust to financial services in 2023?" This week's guests include: Barb MacLean, SVP, Head of Technology Operations and Implementation, Coastal Community Bank Cinthia Merlos, Co-Founder, Vexi Mark Mullen, CEO, Atom Trust is often considered to be the most important currency a financial institution can hold - but how it’s earned, how it’s lost, or even how it’s defined is much more difficult to determine. In this show, we’ve put together a panel of amazing experts...

2023-05-0549 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 733. Super.com raises $85M and First Republic scrambles to be saved Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS 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: Sophie Guibaud, Co-Founder and Chief Commercial & Growth Officer, Fiat Republic and Co Author of the Embedded Finance Book: When Payments Become An Experienc Hussein Fazal, CEO, Super.com Tui Allen, VP of Product at Ampla We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Super.com raises $85m for savings super app Could First Republic be the next...

2023-05-011h 04

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 732. Insights: Is the future of SME banking specialisation? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Is the future of SME banking specialisation?” This week's guests include: Atif Siddiqi, Founder/CEO, Branch Lara Gilman, Head of New Ventures, Iwoca Peter Beckman, CEO, Treyd Whether you prefer the abbreviation ‘SME’ or ‘SMB’ - the truth is that there is a vast collection of businesses wrapped up in those three letters. The World Economic Forum estimates that 90% of businesses globally can be categorised as SMEs. That’s a lot of businesses to cover with the same financial services offerings...

2023-04-2843 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 730. News: Is Apple a fintech now? 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: Nilixa Devlukia, Chair, Open Finance Association Tim Chong, Co-Founder and CEO, Yonder With soundclips from: Alvaro Castillo, Innovation Manager, Caixabank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Apple launches high-yield savings account with Goldman in payments push 6:57 Open banking boost as UK regulators vow to support innovation and consumer protection 20:12 Credit card challenger...

2023-04-241h 07

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 729. Insights: How do community banks stay relevant in 2023? Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to discuss: "How do community banks stay relevant in 2023?" This week's guests include: Rohit Mathur, Head, Bridge built by Citi Josh Williams, Chief Banking Officer, Seattle Bank Community banks, as a concept, are everything customers often say they want from a financial institution. But, between 2000 and 2020, the total number of community banks in America decreased from over 8,300 to 4,277. That’s a steep decline even as banking generally has become more consolidated and globalised. In this show, we've put together a...

2023-04-2147 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 728. News: FCA enlists Love Island star while Visa connects Venmo and PayPal users 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Love Island's Sharon Gaffka teams up with FCA in clampdown on 'get rich quick' schemes promoted by influencers - 6:00 Verto claims a quarter of SVB customers operating in Africa are opening accounts on its platform - 18:25 Visa partners PayPal for interoperable P2P payments - 32:45 India’s plan to export its wildly successful digital pa...

2023-04-171h 02

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 724. Insights: Are SMEs being served globally? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Are SMEs being served globally?” This week's guests include: Bruno Diniz, Co-Founder, Spiralem Dani Lima, Executive VP of Infrastructure , Novo Rob Pearce, Technical Advisor - CEO's Office, OakNorth Said Murad, Partner, Global Ventures No matter where you’re tuning in from - at some point, you’re likely to have heard that independent small businesses are the backbone of your economy. But to date, that backbone of entrepreneurs and small business owners has often lacked the proper support needed from financ...

2023-04-0749 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 723. News: After Dark: Silicon Valley Bank bought by US rival and Klarna embraces ChatGPT Live on stage at our recent After Dark: London Calling event, in association with GPS. Our expert hosts, David M. Bear 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Silicon Valley Bank: Collapsed US lender bought by rival - 5:10 Klarna plugs ChatGPT into its platform for faster product recommendations - 14:20 Latitude Financial customers frustrated after millions of personal records stolen in cyber attack - 28:50 Fintech...

2023-04-0348 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 720. News: UBS snaps up Credit Suisse, while Stripe breaks the down round stigma Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: UBS is buying Credit Suisse in bid to halt banking crisis - 4:55 FCA warns payment firms over ‘unacceptable risk of harm to customers’ - 17:40 Stripe now valued at $50B following $6.5B raise - 33:10 Final Tech Nation report: What UK tech needs to quadruple in value - 44:00 Fintech startups race to serve LatAm founders left behi...

2023-03-271h 04

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 718. News: The ultimate Silicon Valley Bank explainer 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Silicon Valley Bank closed by regulators, FDIC takes control - 4:55 HSBC buys Silicon Valley Bank's UK unit for £1 in rescue deal - 18:30 Under legal threat from GOP lawmakers, Mastercard and Visa pause plan to track gun sales - 31:10 Iwoca introduces open banking-powered instant decisions for SME loans - 41:00 Central Bank of Nigeria publishes open b...

2023-03-2059 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 714. Insights: Has financial services only been built for half the population? Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Has financial services only been built for half the population?" This week's guests include: Alexia de Broglie, Co-Founder, Juno Becky George-David, Executive Director - Product, JP Morgan Chase Daniela Raffel, Vice President, Dawn Capital In the same week as International Women’s Day, we’re taking the time to look at the impact of a financial services system traditionally dominated by men. But these conversations are not just for one day, or one week, per year. This is a conversation the in...

2023-03-1041 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 713. News: JP Morgan bans ChatGPT, while female founders are on the rise 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Record 150,000 new firms founded by women last year, Natwest report reveals - 5:16 JP Morgan restricts staff from using AI bot ChatGPT - 16:40 French bank BNP Paribas sued by NGOs over Amazon deforestation link - 29:55 Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz invested more in fintech than any other sector in 2022 - 39:15 Nigeria's cash crisis provides boon for fintech and mobile...

2023-03-061h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 710. News: Revolut tops app downloads – but is Chase coming for the crown? 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Digital bank Vexi raises millions to offer young Mexicans lower interest rate credit cards - 5:50 Gig workers denied equal opportunity to financial services - 20:00 Welcome to the bank branch where you can’t even deposit cash - 35:30 Which European banking app is winning the race for customers? - 44:10 Co-operative Bank turns corner with bid fo...

2023-02-271h 00

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 709. Insights: How does financial services make it all about the customer? Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "How does financial services make it all about the customer?" This week's guests include: Diego Zaks, Head Of Design, Ramp Peter Collingridge, EMEA Head, D10x, Citi Will Jones, Executive Creative Director, 11:FS No matter what variation of fintech, financial service, bank, B2B, or B2C that you’re building or growing – there’s always the all-important end user. While we may think that’s a given, many businesses get lost in other things which mean they often forget this key...

2023-02-2450 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 708. News: Is Buy Now Pay Later regulation finally happening? Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US fintech unicorn Alloy launches in UK - 5:10 Britain sets out legislation to regulate buy-now-pay-later credit - 16:20 RBC buys AI-powered real-estate company OJO Canada - 30:50 US fintech FIS to spin off Worldpay payments business - 41:15 Natwest: Pensions fintech bought by bank in £144m deal which will ‘shake up savings’ - 49:00 Revolut launches donations page to su...

2023-02-201h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 705. News: Monzo has their U2 moment and Africa's newest fintech unicorn crowned 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: Ahmed Mohsen, Chief Technology Officer, MNT-Halan Christer Holloman, Founder, Divido Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst With soundclips from: Clare Gambardella, Chief Customer Officer, Zopa We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Monzo automatically opts in customers for Plus feature trial - 4:45 Egypt's MNT-Halan is Africa's newest unicorn - 16:00 75% of LGBTQ+ startup founders hide their...

2023-02-1357 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 704. Insights: How will financial crime evolve in 2023? Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "how will financial crime evolve in 2023?" We can’t predict the crimes of the future - but experts do incredible work to keep on top of growing practices in financial crime and money laundering in the hope of keeping businesses, finances, and people safe. In today's episode, in association with ComplyAdvantage, we're looking at how 2023’s economic landscape impact financial crime, what emerging trends is the industry seeing, and what innovations are helping AML, compliance, and financial crime players keep up with the...

2023-02-1043 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 703. News: UK Government pulls plug on Tech Nation while Stripe sets deadline for IPO Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody, 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: Tom Renwick, Head of Business Lending, Atom Bank Douglas Mackenzie, Chief Content Officer, Fintech Finance With soundclips from: Gerard Grech, CEO, Tech Nation Gabby MacSweeney, Head of Communications & Public Policy, Codat We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Tech Nation shutting down as UK government controversially pulls key funding - 4:25 Oaknorth and Atom...

2023-02-061h 03

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 702. Insights: Why parents need better financial services Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: 'Do parents need better financial services?' Growing families have previously been considered as baked into the fabric of joint accounts and wealth management - but there’s actually a lot of gaps in which new players are looking to address the needs of new parents directly. Like the children themselves, this industry is very much still in its infancy. So, in this show, we’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss what the market looks like today for...

2023-02-0344 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 700. News: America's big banks team up to take on PayPal Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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: Collin Galster, VP - International, Nova Credit/Non-Executive Director, Nova Credit UK Umer Suleman, Global Head of Risk, Wahed Invest With soundclips from: Mauricio Magaldi, Global Strategy Director of Crypto, 11:FS We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Nova Credit becomes UK’s first cross-border credit reference provider - 5.25 Aramco-backed fintech opens bank br...

2023-01-3057 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 699. Insights: What will define the user experience in financial services this year? Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "What will define the user experience in financial services this year?" No matter how amazing your financial services product may be, if the UX isn’t up to scratch, then no one is going to find out. But there’s no set-in-stone rules for these journeys and experiences, and there’s many external factors which may shape a product from one year to the next. So what were the successes of 2022, what were the challenges of the last twelve months, and wh...

2023-01-2743 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 695. News: Flutterwave vies for Railsr and NALA expands into Europe Our expert host, Kate Moody, 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: Benjamin Fernandes, CEO, NALA Charlie Conchie, Investment Editor, City AM Wiza Jalakasi, VP of Global Merchant Business, Chipper Cash With soundclips from: Tom Burton, Director of External Affairs and Public Policy, GoCardless We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: African payments giant Flutterwave vies to buy British fintech Railsr - 4:15 NALA expands into Europe to enable...

2023-01-161h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 694. Insights: Can fintech ever be environmentally sustainable? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can financial services ever be sustainable?” From the carbon cost of everyday payment transactions, data servers, plastic credit cards, and investments in polluting industries - not to mention the international conferences that require some serious jet-setting – it’s safe to say that our industry has never looked to put its environmental impact front and centre. But, with global temperatures rising and climates across the globe being altered by our behaviour, can financial services really afford to ignore sustainability any longer? This w...

2023-01-1340 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 693. News: Stripe is 2022's MVP as fintechs debate open banking future and cost of living bites Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Ross Gallagher, 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, Head of Markets, Atomic Geri Cupi, CEO and Founder, Twig With soundclips from: Paul Lloyd, CMO and Co-Founder, Snoop We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Millions of Brits would struggle to cover extra £20 a month as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite - 4:00 Twig acquires Vybe Technology - 16:20 Fintechs call f...

2023-01-0958 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 692. Insights: What do we predict for financial services in 2023? Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody, have come together to ask: "What do we predict for financial services in 2023?” No matter how big or shiny your crystal ball was, there’s no way anyone predicted the sheer chaotic energy that was financial services in 2022. So, for the opening Fintech Insider of the year, we’ve put together a panel of Elevens to discuss: how right or wrong we got last year's predictions, what our panel hope to see this year in financial services, and what the wider community see happening in 202...

2023-01-0648 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 691. Insights: SWIFT, Fast, Eat Now Pay Later – the biggest stories in financial services in 2022 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. We’ve seen some of the biggest tests of financial services in living memory – with global conflicts, economic downturns, and industry layoffs. But…it’s not all been doom and gloom! So, for the last Fintech Insider of 2022, we’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss: The biggest stories in financial services in 2022, the impact of these stories, and what buzzwords our panel would ban...

2022-12-2348 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 688. News: What strings are attached to your current account? Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Nicole Perry, 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: Andrea de Gottardo, CEO, Kroo Emily Man, Investor, Redpoint Ventures We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Kroo banks on winning new customers with 2% interest - 04:35 Wells Fargo launches new commercial banking platform - 19:10 Robot landlords are buying up houses - 28:30 UK banks told to break 'class ceiling' with new targets to boost diversity among...

2022-12-1256 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 687. Insights: Is financial services equipped to serve digital nomads? Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Is financial services equipped to serve digital nomads?" It’s estimated that there are some 35 million people worldwide who packed in the office and the 9-5 hours in favour of a life of travel and working from across the world armed with a laptop. While this lifestyle has boomed post-pandemic, financial services is still looking to play catch-up when it comes to wages, taxes, compliance, and payments. In today's show, our panel are discussing the options for digital nomads today, th...

2022-12-0944 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 686. News: Atom Bank pushes back IPO and Shopify breaks Black Friday records Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry, 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: Owen Thomas, Fintech & VC Journalist Mark Mullen, CEO, Atom Bank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Atom Bank raises £30m as it pushes back IPO plans - 3:55 Banking platform for Black and Latino communities Greenwood raises $45m - 18:00 Pipe’s founding team stepping down as hunt for ‘veteran’ CEO begins - 28:50 Finance staff ignoring mandato...

2022-12-0559 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 685. Insights: How should we measure success in fintech? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: 'How should we measure success in fintech?' There have been blockbuster IPOs, record revenue numbers, and a select few have even become verbs in their own right! But what should we be celebrating when it comes to fintech? Has the industry got its priorities right? This week's guests include: Katie Palenscar, Managing Director & Global Head of Venture Studio, Anthemis Nik Milanović, Editor, This Week In Fintech Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a p...

2022-12-0246 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 684. News: Daylight builds for the LGBTQ+ community and the FCA hits back at trading apps Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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: Billie Simmons, Co-Founder & COO, Daylight Charlie Conchie, Reporter, City AM With soundclips from: Charlotte Fereday, Product Director, 11:FS Roberta Prescott, Brazil Correspondent, Iupana Charles McManus, CEO, ClearBank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Daylight raises cash to launch subscription plan for family planning - 5:00 Financial Conduct Authority warns trading firms over dangerous ‘ga...

2022-11-2856 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 681. Insights: How do changes in government affect innovation in financial services? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: "How do changes in government affect innovation in financial services?" Governments can accelerate or roll back growth and innovation in financial services as they see fit. We’ve put together a panel of experts to discuss: what role governments play in financial services, to what extent they are responsible for innovation in the UK, US, and Latin American markets, and what impact could governments have on the future innovation of those markets? This week's guests include: Bruno Diniz, Co-Founder, Sp...

2022-11-1845 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 680. News: Apple and PayPal call a truce – but who wins? 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 ...

2022-11-1459 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 678. News: What Open Banking brings to the cost of living crisis 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...

2022-11-071h 00

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 674. News: Is Apple's big bank dream impossible? 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...

2022-10-241h 00

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 673. Insights: How to make home-buying more inclusive 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 gu...

2022-10-2143 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 672. News: Will Goldman Sachs call time on Marcus? 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...

2022-10-1759 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 670. News: BaaS partnerships for Chetwood and HSBC and Adyen taps Tink for Open Banking payments Our expert host, Kate Moody, 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: Tom Pope, Head of Payments and Platforms,Tink Nadya Hijazi, Global Head of Wholesale Digital Channels, HSBC Julia McColl, CPO, Chetwood Financial We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Mumsbank? Mumsnet teams up with Chetwood to launch family focused financial products in 2023 - 3:20 HSBC teams up with Oracle Netsuite for Embedded Banking Services in the US - 19:03 Adyen...

2022-10-101h 03

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 668. News: UK mortgage market in meltdown Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Ross Gallagher, 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: Francesca Carlesi, Co-founder and CEO, Molo Finance Douglas Mackenzie, Chief Content Officer, Fintech Finance With soundclips from: David Barton-Grimley, Embedded Financial Services, 11:FS Remco Janssen, Founder, Silicon Canals Richard Davies, CEO, Allica Bank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: UK mortgage lenders halt some deals after pound falls 4:03 JPMorgan strengthens dining push...

2022-10-031h 01

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 665. Insights: Should everyone get paid when they need it? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask the question: 'should everyone get paid when they need it?' Earned wage access has become one of the hottest products in financial services. While in the past, employees have got caught out by unexpected bills before their monthly pay packet, these services are looking to bridge the gap and unlock vital funds from their next paycheque. But as with any hot property in fintech, it has attracted scrutiny from everyone, including consumer groups and regulators. This week's...

2022-09-2348 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 664. News: Fintechs fight for your online checkout 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: Eric Johansson, Fintech Editor, Verdict Adam Bialy, Founder & CEO, Fiat Republic We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: JPMorgan Chase acquires payments fintech Renovite to battle Stripe and Block - 5:08 Revolut wants to compete with PayPal and Apple at online checkouts 14:25 Bolt's $1.5bn deal to buy Wyre dies 27:45 Minority neobank Majority secures $37.5m in Series...

2022-09-1958 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 663. Insights: How have tech accelerators shaped fintech? Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to look at how accelerators have influenced financial services and fintech. According to the Brookings Institution, there are more than 1,300 accelerators globally, all looking to unearth the next big thing and nurture a generation of founders. But what has been the impact of the accelerators on fintech? What’s the biggest challenge both for accelerators and their cohorts? What does the next generation of accelerators look like as the industry evolves? This week's guests include: George Windsor, Research and Data Director, Te...

2022-09-1648 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 639. How do we make financial services more LGBTQ-inclusive? Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to ask: “how do we make financial services LGBTQ inclusive?” To mark this year’s Pride month, but also hopefully creating a conversation relevant at any time, we’re asking: what issues has the LGBTQ community faced and continues to face when it comes to financial services? What solutions are being found? And what could the future hold? This week's guests include: Charlotte Fereday, Product Director, 11:FS David Auten, Co-host, Queer Money Podcast Steve Wardlaw, Chairman, Emerald Life Kate Anthony, CEO, Euphoria This epi...

2022-06-2448 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 622. News: Inflation strikes for Amazon sellers and SEON raises for global expansion Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nicole Perry, 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: Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst Bence Jendruszak, Co-founder & COO, SEON We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon is adding a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge - 3:30 Fraud prevention fintech SEON raises $94m to expand globally - 14.30 US consumer agency sues TransUnion for deceptive marketing - 27:15 Decacorn Brex expands into financial services, lands DoorDash...

2022-04-2556 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 594. News: Fintech funding ramps up as Brex, Qonto and others all hit record valuations 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...

2022-01-1757 min

Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 570. News: Fintech in flux? Google cancels Plex and Monzo withdraws US licence bid Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Ron Shevlin, Director of Research, Cornerstone Advisors Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Google Is Scrapping its Plan to Offer Bank Accounts to Users 3:05 Monzo withdraws US banking licence application 15:21 Alloy raises $100 million at a $1.35 billion valuation to help banks and fintechs fight...

2021-10-1157 min