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Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Jason Bates, 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: Shefali Roy - COO and CCO at TrueLayer Rachel Green - Research Analyst for Insider Intelligence We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Railsbank to buy Wirecard UK (01:54) JPMorgan to challenge UK banks with digital launch in early 2021 (12:00) Under lockdown open banking payments surged 800% (25:40) Laybuy goes floating on the Australian stock exchange (36:43) Zopa takes first steps in digital banking with the launch of their fixed term savings accounts (45:25) Japan is running out of credit card numbers (53:36) *Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. * It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers

Our expert hosts, David Brear and Jason Bates, are joined by some of the brightest minds in the fintech industry for our first ever Truly Digital After Dark. Anne Boden , CEO of Starling Bank Nick Ogden, Founder and Chief Executive, RTGS Limited Maia Bittner, Voice of the Member, Chime Together they bring you a deep dive in to what Truly Digital really means, and how it has helped shape the face of the industry we are a part of. We will take a look at what it looks like both in the businesses, products and services created, but also the future of the FS workplace is. Join us for a great live podcast recording for some amazing insights in to how we are shaping the future of financial services, together. This podcast is brought to you by Usertesting. UserTesting is a leading on-demand human insight platform that quickly gives companies a first-person understanding of how their target audience behaves throughout any experience and why. The platform is used by many of the world's top fintech organi

Simon Taylor and David Brear, 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: Caroline Plumb, CEO of Fluidly Adam Moulson, CCO at Form 3 We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Robinhood snags third mega-investment of the year, boosting valuation to $11.2 billion (02:30) Form3 raises $33 million with support from Nationwide and Lloyds (12:01) BCR Pool E first winners are announced (24:36) WeLab Bank reports over 10k account opening applications within 10 days of launch (32:21) Habito raises £35 million to revolutionise home buying (38:29) Citi Wants Revlon Lenders To Return $900M Paid In Error (50:53) *Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. * It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offer

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about digital wealth managers. The panel will be looking at how digital wealth managers have disrupted the market and the corporate responsibility that comes along with it. This week's guests include: Jannick Malling - Co-founder and co-CEO, Public.com Adam Dodds - CEO and Founder, Freetrade Mel Stringer, Product Lead, 11:FS Starting off, the panel takes a look at what the market space looked like prior to the current digital offerings we have now and how the new players have managed to disrupt the market. They go on to talk about the importance of education and design and how the digital wealth managers have succeeded in creating a sense of community in the world of investing. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue str

Sam Maule and Sarah Kocianski, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week in the US and beyond. This week's guests include: Rob Blackwell, Chief Content Officer of Promontory Network, Host of Banking with Interest podcast & former Editor-in-Chief of American Banker Oscar Williams-Grut, Senior City Correspondent, Yahoo Finance UK We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Facebook Financial Formed to Pursue Company’s Commerce Ambitions - 03:42 AmEx in Advanced Talks to Buy SoftBank-Backed Kabbage - 16:00 Robinhood Blows Past Rivals in Record Retail Trading Year - 27:04 Revolut's losses jump to £100m as business surges - 35:10 Payments giant Stripe poaches General Motors’ CFO in its latest high-profile hire - 43:11 Barclays being probed by UK privacy watchdog on accusations of spying on staff - 54:54 *This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital * the pioneer and c

Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to dig into exactly what we think constitutes BaaS, and why it's a super hot industry right now that's a game changer for any brand wanting to offer financial services to their customer base. Guests this week are: Joanne Dewar, CEO GPS Mike Douglas, VP of Strategy at Galileo Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Lead at 11:FS We cover: who is doing it and how; the impact of embedded finance; and what this could unlock for the future of Financial Services. *Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. * It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, ban

Ross Gallagher and Simon Taylor 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: Philippa Girling, Chief Risk Officer, Varo Money Emily Nicolle, Technology Editor, CityAM We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Varo Money granted national bank charter - 02:32 Google to offer co-branded accounts with eight US banks - and we spoke to Shayan Khwaja, Head of Partnerships Program at BBVA US, one of the brands partnering with Google - 15:32 Monzo announces concerns over its future with its annual report while Starling's paints a more positive picture - 30:02 HSBC profits plunge 96% as loan-loss provisions jump on coronavirus - 40:00 Apple Buys Startup to Turn iPhones Into Payment Terminals - 48:14 Wirecard processed payments for mafia-linked casino 01:01:05 Don't forget to check out our brand new research report identifying exactly how Banking as a Serv

In this week's Insights show, Simon Taylor is joined by a panel of great guests to talk all about digital banking in the Asia Pacific region. With a special focus on Australia, Simon and guests take a look at how far the industry has come, competition from Australia's 'big four' incumbents, and what the future holds for digital banks in the region. To help explore this topic, this week's guests include: Van Le - Co-Founder, Xinja Bank Stuart Houston - Financial Services Industry Lead, Google Cloud Dexter Cousins - Host, Fintech Australia podcast & Founder and Managing Director, Tier One People Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.l

Simon and Sarah, 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: Charlotte Crosswell, CEO, Innovate Finance Viktor Nebehaj, CMO and co-founder, Freetrade We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fintech industry “firing on all cylinders” despite VC investment in UK fintechs down 39% Barclays profit halves as it sets aside another £1.6bn to cover COVID-19 losses Inside Britain's pandemic-era amateur investment boom Moneybox crowd funds £4M in 4 hours - and we hear from their co-founder Ben Stanway to tell us what this means for the future of Moneybox JPMorgan Chase partners with Marqeta to launch 'virtual' credit cards - and we spoke to Omri Dahan, Chief Revenue Officer at Marqeta to get their perspective on this. And finally: Antchain, a blockchain project under Ant financial group, hired a seniors citizens choir to perform a bespoke promo song, whil

Our expert host Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the digitalisation of banking we've seen over the last few months and what this might mean for the future of bank branches. Banks around the world have for some time reduced the amount of bank branches available for customers, and during COVID-19 all banks were forced to shut their branches and adopt a truly digital way of working. But what will happen when we are past this? Joining us this week are: Stephen Dury - Director of Innovation at Santander UK Stuart Sopp - CEO of Current Keith Brannan - Chief Marketing Officer at Kasasa Kate Moody - Senior Customer and Product Lead at 11:FS 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 and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or

Simon and Ross 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 Marsh, Senior Analytics Director at Klarna Anna Irrera, Fintech reporter, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Robinhood scraps UK launch amid mounting scrutiny of trading platform (1:16) Klarna: We tightened our lending in lockdown (16:36) Monzo (re)launch Monzo Plus (29:28) Goldman and Mastercard invest in Bond (40:19) UK Government kicks off fintech review and we hear from the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (51:02) Missing Wirecard exec Marsalek under protection of GRU in Moscow (1:01:35) Fintech Insider listeners, we need you! We’d love it if you could take a few minutes to give us your feedback and suggestions to help shape the future of the show! To help us out, please visit bit.ly/FintechInsiderSurvey to take a short survey. It shouldn’t take more than

Sarah Kocianski is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss digital payments innovation the global shift away from cash. Here to discuss the matter are: Jennifer Duncan - Vice President of Global Government Innovation at Mastercard Chirag Patel - Global Head of Payments at Santander Mario Shiliashki - CEO of Payments at PayU Even before the pandemic, the use of cash was on the decline. Countries like the UK and Sweden were already heading towards cashless futures, and the current pandemic has only accelerated the global shift away from cash and move towards digital payments solutions. Whilst the jury is still out on whether cash is truly a transmitter of the virus, on this week's Insights show we dive into the various ways digital payments have been advancing across the world and the wider implications that come along with it. What will a move to a cashless society mean for financial inclusion? What are the potential repercussions in terms of data and privacy? And what are the risks when big

Sam Maule and Jason Bates, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the US in the past week. This week's guests include: Nick Sando, Fintech investor at Octopus Ventures Krystal Hu, M&A Reporter, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US bank results are in: and trading helps mask significant problems (01:56) Marqeta eyes IPO (16:50) SoFi files banking charter application with OCC (28:52) Robinhood’s raises (again) and reaches a new valuation (36:25) Fintech startup Lanistar raises £15 million to earn a £150M valuation (44:45) Your weekly Wirecard roundup (57:09) *This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital * the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. So how do they do it? With the Banno Digital Platform—a comple

Simon Taylor is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the transformation of finance in Africa and how fintechs are building up the industry. Here to discuss the matter are: Benjamin Fernandes - CEO, NALA Fara Ashiru Jituboh - Co-Founder & CEO/CTO, Okra Akeem Lawal - Divisional Chief Executive Officer for Transaction Processing and Enablement Business, Interswitch In the past couple of decades, the introduction of mobile money, digital payments channels and APIs has started to reshape finance in the world’s youngest and fastest-growing continent. Focusing on East and West sub-Saharan Africa, in this show, Simon and guests discuss the concept of "leap-frogging", growing foreign interest in the African fintech market, and the implications and limitations of Africa's financial revolution for everyday people. Moreover, as the continent makes greater strides towards a digital financial future, who is still left out and what more can be done to ensure fair and equal access to the financial system

Simon and Jason 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 Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling Mike Dudas, Chairman of the Board at The Block We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Square Rally Sends Valuation Into Ranks of Biggest U.S. Banks EU banks to take on Visa, Mastercard with new payments system Starling do all the things including launching a dollar account, an SMB toolkit and applying for more remedies funding SocGen acquire NeoBank Shine The mysterious case of Wirecard’s missing COO 123456 is still most popular online password This podcast is brought to you by Equinix. Equinix is the world's largest data center & colocation provider, enabling fastest application performance, lowest latency and a digital ecosystem for financial services. Its platform of 200+ data centres worldwide protects, connects and empowers the m

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of fintech hubs. Up until now, London has been known as a global fintech hub where talent and business come to work in this booming fintech industry. As we've all gone remote, theoretically we are no longer constrained to offices and industry hotspots, so will the industry spread out more internationally after this? To talk about this, Simon Taylor is joined by a range of amazing guests, dialing in from all over the world: Freddy Kelly - CEO of Credit Kudos Marina Gracias - General Counsel at Varo Money Ned Phillips - CEO of Bambu This podcast is brought to you by Equinix. Equinix is the world's largest data center & colocation provider, enabling fastest application performance, lowest latency and a digital ecosystem for financial services. Its platform of 200+ data centres worldwide protects, connects and empowers the mission-critical infrastructure for over 10,000 businesses. Small business financial services are only 1% finish

Our expert hosts, Simon and David, 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: Joe Bloemendaal, Head of Strategy at Mitek Nathalie Oestmann, COO, Curve Emily Nicolle, Tech Editor, City AM We also hear from: Daljit Singh, Chief Design Officer, Marketing Director and Co-founder at Anna Money, and Michael Ducker, co-founder of Pinch who is the Director of Product at Chime We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: The Wirecard saga continues to unravel - taking UK fintechs along with it Banking platform solarisBank raises $67.5 million at $360 million valuation US challenger bank Chime launches Credit Builder, a credit card that works more like debit Galileo launches Galileo Instant for creating branded debit card & digital banking experiences Monzo educate their followers on online puppy scams This podcast is brought to you by Mitek (NASDA

Our expert host, Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about credit scoring for US immigrants. Credit scoring is a huge role in people's financial life in the US, and a "good" credit score help you get access to a lot of basic services such as renting an apartment, getting better quotes on insurance and access to credit cards. But what do you do as a US immigrant arriving in the country with no US credit score to prove? As always Sam is not alone but joined by two amazing guests: Maureen MacIsaac - Data Analytics Lead at Nova Credit Angela Galardi Ceresnie - CEO at Climb Credit This podcast is brought to you by Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK). Mitek is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists businesses operating in highly regulated mar

Our expert hosts, Sam Maule and David Brear 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: Erika Lucas - CEO of StitchCrew Gerti Dervishi - Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer at Flybits Jillian Williams - Investment Principal at Anthemis and head of BLCK VC NYC We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Wirecard says €1.9bn of cash is missing and have now filed for insolvency (03:48) The US banking sector is seeing huge growth, despite (or because of) the pandemic (18:34) Global payments space hots up (36:00) Stories we didn’t have time to cover (52:23) Goldman traders mock CEO’s ‘cringeworthy’ cameo on TV show ‘Billions' (57:58) *This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital * the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of Mega

Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about PPP lending in the US from the lenders perspective. This week's guests include: Corey LeBlanc, Chief Digital and Innovation Officer at Origin Bank Neil Kahrim - Director of Growth and Operations at OakNorth Kathryn Petralia - Co-Founder and COO at Kabbage The panel tells us what the PPP lending programme was like for the lenders: how did the application process go? Was there enough money available? And how do you prioritize when you recieve 100k PPP loan applications in in 8 hours? This podcast is brought to you by Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK). Mitek is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists businesses operating in highly regulated markets to reduce financial risk and meet regulatory re