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Key stories this week: Bitcoin drops 20% on news of another exchange hack: TransferWise gets direct access to Faster Payments Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June A seven year old idea comes of age: Bank-as-a-Service Venmo Will Soon Be Larger Than Any Bank P2P Service German digital bank Fidor acquired by French banking giant Why Australia’s Biggest Banks Are Going After Apple Barclays rolls out voice biometrics for phone banking If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe below using your favourite podcasting app, follow the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch at FinTechInsider@11FS.co.uk The post Ep105 – Putting the brakes on accelerators appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep105 – Putting the brakes on accelerators appeared first on 11:FS.

This week: This week we talk to some of the best people in banking and Fintech with Dave Birch, Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion (@dgwbirch) and Izabella Kaminska, Financial Times Alphaville (@izakaminska). We also interviewed Antonio Fratta Pasini from CheBanca! (@chebanca) We hoped you like Episode 104 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders or get in touch on FinTechInsider@11FS.co.uk   In the news we chatted through: Mark Andreesen and a16z go long on chat http://a16z.com/2016/07/24/money-as-message/ Break up the financial watchdog over HBOS failures, MPs urge http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/07/25/break-up-the-financial-watchdog-over-hbos-failures-mps-urge/?WT.mc_id=e_DM143962&WT.tsrc=email&etype=Edi_Cit_New_Tue_9Sections&utm_source=email&utm_medium=Edi_Cit_New_Tue_9Sections_2016_07_26&utm_campaign=DM143962 As goes correspondent banking so goes globalisation http://ftalphaville.ft.com/2016/07/26/2170875/as-goes-correspondent-banking-so- It

1) BT fault hits broadband users and banks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36844712 2) Pokemon Go’s McDonald’s Partnership Points To A Promising Business Model http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2016/07/20/pokemon-go-mcdonalds-japan-nintendo-revenue/#3e0f226160d5 3) Apple Pay says bonjour to France and nei ho to Hong Kong http://www.cnet.com/news/apple-pay-says-bonjour-to-france/ 4) Oaknorth : first challenger bank to use Facebook at Work http://www.bankingtech.com/536972/oaknorth-first-challenger-bank-to-adopt-facebook-at-work/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oaknorth-first-challenger-bank-to-adopt-facebook-at-work 5) Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is doubling down on a German fintech startup http://uk.businessinsider.com/silicon-valley-billionaire-peter-thiel-increases-investment-in-germanys-deposit-solutions-2016-7 6) Google’s DeepMind trains AI to cut its energy bills by 40% http://www.wired.co.uk/article/google-deepmind-data-centres-efficiency 7) Santander’s fintec

Articles we discuss in the news: 1. The Financial Brand – What can banks learn from Pokemon? https://thefinancialbrand.com/59873/banking-mobile-social-pokemon-go-app-engagement/ 2. Overdrafts more expensive than payday loans says ‘which’ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36746372 3. Fred Wilson says “Corporate VCs are the devil” https://www.cbinsights.com/blog/corporate-venture-capital-investment-disadvantages-fred-wilson-usv/?utm_source=The+Financial+Revolutionist+Weekly+Briefing&utm_campaign=23e67c8e48-Weekly_Briefing_No_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbba91202b-23e67c8e48-76962253 4. Amex gets into SME lending http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20160705/TECHNOLOGY/160709995/amex-challenges-square-on-deck-with-small-business-oans-online?utm_source=The%20Financial%20Revolutionist%20Weekly%20Briefing&utm_campaign=23e67c8e48-Weekly_Briefing_No_36&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbba91202b-23e67c8e48-76962253 5. US Founder in London says no intention to move post Brexit http://news.efinancialcareers.co

This week we are joined by Anna Irrera from the Wall Street Journal as well as Sophie Guibaud from Fidor to talk about how they see Brexit impacting Fidor and the Fintech world. Articles we discuss in the news: Apple Pay: Payment’s dirty little secret http://www.pymnts.com/news/mobile-payments/2016/apple-pay-adoption-usage-2016/ Fixing the hole in Ethereum http://www.coin-desk.com/ether-prices-plunge-dao-soft-fork-warning/ We hoped you liked Episode 1 – Follow us and tell us what you think of the show @FinTechInsiders The post Ep101 – Brexit Special appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep101 – Brexit Special appeared first on 11:FS.