Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Welcome to Fintech Insider 'In conversation with", recorded live on Clubhouse. In this very special episode, David and Jason spoke to Boe Hartman, CTO at Nomi Health, and one of the lead architects behind Marcus by Goldman Sachs to discuss whether banks can really build tech? Boe shares some key learnings from his career to date; how he created change within some of the biggest banks in the world,...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davies, 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, Starling Bank Alan Ainsworth, Head of Policy for Open Banking We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Starling eyes M&...

This Monday was International Women’s day, and theme of the day is #ChooseToChallenge. So on today’s show we’re choosing to challenge why fintech app assistants are overwhelmingly female, what this means for the industry and particularly for the view of women in the industry, and whether app assistants should have a name or a gender at all. Sarah Kocianski hosts a fantastic panel of guests to dig...

Our expert hosts, Ross and Mel, 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: Asya Bradley, Founder and COO First Boulevard Anna Irrera, Fintech Correspondent, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Square Financial Services Begins Banking Ope...

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Ron Kalifa, OBE, Chairman of Network International and Future Learn Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: The Kal...

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about cashless societies. In recen years the popularity of cash has dwindled as digital payments have become faster, cheaper and more convenient. In the UK, Sweden, China and many parts of the world we’re moving closer and closer to a cashless economy. The panel explores what would happen if we started from scratch now: What would our ideal finan...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Mel Stringer, 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: Jamie Campbell, CEO and co-founder, Fronted Tom Renwick, Business Banking Propositions Manager at Atom Bank Jonas Templestein, CTO and co-founder of Monzo We cover the following stories from the...

On the surface, the world of payments is constantly evolving. With the likes of PayPal, Venmo and a multitude of other consumer fintechs, peer-to-peer payments and consumer-to-business payments have seen rapid and innovative advancements in recent year. The same, however, cannot be said for business-to-business. Although global B2B payments dwarf any other kind, they still seem to dwell in a relat...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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: Rhian Lewis - Author of the Cryptocurrency Revolution & Co-developer of altcoin portfolio tracker CountMyCrypto Nicolas Weng Kan - CEO of Yolt and Yolt Technology Services We cover the following sto...

In this episode of Fintech Insider, David Brear and guests delve into all things cloud. Focusing on how banks and financial services can migrate to the cloud and remain compliant along the way, we also examine how technology and regulation can work together as cloud technology evolves. Joining David to discuss the topic are: Howard Boville - Head of IBM Hybrid Cloud Platform Jo Ann Barefoot - CEO...

Between various office moves, company growth and of course, the pandemic, 4+ years and 500 episodes has whizzed by. In honour of the momentous occasion, David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates have come back together to look back on the biggest fintech and financial services topics from our time in your podcast feed. We take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of our key episodes and catch...

Between BaaS and SaaS, cloud and core banking it seems like every company is involved in outsourcing in some way. In this episode, we lift the lid on how outsourcing works in the banking ecosystem from an integration, risk and compliance standpoint, and explore the opportunities and challenges that come along with it. Joining David to discuss this week are: Latha Katam - COO, RFT at Deutsche Bank...

Our expert hosts are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Ossama Soliman - Chief Product Officer, TrueLayer Enzo Casasola - Head of RegTech at Suade Labs We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: TrueLayer launches payments-as-a-service product Mast...

As we steadily move our lives online, the financial experiences of children and young people are becoming increasingly digital too. In this episode of Fintech Insider, Simon Taylor sits down with guests from the industry to discuss child accounts, kids’ cards and financial literacy for young people. We find out how the use of financial tools for kids is developing - particularly as a result of the...

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Oliver Prill - CEO, Tide Tosin Agbabiaka - Early Stage Investor, Octopus Ventures. We also spkoe to we spoke to Vidya Peters, CMO at Marqeta to hear more about their story. We cover the following st...

As COVID-19, the ensuing economic crisis, and recent calls for racial justice show, the cost of complacency toward matters of equity is reaching an inflection point. With statistics that show that both those making the decisions and those receiving the benefits are overwhelmingly white and male, the VC industry clearly has a diversity problem that needs to be addressed from top to bottom. In this...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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. This week's guests include: Shamir Karkal - Co-founder and CEO of Sila, former Co-founder and CTO of Simple Bradley Riss - Chief Commercial Officer, Checkout.com We cover the following stories from the fintech and financ...

With the help of fintechs, BaaS, third party providers and even M&As, banking as we know it is changing. Partnerships are proving to be the key to unlocking what the future of the banking ecosystem will look like. In this episode, Adam Davis sits down with a panel of guests for an insightful conversation about how partnership in finance could have the potential to change the entire ecosystem of ba...

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Anna Irrera - Fintech Correspondent, Reuters Iana Vidal - Head of Policy and Government Affairs at Innovate Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Brex...

How we save has gone through some major transformations over the years, and the pandemic is only propelling these changes further. From fintech disruption and the power of Open Banking to the role of financial education and generational differences, Simon sits down with a fantastic panel of guests to dive into why and how the ways in which we approach saving is changing. Joining Simon for this epi...

As the crazy year that is 2020 has finally come to an end, David, Simon, Sam and Sarah take this episode to look ahead at what they think the financial services industry will look like in 2021. They talk going all-in on digital, tailored financial advice, autonomous financial services, M&As and much more. Tune in to hear how last year's predictions went and the big themes to look out for this year...

Our expert hosts, 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: Catherine Birkett - CFO, GoCardless Keith Grose - Head of International, Plaid We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: GoCardless raises $95M in Series F F...

Welcome to our latest instalment of After Dark! This time we enter into a debate about Buy Now Pay Later products and what benefits or issues can be identified in these products. These offerings have exploded in recent years, and so have the views around them. In the debate, we have two teams and the consist of these masterminds: Team Love: Simon Taylor, 11:FS Head of Ventures Ali Paterson, Editor...

Our expert hosts Sarah Kocianski 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: Alex Zivoder, CEO of gohenry Wade Arnold, CEO of Moov.io We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe announces embedded business banking service Stripe Tre...

David Brear is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking moments from the past year. This week's guests include: Chris Skinner - Author, speaker and Non-Executive Director of 11:FS Kat Mann - Head of PR & Saving and Investments Specialist, Nutmeg Adam Hadi - VP of Marketing, Current 2020 has been quite a year, and in this episode David and g...