Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Our expert hosts, Adam Davis 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: Lars Trunin - Head of UK Product at TransferWise Ali Paterson - Editor in Chief at Fintech Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: TransferWise wins rest...

Credit can be a lifeline in times of crisis but the credit risk models banks rely on are simply no longer fit for the realities of today. The pandemic has wreaked havoc on everyone’s finances, apart from the lucky few, and post pandemic the need for credit has never been greater. Simon Taylor is joined by some fantastic guests to discuss how the current system of credit is in dire need of an overa...

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Daniel Lanyon - Editor in Chief, Altfi Shaun Puckrin - Chief Product Officer, GPS We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Google moves into Venmo and bank ter...

In the midst of a second national lockdown in England, Adam Davis and guests take a look back at what's happened during and since the last, larger lockdown and the lessons we’ve learned as an industry that can help us going forward. This week's guests include: Jana Lvova - Head of Fintech Europe, Visa Simon Cureton - CEO, Funding Options James Smith - Director of Digital, Nationwide Building Socie...

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: David Jarvis - CEO of Griffin Anna Irrera - Fintech Correspondent, Reuters Ginger Schmeltzer - Senior Analyst, Aite Group We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services s...

The path to profitability for many fintechs has not been an easy one. Much like disruptive technology and media companies, for the vast majority of challenger banks, their number one objective has been growth and building a loyal customer base, rather than prioritizing making a profit. However, as the UK plunges into the deepest recession on record, challenger banks are under renewed pressure from...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis 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: Babs Ogundeyi - CEO of Kuda Sharon Kimathi - Editor of FinTech Futures Rune Garborg - CEO at Vipps We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: WhatsApp gets approva...

During the pandemic reports of financial and economic abuse have been on the rise. According to the charity Surviving Economic Abuse, 95% of people who experience domestic abuse are also experiencing some form of economic abuse. With many of us now spending the vast majority of our time in our homes, the home can be an even more dangerous place for survivors – and banks now need to step up to deal...

Our expert hosts, 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. This week's guests include: Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News Mike Douglas, VP Strategy, Galileo We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: This is Goldman’s bet to brea...

For many, 2020 has proven to be a year of struggle. Between a pandemic, widespread social unrest and a recession, Black and Latinx communities in the US are amongst those who have been hit the hardest - not just by the country's growing Covid-related death toll, but also in terms of financial loss. In today's episode of the show, we are talking about the US’ racial wealth gap. Differences in incom...

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: Clare Gambardella - Chief Customer Officer at Zopa Chris Skinner, author, speaker - CEO at the Finanser and fintech guru We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services s...

As the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak began to be recognised by world leaders, a wide-scale shift to remote working and social distanced interaction rapidly increased the pressure on cybersecurity teams. As October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, in this episode of Fintech Insider, Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to dive into the topic of cybersecurity in the financial service...

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: Shaun Puckrin, Chief Product Officer, Global Processing Services Chris Maddern - Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Button We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial se...

Our expert hosts, Sam Maule 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: Alice Tapper, Founder and Author - Go Fund Yourself Gwera Kiwana, Ops Analyst - 11:FS We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Killer Mike’s new Black owned bank r...

Ross Gallagher is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the transformation of finance in the Middle East and how fintechs are gaining traction in the region. Here to discuss the matter are: Mike Cunningham - Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, Banque Saudi Fransi Amir Fardghassemi - Founder and CEO, JinglePay Kate Moody - Senior Customer and Product Lead at 11:FS In recent years financial...

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: Maia Bittner - Voice of the Member, Chime Oscar Williams-Grut - Senior City Correspondent, Yahoo Finance We also hear soudbites from: Jeff Kelisky - CEO, Seedrs and Luke Lang - Co-founder, Cro...

There is no question 2020 has been a tough year for most. With the recent coronavirus outbreak, both our finances and mental wellbeing have been tested and strained in ways they never have been before. With World Mental Health Day around the corner, we wanted to take a closer look at how finance interacts with the mental health problems that affect 1 in 4 of us and how the pandemic is putting addi...

Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski 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: Imran Gulamhuseinwala OBE - Trustee of the Open Banking Implementation Entity (OBIE) Loral Quinn - Founder and CEO, Sustainably We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial...

Sustainable finance is nothing new, but could it be finance's new normal? This week host Simon Taylor is joined by a couple of great guests to talk about the growth of ESG and sustainable finance. This week's guests include: Kat Mann - Head of PR & Saving and Investments Specialist, Nutmeg Damian Payiatakis - Head of Impact Investing, Barclays ESG funds are consistently outperforming the broader m...

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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: Olly Betts - Co-Founder and CEO at OpenWrks Valentina Kristensen - Director, Growth and Communication at OakNorth We also hear sondbites from: Shane Riedel - Founder and CEO at Elucidate. Forme...

If you're looking for the next big thing in fintech, then look no further than Latin America. With fintech investments in the region leaping from USD 700 million in 2018 to USD 2.118 billion in just the following year, it's clear to see that things are heating up in fintech's next hottest market. To discuss the growth, impact and evolution of digital finances services, host Sam Maule is joined by...

Our expert hosts, Jason Bates 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: Victoria Roberts - Director of the Fintech Delivery Panel, Tech Nation Anna Irrera - Chief Fintech Correspondent, Reuters We also hear soundbites from: Alex Marsh - UK Country Lead, Klarna John Nat...

If you’re building products from scratch, cloud is where you start, it’s no longer a question. Banks need to adopt this mentality and learn how to act with this level of speed and agility but how can they get there? IBM launched public cloud for financial services in June and they are working with their banking clients to bring them onto the cloud - and to make cloud overall more accessible for th...

Our expert hosts, 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. This week's guests include: Andrew Smith, Co-founder RTGS Global Joe Bloemendaal - VP, head of Sales & BD at Mitek Systems EMEA We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: RTGS Global rolls...

Our host and resident blockchain expert, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to talk about the growth of cryptocurrencies in mainstream finance and fintech. This week's guests include: Jamie Burke - CEO and Founder, Outlier Ventures Kevin Beardsley - Head of Pro Trader Experience, Kraken Cyril Mathew - Head of Business Development, EMEA, Coinbase Rhian Lewis - Author, The Cryptocurrency R...