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Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Fintech Insider is your ultimate guide to the world of finance and fintech from 11:FS - the leading independent fintech consultancy, recognised five times with the British Bank Award for Consultancy of the Year. Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including Visa, Monzo, Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, Wise, the Financial Times, and more to discuss breaking news and deep dive into the biggest topics and trends within the industry. Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest...

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Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

459. News: Paypal take on Klarna and Afterpay; Vipps and Visa team up & Chip’s new raise 07.09.2020

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: Alex Latham - CMO at Chip Daniel Lanyon - Editor in Chief at AltFi We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: UK savings fintech Chip is raising a Series A round...

458. Insights: BaaS in the US - user experience is the basis of competition 04.09.2020

Simon Taylor hosts this episode and is joined by some great guests to talk about banking as a service with a particular focus on the US market. This week's guests include: Nigel Verdon - CEO of Railsbank Omri Dahan, Chief Revenue Officer at Marqeta Sankaet Pathak, CEO of Synapse Melissa Stringer, Product Lead 11:FS Kicking the discussion off, the panel recaps the market and establishes what bankin...

457. News: Can JPMorgan disrupt the UK challenger bank market? 31.08.2020

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 Wi...

456. Insights: Truly Digital After Dark 28.08.2020

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 o...

455. News: Funding, funding and more funding - Robinhood, Form3, Habito & BCR Pool E 24.08.2020

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....

454. Insights: Digital Investing - the importance of education and community 20.08.2020

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 pan...

453. News: Can F2 solve Facebook’s problems & will Amex buy Kabbage? 17.08.2020

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, Ya...

452. Insights: Banking as a Service - the tech behind fintech 14.08.2020

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;...

451. News: Varo Money gets their charter & Google Pay's new banking partners 10.08.2020

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 - 0...

450. Insights: The rise of Australian digital banking 06.08.2020

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 in...

449. News: Can fintech fast track our economic recovery? 03.08.2020

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 invest...

448. Insights: Do we still need bank branches? 31.07.2020

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 w...

447. News: Can finance ever be fully democratised? 27.07.2020

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 pla...

446. Insights: Digital Payments Innovation: Is this the end of cash? 24.07.2020

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. Cou...

445. News: Winners and losers in US banks’ results; SoFi’s charter and Marqeta’s IPO 20.07.2020

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...

444. Insights: African fintechs: transforming the continent's financial landscape 17.07.2020

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 d...

443. News: Square’s $55bn valuation - a wakeup call for big banks? 13.07.2020

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....

442. Insights: Are fintech hubs dead? 10.07.2020

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...

441. News: Wirecard hits UK fintech but BaaS is still booming 06.07.2020

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 Mon...

440. Insights: Credit scoring for US immigrants - It's a political issue 03.07.2020

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...

439. News: Wirecard fallout - fintech’s Enron moment? 29.06.2020

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 stori...

438. Insights: PPP - How digital providers helped rescue SMBs 26.06.2020

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 a...

436. Insights: COVID-19 and the underbanked in the US 19.06.2020

Sam Maule is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the US' underbanked communities. Here to discuss the matter are: Abbey Wemimo - Co-founder, Esusu John Hope Bryant - CEO and Chairman of Operation Hope Thea Garon - Senior Director, Financial Health Network As COVID-19 spreads across the globe, the US is facing a financial crisis that is hitting...

435. News: Is now a good time to launch a challenger bank? 15.06.2020

Our expert hosts, Sarah 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: Sanjay Gupta VP and Global Head of Products and Corporate Development - Mitek US Rachael Pollard, Chief Growth Officer at Starling Anti-Jussi Suominen, CEO of Holvi We cover the following stories from the finte...

434. Insights: Transforming financial services infrastructure post COVID-19 12.06.2020

Sarah Kocianski is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on digital infrastructure and transformation, as the pandemic has already forced FS organisations to innovate quicker than they’ve ever done before, out of necessity . Our guests are: Lance Homer - Global Head of Digital Payments and Banking Ecosystem at Equinix Andrew Smith – CTO and foundin...

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