Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Join hosts Laura Watkins and Ross Gallagher, along with some great guests, as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Fintech giant Stripe acquiring stablecoin platform Bridge for $1.1 billion, Capital One partnering with Minna Technologies, the US getting open banking regulations... kinda, innovations in AI and embedded finance kickstarting a...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights host Kate Moody is joined by Xavier Shay - CEO of Up. Since it launched as Australia’s first mobile-only digital bank back in 2018, Up has set out to connect younger consumers with digital savings, payments and lending. Up will soon celebrate its sixth birthday, and is on track in its birthday month (October) to announce that it’s hit the million custome...

Join hosts Laura Watkins and Dave Morris, along with some great guests, as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: A BBC investigation found that Revolut has been named in more fraud reports than any major UK bank; two different banks from both sides of the pond have received heavy fines; UK fintechs continue to have an overall positive effect...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor is joined by Jessica Rusu, Chief Data, Information and Intelligence Officer at the FCA. It's been ten years since the UK regulator launched their innovation hub, so we wanted to catch up with them to dive into the learning and successes so far, as well as taking a look at what the next ten years might look like. We also get the lowdo...

Join host Benjamin Ensor, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: E-commerce fraud losses could surpass $100 billion worldwide by 2029, Fintech Australia backs government scam protection, as the UK government pushes for transaction delays, the Fintech funding squeeze could scupper London IPOs, Zopa Bank releases...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, in association with Curve, host David Barton-Grimley is joined by a panel of payments and e-wallets experts to tackle the emerging Wallet Wars. Apple Pay – and the Apple Wallet – has become dominant in the space over the last decade, but with the tech giant forced to open the iPhone up to third-party wallets, there’s suddenly competition in the market....

Join hosts Laura Watkins and Dave Morris, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Nationwide has acquired Virgin Money for £2.9 billion; Visa is being sued by the Department of Justice as the Biden administration continues its crackdown on ‘junk fees’; Starling Bank has been hit with a large fine from regulator t...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by Mark Mullen, CEO and Co-Founder of Atom Bank. Before Monzo or Starling, there was Atom. It's been ten years since Atom Bank, a digital challenger bank based in the North East of England, was incorporated. Since then, it has grown to become one of the most profitable neobanks in Britain. Atom launched to the public in 2016 an...

Our expert hosts Kate Moody and Jamie Campbell present Fintech Insider News live from St Michael + All Angels Church in London, along with some great guests to discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Revolut is poised to target Middle East banking licence as the bank hits 10 million UK users, Chase is reportedly set to offer credit cards in the UK...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, in association with Adyen, host David Barton-Grimley explores the capabilities opened up by embedded finance – looking at the time and money that can be saved when business have powerful financial tools at their fingertips. We're joined by a panel of expert guests in the embedded finance and payments space to look at how payments can be integrated into...

Join host David Barton-Grimley, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Apple reportedly poised to sign new cards deal with JPMorgan, US Senators urge crackdown on BaaS providers as FDIC tightens rules, fintech investment remains sluggish with H1 funding down nearly 50% year on year, and Monzo is first off the ma...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host David Barton-Grimley delves into the crisis that has gripped Banking-as-a-Service for much of 2024. Alongside an expert panel of BaaS specialists, we look at how the collapse of two fintechs set in motion a domino effect that cost customers millions, and rocked confidence in the industry. This week's guests: Jason Mikula - Founder of Fintech Busine...

Join host Benjamin Ensor, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Lendinvest raises £500m from JP Morgan as NatWest joins the Open Property Data Association, Enfuce announces the UK’s first ever 2-in-1 debit and credit card in MasterCard partnership, UK banks complete the Open Banking roadmap, and Miami-based boo...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, hosts Kate Moody and Joe Colchester discuss how you can best optimise the experience of a customer’s very first touchpoint with a fintech product or platform – the onboarding. Whether it’s a case of balancing friction and compliance when it comes to the terms and conditions, to gamifying the set-up process, our panel delves into crucial first stage in t...

Join hosts Kate Moody and Dave Morris, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: New PensionBee research for Pensions Awareness Week reveals less than 15% of Brits know how much they have in pensions, financial institutions and regulators unite to standardise corporate digital IDs, Singapore mulls new police powers...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, hosts David Barton-Grimley and Ross Gallagher delve into the technologies powering the next generation of fintech user experiences. Drawing together 11:FS research and expert guest insights, we look at how APIs can power a partnerships-driven ecosystem that could ultimately make fintech feel invisible. This week's guest: Rory O'Reilly - Co-founder and C...

Join hosts Benjamin Ensor and Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, along with some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: FS trade union warns that big banks should brace for job losses to AI, Atlantic Money announces its challenger to SWIFT's network, OakNorth secures approval to market products in the US, and KOHO launches tenant insura...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor is joined by experts from the sector to discuss whether Indian fintech is poised to go global. We look at the opportunities and challenges that fintechs face as they make their pitch to a market of 1.4bn people.  And, we delve into the most promising home-grown startups in the country, along with the international players that are se...

Join host David Barton-Grimley and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: Klarna announces a new personal account and cashback rewards offering, Revolut is poised to decide between London and New York for its IPO, new research from Tink finds that digital financial tools could make Brits £24.5bn richer, and Amazon could sp...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by experts from in and around fintech to discuss whether the fintech is now a mature sector. Fintech has gone from attracting massive funding in the late 2010s and immediately following the pandemic, to enduring a funding crunch in the last couple of years. And, as investors start to cautiously return to fintech, how can compan...

Join host Kate Moody and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: ClearBank are set for European expansion after securing a Dutch banking licence, year-on-year investment in UK fintech has nearly tripled to £5.7bn, San Francisco fintech Tally shuts down despite $855m valuation, and Google partners with GoHenry to develop Tap...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Benjamin Ensor takes us back in the archives to revisit our two part series on 'How to buy a bank'. Mergers and acquisitions in fintech are all over the news at the moment, from Nationwide Building Society being approved for a £2.9bn UK takeover of Virgin Money, to the possible $35bn Capital One Discover merger in the US. So, we'll be taking a deep...

Join hosts Benjamin Ensor, Dave Morris and some great guests as we discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Topics covered include: CommBank halves customer scam losses with in-house anti-fraud technologies, Société Générale sells its UK and Swiss private banking assets, the “neighbourhood” fintech Bilt Rewards raises $150m, and Philippines fintech Mynt sees $5bn valuatio...

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by some great guest to talk about the relationship between financial services and sport. As we’re making this episode, Paris is currently hosting the 2024 Olympic Games, welcoming thousands of athletes and millions of sports fans to France for the third time as a host city.  So where does financial services fit into all this? W...

Join fellow fintech fans for this special 25th edition of Fintech Insider presents After Dark. Enjoy some food and drinks with the best community in FS while we bring you a live news show. Hosted by David M. Brear and Jamie Campbell plus some very special guests announced soon, we're breaking out of the studio to discuss the biggest news stories of the week live! 📍 St Michael + All Angels Church,...