540. News: Why are American behemoths buying European fintechs?

Jun 28, 2021

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Our expert hosts, Adam Davis 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:

Shane Happach, CEO Mollie
Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News

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Anna Irrera, Chief Fintech Correspondent, Reuters

We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:

JPMorgan buys investment platform Nutmeg in UK retail push 1:43
Mollie’s Series C funding round puts it in the top 5 most valuable European startups, and top 20 worldwide 13:25
AML regulations driving up compliance costs across UK 29:26
Revolut's results show a “bumper year” as revenues grow… but so do losses 39:15
11:FS Foundry, the Financial Service Operating System built by 11:FS, has today released its first drop, 11:Money 50:32
YES Bank launches musical logo 55:06

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Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Anna Irrera, Emily Nicolle, and Shane Happach.

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