Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS 391. News: Singapore's big tech banking battlefield
Our expert hosts, David Brear 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:
- Tram Anh Nguyen - Co-Founder of the Centre for Finance Technology and Entrepreneurship
- Shafali Gupta - VP Strategy & Ops at Fluidly
- Nathalie Oestmann - COO of Curve
We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space:
- The bids are in for Singapore’s digital banking licence (03:01)
- Banking errors open the new year (16:35)
- Hackers hold Travelex to ransom (27:11)
- UK regulators at work on digital data strategies (31:20)
- Monzo allegedly meeting with large investors to raise between £50 and £100 million in early 2020 (40:23)
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority begins full investigation into Westpac over earlier child exploitation allegations (40:45)
- Citi starts recruitment drive to hire 2,500 coders from around the world (41:26)
- PayPal will acquire shopping rewards company Honey for £4 billion (42:20)
- Australia pauses Open Banking over security concerns (43:46)
- Tandem causes “Tandemonium” with £6 monthly fee (48:13)
- Influencers Bó it for the ‘Gram (57:50)
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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, Leda Glyptis 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 in subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.
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Special Guests: Nathalie Oestmann, Shafali Gupta, and Tram Anh Nguyen.
Links:
- The bids are in for Singapore’s digital banking licences
- Banking errors open the new year
- Hackers hold Travelex to ransom
- UK regulators at work on digital data strategies
- Monzo allegedly meeting with large investors to raise between £50 and £100 million in early 2020
- Australian Prudential Regulation Authority begins full investigation into Westpac over earlier child exploitation allegations
- Citi starts recruitment drive to hire 2,500 coders from around the world
- PayPal will acquire shopping rewards company Honey for £4 billion
- Australia pauses Open Banking over security concerns
- Tandem causes a “Tandemonium” with £6 monthly fee
- Influencers Bo it for the ‘Gram
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