About this episode:

Host Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research & Strategy at 11:FS, is joined by a fantastic panel of guests as we dive into some of the biggest stories from the worlds of fintech, banking, and wider financial services this week.

Stories covered on the podcast:

Monzo eyes up a potential IPO on the UK market whilst Chime announces their listing on the US market. Stripe and Ramp team up to enhance cross border payment solutions using Stablecoins. The Nordic countries are looking to collaborate on an offline card payment system for internet outages, helping to minimise cyber security issues. We also take a look at Monzo’s new product development and discuss if Klarna is rejecting AI in favour of a more physical workforce..

This week's guests:

Monika Liikamaa - CEO and Co-founder of Enfuce
Jason Mikula - Founder of Fintech Business Weekly
Dave Morris - CEO of 11:FS Foundry

Plus a voice note from:

Andy Sacre - Head of payments at Monzo

Timestamps/stories:

Intro - (00:00)

Monzo and Chime both eye up potential IPOs on the UK and US markets respectively ⁠⁠⁠- (05:55)

Ramp expands its partnership with Stripe to offer simplified cross-border payment opportunities - (18:39)

⁠Nordic countries are partnering to develop offline card payment system for internet outages - (33:11)

⁠⁠Satispay Joins Amundi To Bring Investments To Italian Users-(33:11)

Monzo launches tool that will allow customers to undo payments - (46:42)

Klarna has changed its workforce strategy abandoning recent AI developments in favour of hiring more physical members of staff - (57:20)

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