423. News: Global bank profits tumble as US deposits grow

May 4, 2020

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Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davis, 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:

Iana Dimitrova, CEO at OpenPayd
Caroline Casey, VP of Innovation, Partnerships & Labs at Mastercard
Jamie Campbell, CEO at Fronted

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

UK Chancellor announces 100-percent backed coronavirus business loans 03:24
Coronavirus cuts HSBC profits in half 14.00
Coronavirus drives up deposits at US banks 25:17
Monzo applies for US banking licence 33.31
BCR offers new details on grant allocations 41:48
FIS starts fintech venture fund - 48:18
Animal Crossing slashes interest rates to near-zero 56:28

We also hear exclusively from Asif Ramji, Chief Growth Officer at FIS, about their newly announced fintech venture fund.

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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 into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking.

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Special Guests: Asif Ramji, Caroline Casey, Iana Dimitrova, and Jamie Campbell.