765. News: FedNow powers up and Dame Alison Rose steps down

Jul 31, 2023

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Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

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

Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernising system
NatWest boss Alison Rose resigns over Nigel Farage bank account leak
Italian banking giant Mediobanca backs London with £10.4m investment in startups
Worldcoin: Sam Altman launches eyeball scanning crypto coin
Twitter CEO teases banking and payment plans in memo about X rebrand
McDonald’s opens McNuggets Land in the metaverse, but McWhy?

This week's guests include:

Janay Eyo, Director of Financial Policy, Chamber of Progress
Olly Betts, Fintech Sector Director, Founders Factory

Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.

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Special Guests: Janay Eyo and Olly Betts.

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