Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Our expert host, Gwera Kiwana, is joined by some great guests to talk about the industries and communities left behind by financial services. While fintech has made great strides in democratising access to financial services for many – there are industries and real people who still remain frozen out. With than in mind, we’re focusing today’s episode on three different underserved groups and industries: the sex industry, the cannabis industry and new migrants. This week's guests include: Rosie Hodsdon, Executive Assistant, Marketing and Communications, National Ugly Mugs Mike Kennedy, Co-founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Green Check Verified Rohit Mittal, Co-founder & CEO, Stilt This episode is sponsored by Alto IRA Did you know the majority of people are investing in cryptocurrency through a taxable account, when they could be using an IRA and avoiding or deferring the taxes? With an Alto CryptoIRA, you can invest in crypto without tax headaches. Create a free account in minutes. Choose from over 150 coins, and invest with as little as $10. No setup charges and no account fees. To open an Alto CryptoIRA with as little as $10, just go to altoira.com/insider This episode is sponsored by TrueLayer Let’s face it, cards were not designed for online. Payments can take days to settle, hurting customer loyalty. While high fraud, clunky checkouts and expensive fees mean millions in missed revenue. At TrueLayer, we’ve made instant payments available for businesses across Europe and the UK. So you can cut costs, fight fraud and get money moving fast. To learn more visit: TrueLayer.com/payments. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Mike Kennedy, Rohit Mittal, and Rosie Hodsdon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Kate Moody, 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: Misha Esipov, Co-founder & CEO, Nova Credit Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times With soundclips from: Duke Ekezie-Joseph, Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer, Kippa We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: US fintech Nova Credit expands into Europe to “unlock opportunities” for immigrants (awaiting FCA authorisation) - 4:00 Apple’s plan to pump up Apple Card and Apple Pay and win the payments war - 15:35 Nigerian fintech start-up Kippa launches digital payments offering for African SMEs - 26:45 Bank of England’s fintech chief leaves for digital asset platform Fireblocks - 35:50 Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P - 44:30 Meta is reportedly making ‘Zuck Bucks’ - 46:15 UK pay falls for second month in a row as cost of living bites - 47:40 The microchip implants that let you pay with your hand - 49:30 This episode is sponsored by Alto IRA Did you know the majority of people are investing in cryptocurrency through a taxable account, when they could be using an IRA and avoiding or deferring the taxes? With an Alto CryptoIRA, you can invest in crypto without tax headaches. Create a free account in minutes. Choose from over 150 coins, and invest with as little as $10. No setup charges and no account fees. To open an Alto CryptoIRA with as little as $10, just go to www.altoira.com/insider This episode is sponsored by TrueLayer Let’s face it, cards were not designed for online. Payments can take days to settle, hurting customer loyalty. While high fraud, clunky checkouts and expensive fees mean millions in missed revenue. At TrueLayer, we’ve made instant payments available for businesses across Europe and the UK. So you can cut costs, fight fraud and get money moving fast. To learn more visit: TrueLayer.com/payments. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Duke Ekezie-Joseph, Misha Esipov, and Polly Jean Harrison.Links: US fintech Nova Credit expands into Europe to “unlock opportunities” for immigrants ‘Breakout’: Apple’s Plan To Pump Up Apple Card And Apple Pay And Win The Payments War Nigerian fintech start-up Kippa launches digital payments offering for African SMEs Bank of England’s fintech chief Varun Paul leaves for digital asset platform Fireblocks Russia has defaulted on its foreign debt, says S&P Facebook owner Meta targets finance with ‘Zuck Bucks’ and creator coins ONS pay and unemployment: UK pay falls for second month in a row as cost-of-living bites The microchip implants that let you pay with your hand Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to discuss what the future looks like for the anti-money laundering industry. The UK sees a whopping £88bn laundered annually, with that figure reaching £216.5bn in the US. This makes up a sizeable chunk of £1.8tn said to be laundered globally – a staggering 3% of GDP. So, today we’re looking at how AML keeps up with the sizable task ahead of it, what stands in its way and is this a problem that can truly be solved? This week's guests include: Adam Gable, Product Director - Financial Crime, Treasury & Risk, Temenos Joe Robinson, Co-founder & CEO, Hummingbird  Jessica Cath, Head of Financial Crime Project Delivery, Fintrail This episode is sponsored by Alto IRA Did you know the majority of people are investing in cryptocurrency through a taxable account, when they could be using an IRA and avoiding or deferring the taxes? With an Alto CryptoIRA, you can invest in crypto without tax headaches. Create a free account in minutes. Choose from over 150 coins, and invest with as little as $10. That’s right—ten bucks! No setup charges and no account fees. To open an Alto CryptoIRA with as little as $10, just go to AltoIRA.com/insider. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Adam Gable, Jessica Cath, and Joe Robinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Nicole Perry, 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: Dan Hardy, VP - Sales, Crowdcube Peter Renton, Co-Founder and Chairman, LendIt Fintech With soundclips from: Prakash Pattni, Managing Director of Financial Services & Digital Transformation (EMEA), IBM We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Unicorn Qonto partners with Crowdcube to open up ownership - 5:10 Fast shuts doors after slow growth - 16:30 The competition will pay for this later: Klarna completes PriceRunner deal - 27:00 Rishi Sunak asks Royal Mint to launch non-fungible token - 36:00 Egyptian financial super app Khazna raises $38M from Quona Capital and Lendable - 45:00 IBM offers real-time fraud detection in new z16 mainframe - 47:15 Bank of Italy bans N26 from onboarding new customers over AML failings - 50:30 Liam Payne launches Revolut card - 52:00 This episode is sponsored by Alto IRA Did you know the majority of people are investing in cryptocurrency through a taxable account, when they could be using an IRA and avoiding or deferring the taxes? With an Alto CryptoIRA, you can invest in crypto without tax headaches. Create a free account in minutes. Choose from over 150 coins, and invest with as little as $10. No setup charges and no account fees. To open an Alto CryptoIRA with as little as $10, just go to www.altoira.com/insider Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Dan Hardy, Nicole Perry, Peter Renton, and Prakash Pattni.Links: Unicorn Qonto turns to the crowd, partners with Crowdcube to open up ownership Fast shuts doors after slow growth, high burn precluded fundraising options The competition will pay for this later: Klarna completes PriceRunner deal Rishi Sunak asks Royal Mint to launch non-fungible token Egyptian financial super app Khazna raises $38M from Quona Capital and Lendable IBM highlights real-time fraud detection in z16 mainframe Bank of Italy bans N26 from onboarding new customers over AML failings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to break down how fintech currently operates in Singapore. In the decades after gaining independence in 1965, Singapore rapidly developed from a low-income country to a high-income country. With this, came a push for better financial services and the island nation has established itself as one of Asia and the world’s key financial hubs. So today we’re talking about how things look in 2022, what challenges there are still to overcome, and what’s next for Singapore's ecosystem? This week's guests include: Jonas Thürig, Head, F10 Singapore Dayana Yermolayeva, CEO & Co-Founder, JiPay This episode is sponsored by Austrade Everyone wants to stay ahead of the fintech curve, and a great way to start is by powering your investment portfolio with Australia's best and brightest fintechs. From buy-now-pay-later, to open banking, from embedded finance, to global payments - it won't be long before the next Clearpay, Cover Genius or Airwallex hits the international stage. Learn more today, visit www.shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Dayana Yermolayeva and Jonas Thürig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Sim Rai, 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: Alan Ainsworth, Head of Policy, OBIE Axel Bruzelius, Founder and COO, ArK Kapital With soundclips from: Shaun Port, Managing Director of Savings and Investments, Chase UK We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: CMA to create regulatory body to oversee open banking industry - 4:00 Stockholm-based ArK Kapital raises €165 million to help startups grow faster and smarter - 15:45 JP Morgan's Chase launches UK saver with "market-leading" interest rate - 25:16 Kadmos snaps €8.3 million to transform salary payments for migrant workers - 33:50 Bank of England joins MIT CBDC roster - 42:00 Chip raises £6.5m crowdfund on path to becoming saving and investing super app - 43:20 Mobile wallets to be adopted by over one-third of global population by 2024 - 44:40 The CEO of Goldman Sachs is set to DJ at Lollapalooza 2022 - 45:40 This episode is sponsored by Austrade Everyone wants to stay ahead of the fintech curve, and a great way to start is by powering your investment portfolio with Australia's best and brightest fintechs. From buy-now-pay-later, to open banking, from embedded finance, to global payments - it won't be long before the next Clearpay, Cover Genius or Airwallex hits the international stage. Learn more today, visit [shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech](www.shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech) Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Alan Ainsworth, Axel Bruzelius, and Shaun Port.Links: CMA to create regulatory body to oversee open banking industry Stockholm-based ArK Kapital raises €165 million to help startups grow faster and smarter JP Morgan's Chase launches UK saver with "market-leading" interest rate Kadmos snaps €8.3 million to transform salary payments for migrant workers Bank of England joins MIT CBDC roster Chip raises £6.5m crowdfund on path to becoming saving and investing super app Mobile wallets to be adopted by over one-third of global population by 2024 The CEO of Goldman Sachs is set to DJ at Lollapalooza 2022 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode - in association with Callsign - our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the best approach to tackling financial fraudsters! The idea that organisations can leverage data to gain an understanding of their customers is better understood than it once was – but what this actually looks like in practice and how does it come to life? From reducing fraudulent transactions, to improved UX, to compliance with regulators – data leverage and enrichment opens up so many avenues for financial organisations. This week's guests include: Christopher Stephens, Head of Solution Engineering (UK, Europe & South Africa), Callsign PJ Rohall, Fraud Subject Matter Expert, Featurespace Livia Benisty, Global Head of Business AML, Banking Circle This episode is sponsored by Callsign Callsign makes digital life smoother and safer by helping organizations establish and preserve digital trust so people can get on with their digital lives. The first true representation of identity online, Callsign positively identifies users by their unique characteristics, replicating real-life recognition signals with AI models. The only solution to identify people across every journey, channel, and brand, Callsign makes digital identification seamless and secure, helping drive business growth. Find out more at [callsign.com](www.callsign.com). This episode is sponsored by Austrade Everyone wants to stay ahead of the fintech curve, and a great way to start is by powering your investment portfolio with Australia's best and brightest fintechs. From buy-now-pay-later, to open banking, from embedded finance, to global payments - it won't be long before the next Clearpay, Cover Genius or Airwallex hits the international stage. Learn more today, visit [shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech](www.shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech) Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Christopher Stephens, Livia Benisty, and PJ Rohall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a very special bonus edition of Fintech Insider! We’ve been talking a lot about the metaverse recently, so on this bonus episode, we decided to jump in and try it for ourselves. Join hosts David M. Brear and Jason Bates as they don a pair of headsets and dive into the metaverse to discuss what they think it actually is, what place it could have in our working lives, its possible uses in the world of financial services and a whole lot more!  If you want to learn more about how this episode was made, head to our YouTube channel right now to watch an exclusive behind the scenes video: youtube.com/11team Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Deepa Anikhindi, 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: Charles McManus, CEO, Clearbank Eric Glyman, Co-founder & CEO, Ramp With soundclips from: Eslam Darwish, General Partner, Nclude We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ramp confirms new $8.1bn valuation - 4:28 ClearBank raises $230m to expand into Europe and the US - 18:15 Apple buys UK fintech start-up Credit Kudos - 34:15 Egypt state banks setting up $85m fintech innovation fund - 43:45 "Very, very unlikely" big banks will have high-street branches, says Anne Boden - 52:30 EPI abandons plan for Visa and Mastercard rival as member banks quit - 53:30 NatWest to pilot carbon tracking app with SMEs - 54:55 Bristol pound notes to be transformed into giant shoal of fish - 56:05 This episode is sponsored by Austrade Everyone wants to stay ahead of the fintech curve, and a great way to start is by powering your investment portfolio with Australia's best and brightest fintechs. From buy-now-pay-later, to open banking, from embedded finance, to global payments - it won't be long before the next Clearpay, Cover Genius or Airwallex hits the international stage. Learn more today, visit shinewithaustralia.com.au/fintech. Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Charles McManus, Eric Glyman, and Eslam Darwish.Links: Ramp confirms new $8.1B valuation after ‘a nearly 10x’ YoY increase in revenue ClearBank raises £175 million for global expansion Apple buys UK fintech start-up Credit Kudos Egypt state banks setting up $85 million fintech innovation fund "Very, very unlikely" big banks will have high-street branches, says Anne Boden EPI abandons plan for Visa and Mastercard rival as member banks quit NatWest to pilot carbon tracking app with SMEs Bristol Pound notes to be transformed into giant shoal of fish Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, is joined by some great guests to talk about the relationship between charitable giving and fintech. With a cashless society steadily reducing the amount of spare change in purses and back pockets, many charities have been plunged into a crisis of traditional fundraising. While dropping coins into buckets may be a thing of the past, financial services focused on charitable giving is a growing sector which could help small charities, NGOs, relief funds and community organisations stay above water. So today we’re talking about what charitable giving looks like today, what are the challenges still to overcome and the rise of 'fintech for good'. This week's guests include: Sarah Habib, Customer Strategist, 11:FS Matt Crate, CEO, Toucan Fizel Nejabat, Co-founder & COO, Algbra Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. It’s hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David M. Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates and Gwera Kiwana, as well as 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: @fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, or email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Fizel Nejabat, Matt Crate, and Sarah Habib. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices