Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to break down the payments sector in emerging markets. The payments sector remains at the forefront of financial services and the sector is evolving in many exciting ways. That evolution is especially eye-catching in the emerging markets, who are not laboured with antiquated infrastructure seen across Europe and North America – and have often leapfrogged these markets directly into the future. However, each of these emerging markets come with their own challenges, as well as opportunities. This week's guests include: Wiza Jalakasi, VP, Developer Relations, Chipper Cash Aditi Sholapurkar, Co-Founder, Salt Anna Hibino, Middle East & Africa - Expansion & Partnerships Lead, Wise All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Aditi Sholapurkar, Anna Hibino, and Wiza Jalakasi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver, 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: Polly Jean Harrison, Features Editor, The Fintech Times Michael Wilkinson, COO, Everything With soundclips from: Dimitris Kalavros-Gousiou, Partner, Velocity Partners We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Klarna: ‘buy now, pay later’ firm to launch card in the UK - 4:10 Bank of America Says a Digital U.S. Dollar Is ‘Inevitable’ - 16:25 Everything Raises €2M to Re-Invent Premium Bonds in the UK - 27:45 JPMorgan agrees to acquire 49% stake in Greek fintech Viva Wallet - 38:55 Huawei turns to Curve for NFC payments in the wake of Google ban - 48:40 Tanzanian fintech NALA raises $10M seed to build Revolut for Africa - 50:05 Pakistani Digital Banks Finally Able To Get a Banking License Following SBP’s Announcement - 51:53 Bolt CEO called Y Combinator and Stripe 'the Mob' in a fiery Twitter thread - 53:50 This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Ewan Silver, Michael Wilkinson, and Polly Jean Harrison.Links: Klarna: ‘buy now, pay later’ firm to launch card in the UK Bank of America Says a Digital U.S. Dollar Is ‘Inevitable’ Everything Raises €2M to Re-Invent Premium Bonds in the UK JPMorgan agrees to acquire 49% stake in Greek fintech Viva Wallet Huawei turns to Curve for NFC payments in the wake of Google ban Tanzanian fintech NALA raises $10M seed to build Revolut for Africa Pakistani Digital Banks Finally Able To Get a Banking License Following SBP’s Announcement Bolt CEO called Y Combinator and Stripe 'the Mob' in a fiery Twitter thread Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher, are joined by some great guests to discuss the relationship between the creator economy and banking. According to figures from Signalfire, creators - which includes influencers, bloggers, videographers and anyone else monetising their online fanbases - now total 50 million worldwide. So – with the creator economy continuing to go from strength to strength – we’re asking what banking products are supporting this burgeoning sector? What challenges are there still to overcome? And what does the future look like for financial services for the creator economy? This week's guests include: Lotanna Ezeike, Founder and CEO, XPO Kyla Scanlon, Creator and Investor All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Kyla Scanlon and Lotanna Ezeike . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana, 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 are: Ron Shevlin, Chief Research Officer, Cornerstone Advisors Eric Johansson, Tech Editor, Verdict Paddy O’Neil, Country Manager UK, Spendesk With soundclips from: Michael Hershfield, Founder and CEO, Accrue Savings We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon to continue accepting Visa credit cards in UK as it bids to resolve payment dispute - 5:10 JP Morgan plots ‘astonishing’ $12bn tech spend to beat fintechs - 17:00 Spendesk is the fifth French startup to reach unicorn status this month - 31:30 Accrue Savings raises $25m to offer consumers “a responsible” purchasing option - 41:10 Ghanaian fintech Float raises $17M seed to power cash flow for commerce in Africa - 51:10 No “convincing case” for Central Bank Digital Currencies, says Lords committee - 52:45 Bolt becomes decacorn with $335 million funding round - 54:35 Selfridges becomes world’s first retailer to sell NFTs over the counter - 56:05 This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Eric Johansson, Paddy O’Neill, and Ron Shevlin.Links: Amazon to continue accepting Visa credit cards in UK as it bids to resolve payment dispute JP Morgan plots ‘astonishing’ $12bn tech spend to beat fintechs Spendesk is the fifth French startup to reach unicorn status this month Accrue Savings raises $25m to offer consumers “a responsible” purchasing option Ghana’s Float raises $17m seed round to power cash flow for commerce in Africa No “convincing case” for Central Bank Digital Currencies, says Lords committee Bolt becomes decacorn with $335 million funding round Selfridges becomes world’s first retailer to sell NFTs over the counter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to get under the skin of the debate into who is currently leading the fintech revolution. With the recent success stories of Chime, Current, Bond, Unit, Ramp, Brex, Persona, Alloy, Plaid, MX, and many many more – there's a velocity to the USA right now. However it has also been argued that the US are late to the party and Europe was having this glut of success 3-5 years ago and the US are just catching up. So with this in mind – we’re asking who is currently ahead when it comes to fintech, the USA or Europe? This week's guests include: Peter Lord, CEO, Codat Amon Ghaiumy, Co-Founder, Ophelos Valentina Kristensen, Director, Growth & Communications, OakNorth All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Amon Ghaiumy, Peter Lord, and Valentina Kristensen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Nasir Ahmad, 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: Samim Abedi, Chief Investment Officer at Wahed Kate Drew, Director of Research, CCG Catalyst We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, AND snaps up Meta exec to serve as its head of product - 2:50 Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq - 14:50 Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation - 29:14 Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries - 35:45 UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants - 47:14 Citi to sack unvaccinated staff at the end of the month - 48:42 UK parliament launches crypto group - 50:50 A technical issue sees a bank accidentally hand out £130m on Christmas morning - 52:40 This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Kate Drew and Samim Abedi.Links: Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, AND snaps up Meta exec to serve as its head of product Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq Business banking startup Qonto raises $552 million at $5 billion valuation Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries UK FS regulator takes aim at cloud giants Citi to sack unvaccinated staff at the end of the month UK parliament launches crypto group A technical issue sees a bank accidentally hand out £130m on Christmas morning Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to look a the banking sector in the USA – in association with Temenos. Where once the American banking sector was dominated by the biggest names on Wall Street - we’ve seen major evolution in recent years; following changes in regulation and smart new ideas from both news players and incumbents looking to shake things up. So what have been the successes so far? What has proved challenging? And what’s next for the banking sector in the USA? This week's guests include: Dan Henry, CEO, Green Dot Jacqueline White, President - Americas, Temenos Vlad Lounegov, CEO, Mbanq All of this and much more on today's episode! This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io This episode is sponsored by Fintech Meetup. Join Fintech Meetup, the world’s largest fintech meetings-only event! That’s right - no speakers or content….just 30,000+ double opt-in online meetings that result in Deals, Partnerships and Funding. Meet 3,000+ participants from Fintechs, Banks, Credit Unions, Community Banks, Investors, Networks, Solution Providers, Tech cos, Retailers & Merchants and many others! Online, March 22-24. Learn More & Get Your Ticket 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Dan Henry, Jacqueline White, and Vlad Lounegov. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor 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: Abba Newbery, Chief Marketing Officer, Habito Wiza Jalakasi, VP, Developer Relations, Chipper Cash We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation 2:57 Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo 15:16 Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary 27:03 Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained 37:39 ING announces exit from French retail banking market 49:41 Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn WeLab To Enter Increasingly Crowded Indonesian Digital Banking Market 50:56 Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital raises $1.15B 52:30 BlackBerry: End of an era as company pulls plug on iconic handsets 53:50 This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com!Special Guests: Abba Newbery and Wiza Jalakasi.Links: Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation Chinese giant Tencent joins backers of £3.3bn digital bank Monzo Habito offers mortgages for up to seven times person's salary Fintechs in Africa continue to overshadow all other startups in funding gained ING announces exit from French retail banking market Hong Kong Fintech Unicorn WeLab To Enter Increasingly Crowded Indonesian Digital Banking Market Fintech-focused Ribbit Capital raises $1.15B BlackBerry: End of an era as company pulls plug on iconic handsets Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor, Gwera Kiwana, and Alex Hooper got together to discuss their predictions for fintech in 2022 – as well as revisiting the predictions previously made for 2021. Will we see the rise of the global south? Could variable recurring payments silence the critics of Open Banking? Or will direct-to-consumer fintechs target more specific audiences? Tune in to hear how last year's predictions went and the big themes to look out for this year! This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Gwera Kiwana and Amy Gavin, 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: Gabriel Le Roux, Co-Founder, Primer Bruno DIniz, Co-Founder, Spiralem We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Nubank makes its market debut on New York Stock Exchange - 4:15 Primer launches no-code plugins for e-Commerce platforms - 15:55 Which? calls for banks to pause branch closures - 25:40 French ‘super app’ Lydia raises $100m becoming latest European fintech unicorn, plots 10 million users by 2025 - 35:50 Better.com CEO to take time off after firing hundreds of employees over Zoom - 46:40 JPMorgan to hire hundreds more staff for UK digital bank - 48:35 OakNorth acquires smart cashflow firm Fluidly to boost SME support - 50:30 FCA launches Christmas jingle to warn about fraud - 52:05 This episode is sponsored by Primer. Primer is the world's first automation platform for payments. With Primer, merchants and developers have all the underlying infrastructure and "lego blocks" they need to build the best buying experiences for their customers. Learn more and book a demo at primer.io 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 and Jason Bates, who are 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. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.comSpecial Guests: Bruno DIniz and Gabriel le Roux.Links: Nubank makes its market debut on New York Stock Exchange Primer launches no-code plugins for e-Commerce platforms Bank branch closures should be paused immediately, says Which? French ‘super app’ Lydia raises $100m becoming latest European fintech unicorn, plots 10 million users by 2025 Better.com CEO to take time off after firing hundreds of employees over Zoom JPMorgan to hire hundreds more staff for UK digital bank OakNorth acquires smart cashflow firm Fluidly to boost SME support FCA launches Christmas jingle to warn about fraud Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices