Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Adam Davies, 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: Alex Frean - Head of Corporate Affairs, Starling Bank Alan Ainsworth, Head of Policy for Open Banking We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Starling eyes M&A as it is valued at £1.1bn in £272m funding round OBIE and UK Finance set out the future model for Open Banking Passion Capital invites the general public to join venture fund SoFi to buy community lender to accelerate bank charter application Africa’s Flutterwave banks $170 million in fresh capital And finally - the Winklevoss twins' crypto company to sponsor Oxford and Cambridge boat race *This episode is sponsored by Banking Circle! * A fully licensed bank focused on payments, Banking Circle gives Financial Institutions and large corporates direct access to clearing in multiple countries, enabling them to deliver global payments faster and more cost-effectively for their customers. Bypass legacy systems, enable global banking services for your customers and grow your business. Find out more at BankingCircle.com 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 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. 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: Alan Ainsworth and Alexandra Frean. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This Monday was International Women’s day, and theme of the day is #ChooseToChallenge. So on today’s show we’re choosing to challenge why fintech app assistants are overwhelmingly female, what this means for the industry and particularly for the view of women in the industry, and whether app assistants should have a name or a gender at all. Sarah Kocianski hosts a fantastic panel of guests to dig deep into this. We were joined by: Emily Nicolle - Fintech correspondent, Financial News Soledad Abad - UX and content designer, BBVA Elise Nunn - Head of Product Data at Plum Amanda Cercas Curry, PhD student Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and co-host of the podcast Let's Chat Ethics As always, if you want to join the conversation, find us on social media just search for 11:FS or Fintech Insider or email podcasts@11fs.com 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 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. 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: Amanda Cercas Curry, Elise Nunn, Emily Nicolle, and Soledad Abad. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Ross and Mel, 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: Asya Bradley, Founder and COO First Boulevard Anna Irrera, Fintech Correspondent, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Square Financial Services Begins Banking Operations First Boulevard raises $5m for Black community-focused neobank FCA hires top team of women to stem financial scandals Revolut, Starling Bank and Wise bosses among 15 CEOs joining Bulb’s Tech Zero taskforce Money for Nothing as Crowdcube funding record is smashed Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Anna Irrera and Asya Bradley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, David Brear 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: Ron Kalifa, OBE, Chairman of Network International and Future Learn Charlotte Crosswell, CEO of Innovate Finance We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: The Kalifa Fintech Review 03:22 Basiq brings Open Banking to bear on consumer BNPL debt as AfterPay teams up with Stripe 31:58 Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney joins the board of Stripe 39:21 Brex files for bank charter 48:18 Michael Bolton wants you to break up with your brokerage 1:03:19 Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Charlotte Crosswell and Ron Kalifa.Links: AfterPay scores BNPL collaboration deal with Stripe Former Bank of England Governor Carney joins board of digital payments company Stripe | Reuters Brex files for bank charter UK Black-owned challenger Atmen to launch in March - FinTech Futures TransferWise rebrands as plain old 'Wise' Nationwide launches startup challenge to tackle poverty premium Michael Bolton wants you to break up with your brokerage | Financial Times UK’s global fintech leadership bolstered by new review - GOV.UK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about cashless societies. In recen years the popularity of cash has dwindled as digital payments have become faster, cheaper and more convenient. In the UK, Sweden, China and many parts of the world we’re moving closer and closer to a cashless economy. The panel explores what would happen if we started from scratch now: What would our ideal financial system look like and how can we get from where we are now to where we want to be - and would we use cash at all? Joining us today are: David Dechamps – Senior Vice President, Digital Payments & Labs for Mastercard in Europe Joseph Hajj - Chief Strategy Officer, Swish Nadia Costanzo - Head of Banking for MEA & Latin America at Wise This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: David Dechamps, Joseph Hajj, and Nadia Costanzo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Mel Stringer, 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: Jamie Campbell, CEO and co-founder, Fronted Tom Renwick, Business Banking Propositions Manager at Atom Bank Jonas Templestein, CTO and co-founder of Monzo We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Atom signs Open Banking deal with Plaid A big week for Monzo Fronted launches to offer loans to cover rent deposits IPOs: Marqeta has filed for one, PensionBee plans to give customers access to their shares when they IPO, and many US fintechs take the SPAC route to going public Build your own bank: Ikea acquires 49% stake in Ikano Bank This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Jamie Campbell, Jonas Templestein, and Tom Renwick. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the surface, the world of payments is constantly evolving. With the likes of PayPal, Venmo and a multitude of other consumer fintechs, peer-to-peer payments and consumer-to-business payments have seen rapid and innovative advancements in recent year. The same, however, cannot be said for business-to-business. Although global B2B payments dwarf any other kind, they still seem to dwell in a relative Stone Age of innovation and efficiency. So how can B2B payments be better? Are stablecoins the answer or does the solution lie in the existing infrastructure? In this episode, Simon Taylor and guests try to answer just that. Joining the show this week are: Jeremy Allaire - Co-founder and CEO at Circle Rita Liu - Chief Operating Officer at Mode Robert Leshner - Founder & CEO, Compound This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. This podcast is also brought to you by Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK). Mitek is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists businesses operating in highly regulated markets to reduce financial risk and meet regulatory requirements while increasing revenue from digital channels. Financial services, marketplaces and other organizations around the world use Mitek to reduce friction creating the digital experiences their customers expect. Mobile Deposit® and Mobile Verify® are used by millions of consumers for check deposit, new account opening and more. The company is based in San Diego with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and St Petersburg. Learn more at www.miteksystems.com. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Jeremy Allaire, Rita Liu, and Robert Leshner . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor 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: Rhian Lewis - Author of the Cryptocurrency Revolution & Co-developer of altcoin portfolio tracker CountMyCrypto Nicolas Weng Kan - CEO of Yolt and Yolt Technology Services We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Tesla says it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin Yolt brings Open Banking to mortgage lending Monzo on course to raise a further £50 million Klarna opens first bank account; eyes $500 million fund raise Anonymous fintech start-up Millions raises $3 million and gives away cash on Twitter This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Nicolas Weng Kan and Rhian Lewis .Links: Tesla says it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin Yolt brings Open Banking to mortgage lending Monzo on course to raise a further £50 million Klarna opens first bank account; eyes $500 million fund raise Anonymous fintech start-up Millions raises $3 million and gives away cash on Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Fintech Insider, David Brear and guests delve into all things cloud. Focusing on how banks and financial services can migrate to the cloud and remain compliant along the way, we also examine how technology and regulation can work together as cloud technology evolves. Joining David to discuss the topic are: Howard Boville - Head of IBM Hybrid Cloud Platform Jo Ann Barefoot - CEO & Cofounder at Alliance for Innovative Regulation; Cofounder at Hummingbird Regtech Together they explore the regulatory challenges in financial services and how cloud implementation can help, the ways in which technology and regulation can work symbiotically, and their predictions on what will come next in the cloud and finance space. This episode is sponsored by IBM. Want to check out the IBM Public cloud offering? Check it out here! http://ibm.co/36eJOnC Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Howard Boville and Jo Ann Barefoot. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Between various office moves, company growth and of course, the pandemic, 4+ years and 500 episodes has whizzed by. In honour of the momentous occasion, David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates have come back together to look back on the biggest fintech and financial services topics from our time in your podcast feed. We take a trip down memory lane and revisit some of our key episodes and catch up with some of our favourite guests. Joining us for this special episode are: Anna Irrera - Chief Correspondent at Reuters Jack Gavigan - Executive Director at the Zcash Foundation Nick Ogden - Founder of RTGS.Global and Clear Bank Sam Maule - Key Account Executive at Google This podcast is brought to you by Jack Henry Digital the pioneer and creator of personal digital banking that helps community financial institutions strategically differentiate their digital offerings from those of MegaBanks, BigTechs and FinTechs. This podcast is also brought to you by Mitek (NASDAQ: MITK). Mitek is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists businesses operating in highly regulated markets to reduce financial risk and meet regulatory requirements while increasing revenue from digital channels. Financial services, marketplaces and other organizations around the world use Mitek to reduce friction creating the digital experiences their customers expect. Mobile Deposit® and Mobile Verify® are used by millions of consumers for check deposit, new account opening and more. The company is based in San Diego with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and St Petersburg. Learn more at www.miteksystems.com. Banking as a Service is deconstructing the banking stack. It's enabling brands to embed finance more easily, and to tailor financial products to specific customer needs. This is presenting new opportunities for specialised providers and offers banks extra revenue streams. Download our report for a comprehensive, no BS view of what Banking as a Service is and what it means for the industry. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice. 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 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. 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: Anna Irrera, Jack Gavigan , Nick Ogden, and Sam Maule. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices