Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

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: Babs Ogundeyi - CEO of Kuda Sharon Kimathi - Editor of FinTech Futures Rune Garborg - CEO at Vipps We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: WhatsApp gets approval for payments in India (03:00) Kuda raises $10m to be the mobile first challenger bank for Africa (14:39) HSBC to launch “Transferwise rival” (28:25) Cash payments plummet to just four percent of transactions in Norway as central bank weighs up their options (39:28) US Department of Justice, challenges Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid (49:13) Klarna gets sued by Pablo Escobar’s brother (1:02:10) 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 Pento - the UK’s first automated payroll platform. Say goodbye to clumsy spreadsheets, endless emails with external payroll providers and manual payments. Pento lets you run payroll in just a few clicks. It calculates taxes, integrates with platforms like Xero and makes all the payments and reports to HMRC & pension providers for you. Go to pento.io/insider to run payroll for free for the rest of the year. 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: Babs Ogundeyi , Rune Garborg, and Sharon Kimathi.Links: WhatsApp gets approval for payments in India Kuda raises $10m to be the mobile first challenger bank for Africa HSBC to launch “Transferwise rival” Cash payments plummet to just four percent of transactions in Norway as central bank weighs up their options US Department of Justice, challenges Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid Klarna gets sued by Pablo Escobar’s brother- Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the pandemic reports of financial and economic abuse have been on the rise. According to the charity Surviving Economic Abuse, 95% of people who experience domestic abuse are also experiencing some form of economic abuse. With many of us now spending the vast majority of our time in our homes, the home can be an even more dangerous place for survivors – and banks now need to step up to deal with the problem. To dive into this topic, Sam Maule is joined by: Natalie Ledward - Vulnerability Manager, Monzo Bank Jane Barratt - Chief Advocacy Officer, MX Dr. Nicola Sharp-Jeffs - Founder And Chief Executive, Surviving Economic Abuse Tune in for a fantastically insightful conversation about how economic abuse functions and the role that financial institutions can play in preventing it. 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 Pento - the UK’s first automated payroll platform. Say goodbye to clumsy spreadsheets, endless emails with external payroll providers and manual payments. Pento lets you run payroll in just a few clicks. It calculates taxes, integrates with platforms like Xero and makes all the payments and reports to HMRC & pension providers for you. Go to pento.io/insider to run payroll for free for the rest of the year. 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: Dr. Nicola Sharp-Jeffs, OBE, Jane Barratt, and Natalie Ledward . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Sam Maule and Sarah Kocianski, 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: Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News Mike Douglas, VP Strategy, Galileo We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: This is Goldman’s bet to break into a $32 billion industry serving the world's biggest corporations (03:00) Banks stay bullish despite worsening pandemic (12:04) Ant Group IPO is blocked in Shanghai (23:35) Fast, a Startup Backed by Stripe, Discusses Billion-Dollar Valuation (33:49) Barclays launches accelerator for black-founded tech firms (40:32) Mesut Ozil joins US venture capital firm Class 5 Global (53:41) 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: Chris Skinner, Emily Nicolle, and Mike Douglas.Links: This is Goldman’s bet to break into a $32 billion industry serving the world's biggest corporations Banks stay bullish despite worsening pandemic Ant Group IPO is blocked in Shanghai Fast, a Startup Backed by Stripe, Discusses Billion-Dollar Valuation Barclays launches accelerator for black-founded tech firms Mesut Ozil joins US venture capital firm Class 5 Global Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For many, 2020 has proven to be a year of struggle. Between a pandemic, widespread social unrest and a recession, Black and Latinx communities in the US are amongst those who have been hit the hardest - not just by the country's growing Covid-related death toll, but also in terms of financial loss. In today's episode of the show, we are talking about the US’ racial wealth gap. Differences in income and income losses - like those experienced as a result of the coronavirus lockdowns - is one factor, but that doesn’t tell the full story about why the United States' racial wealth gap is widening. To dig into this topic, Sam is joined today by : Jennifer Tescher - President and CEO, Financial Health Network Yemi Rose - Founder of OfColor Reese Giddins - President and CTO at Greenwood 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: Jennifer Tescher, Reese Giddins, and Yemi Rose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Simon Taylor, 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: Clare Gambardella - Chief Customer Officer at Zopa Chris Skinner, author, speaker - CEO at the Finanser and fintech guru We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ant Group to raise $34.5 billion, valuing it at over $313 billion, in biggest IPO of all time (02:43) PayPal allows cryptocurrency on their platform, and JPMorgan creates new unit for blockchain projects (16:14) Afterpay teams up with Westpac to offer savings account for Australians (28:02) Zopa’s long-awaited credit card is here (38:14) UBS to invest $200 million in fintech startups (49:00) Hand over the trash: raccoons break into California bank (01:05:37) 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: Chris Skinner and Clare Gambardella.Links: Ant Group to raise $34.5 billion, valuing it at over $313 billion, in biggest IPO of all time PayPal allows cryptocurrency on their platform, and JPMorgan creates new unit for blockchain projects Afterpay teams up with Westpac to offer savings account for Australians Zopa’s long-awaited credit card is here UBS to invest $200 million in fintech startups Possible finance raises $11M on Zoom and shifts to a fully distributed workforce Experian told to stop sharing data without consent Hand over the trash: raccoons break into California bank Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the severity of the COVID-19 outbreak began to be recognised by world leaders, a wide-scale shift to remote working and social distanced interaction rapidly increased the pressure on cybersecurity teams. As October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, in this episode of Fintech Insider, Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to dive into the topic of cybersecurity in the financial services and fintech space! Exploring the biggest threats and best solutions, our guests for this episode are: Joe Bloemendaal - Head of Strategy, Mitek Oliver Rooney, CTO, Voxsmart Ewan Silver - CTO, 11:FS 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: Ewan Silver, Joe Bloemendaal, and Oliver Rooney. 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: Shaun Puckrin, Chief Product Officer, Global Processing Services Chris Maddern - Co-founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Button We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack. We also hear a soundbite from Matt Henderson, EMEA Lead for Stripe. (02:06) Marqeta: Covid-19 has forced three-quarters of banks to change their future banking strategy (14:18) Visa invests in GPS (26:16) Robinhood warns users about margin calls and nearly 2000 accounts breached by hackers (37:00) ESG funds forecast to outnumber conventional funds by 2025 (46:05) How Captain Tom started an open banking revolution (1:00:42) 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: Chris Maddern, Matt Henderson, and Shaun Puckrin.Links: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack Marqeta: Covid-19 has forced three-quarters of banks to change their future banking strateg Visa invests in GPS Robinhood warns users about margin calls and nearly 2000 accounts breached by hackers ESG funds forecast to outnumber conventional funds by 2025 How Captain Tom started an open banking revolution Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Sam Maule 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: Alice Tapper, Founder and Author - Go Fund Yourself Gwera Kiwana, Ops Analyst - 11:FS We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Killer Mike’s new Black owned bank receives ‘tens of thousands’ of account requests in less than 24 hours (03:54) Klarna’s email that prompted data privacy and security backlash (17:00) Former Barclays execs to launch digital bank (29:11) Square invests $50m in bitcoin (37:00) Soundbite Simon Taylor, 11:FS Head of Ventures (37:55) FCA turns the screws on compliance in work-from-home environment (44:06) Coronavirus can survive up to 28 days on paper banknotes (55:37) 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. The banking business model is broken. The question is, how can we rebuild it? Embedded finance presents a massive opportunity for banks to play a new role in the financial services ecosystem, offering more revenue streams, lower costs and higher margins. Our new report, Better banking business models: embedded finance and the path to growth, is a must-read for banks considering the smartest next step. Head to bit.ly/bankingasaservice to download the report for free. 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: Alice Tapper and Gwera Kiwana.Links: Killer Mike’s new Black owned bank receives ‘tens of thousands’ of account requests in less than 24 hours Klarna’s email that prompted data privacy and security backlash Former Barclays execs to launch digital bank Square invests $50m in bitcoin FCA turns the screws on compliance in work-from-home environment Garanti BBVA ships ‘blank’ card with no code imprints Coronavirus can survive up to 28 days on paper banknotes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ross Gallagher is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss the transformation of finance in the Middle East and how fintechs are gaining traction in the region. Here to discuss the matter are: Mike Cunningham - Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, Banque Saudi Fransi Amir Fardghassemi - Founder and CEO, JinglePay Kate Moody - Senior Customer and Product Lead at 11:FS In recent years financial technology has been transforming the delivery of financial services across the Middle East. With the pandemic still disrupting our day-to-day in-person interactions, fintech is seeing an unprecedented surge in popularity in a land where cash is king. Sitting down with both sides of the digital transformation game, Ross and the group discuss the unique character of the Middle East financial ecosystem, how social media is shaping customers' expectations and the challenges that fintechs face when entering into a market where traditional legacy banks rule supreme. 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: Kate Moody and Mike Cunningham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski, 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: Maia Bittner - Voice of the Member, Chime Oscar Williams-Grut - Senior City Correspondent, Yahoo Finance We also hear soudbites from: Jeff Kelisky - CEO, Seedrs and Luke Lang - Co-founder, Crowdcube Francesca Hopwood-Road - Head of Regtech and Advanced Analytics, FCA Marcell King - Chief Innovation Officer, Payveris We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Crowdcube and Seedrs to merge: their CEOs say the move is about growth not survival FCA sets coronavirus challenge for new sandbox applicants Venmo launches its first credit card with scannable QR code and personalised cash-back rewards Goldman Sachs reportedly just landed General Motors’ credit card business for roughly $2.5 billion With its new checking account, Credit Karma wants to get into your wallet John McAfee arrested after DOJ indicts crypto millionaire for tax evasion 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: Francesca Hopwood Road, Jeff Kelisky , Maia Bittner, Marcell King , and Oscar Williams-Grut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices