Fintech Insider Podcast by 11:FS

Today's insights show shines a light on how fintech is making the world a better place. We want to talk about what makes the UK fintech scene so useful for solving real problems that affect the lives of so many people. We’re going to be taking a look at how customer-centricity helps fintechs cater better to their customers to ensure they have access to better services, and the impact financial education can have on financial inclusion and literacy. Fantastic insights are given by fintech experts who are working across the UK to bring fintech to those who need it most: Greg Michel, Fintech Lead at Tech Nation Anish Kapoor, CEO of AccessPay Jonathan Hollow, Head of Financial Capability, Strategy and Innovation at the Money Advice Service. Richard Theo, CEO and founder of Wealthify Stephen Ingledew, CEO of Fintech Scotland Dr Sue Black, OBE Virraj Jatania, CEO and founder of Pockit We hope you enjoyed the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them!Special Guests: Anish Kapoor, Dr. Sue Black, Gregoire Michel, Jonathan Hollow, Richard Theo, Stephen Ingledew, and Virraj Jatania.Sponsored By: Tech Nation: Tech Nation believes the UK is the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business.Tech Nation is expanding their network of growth programmes, events, skills and data resources to reach all corners and clusters of the UK. Their newly launched Fintech programme is aimed at company founders. Through a 24 hour induction, series of in-depth learning sessions, networking events and a three-day international showcase trip, you'll become part of the very first Tech Nation Fintech cohort. Insights sessions will be delivered by some of the most established fintech entrepreneurs, investors and partners, who will cover topics such as regulation, partnering with banks and expanding internationally. Find out more here: https://technation.io/programmes/fintech/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon and David sit down with Romi, Megan and Dave to discuss the intriguing and interesting stories from the fintech world this week, including: CYBG buys Virgin Money, Visa's broken switch, and Starling launches joint accounts. Simon also has a quick interview with Francisco Carvalho Araújo, Product Manager at Monzo to learn all about Monzo Web. All this and so much more on today's episode of Fintech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders and join the discussion by signing up at www.fintechinsidernews.com Special Guests: Dave Cunningham, Francisco Carvalho Araújo, Megan Cooper, and Romi Savova.Links: Virgin Money bought by CYBG for £1.7bn Visa’s European outage blamed on ‘very rare’ broken switch Square obtains NY State cryptocurrency license | Reuters Monzo – Access your account in an emergency with Monzo Web RESOLVED: No More Cash Advance Fees For Curve / Tesco Bank Customers - Travel Hacking Tutor Brex picks up $57M to build an easy credit card for startups Lenders warn buyers are being refused mortgages due to bank statement banter Akon launching cryptocurrency called Akoin to help African economy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's insights show shines a light on what makes the UK fintech scene so unique. Fantastic insights are given by fintech experts who are working across the UK and influencing regulation in the fintech space: Frank Jan Risseeuw, CEO of Yolt Greg Michel, Fintech Lead at Tech Nation John Glen, MP Rajesh Agrawal, Deputy Mayor of London Eileen Burbidge, Chair at Tech Nation and Partner at Passion Capital Anthony Lesoismier, CSO and Co-founder at Swissborg Vince Howard, Head of Marketing at Swissborg We want to talk about what makes the UK fintech scene the home of so many success stories. We’re going to be taking a look at the unique UK regulatory environment and why so many international players are keen to come to the country to invest in fintech. We hope you enjoyed the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them!Special Guests: Anthony Lesoismier, Eileen Burbidge, Frank Jan Risseeuw , Gregoire Michel, John Glen, Rajesh Agrawal, and Vince Howard.Sponsored By: Tech Nation: Tech Nation believes the UK is the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business.Tech Nation is expanding their network of growth programmes, events, skills and data resources to reach all corners and clusters of the UK. Their newly launched Fintech programme is aimed at company founders. Through a 24 hour induction, series of in-depth learning sessions, networking events and a three-day international showcase trip, you'll become part of the very first Tech Nation Fintech cohort. Insights sessions will be delivered by some of the most established fintech entrepreneurs, investors and partners, who will cover topics such as regulation, partnering with banks and expanding internationally. Find out more here: https://technation.io/programmes/fintech/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sarah and Ross sit down with James and Lisa and go over some of the weird and wonderful stories from the fintech world, including: SCB applying for a licence, Monzo's new IFTTT, and Danske bank attempts to predict the world cup. All this and so much more on today's episode of Fintech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode, leave a review on iTunes and every other podcast app. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders and join the discussion by signing up at www.fintechinsidernews.com Special Guests: James Safford and Lisa Matzi.Links: Standard Chartered says it will apply to operate a virtual bank in Hong Kong | South China Morning Post HSBC to invest $15-17 billion by 2020 in push for growth | Reuters Adyen Doubles in Debut in Year's Biggest European Tech IPO - Bloomberg Buy UK Shares Without Paying Stamp Duty Through eToro World's first smart bank? Monzo release IFTTT integration. - 11:FS Starling Bank introduces gambling blocker tech TransferWise’s next partnership could be with U.K. challenger bank Monzo | TechCrunch N26 launches a revised metal card | TechCrunch World Cup – FinTech Futures Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's insights show shines a light on the regional fintech spaces across the UK. Fantastic insights are given by fintech experts who are working successfully outside of London and making waves in the fintech space: Lisa Wood, CMO at Atom, the challenger bank based in Durham, in North East England Chris Sier, Fintech Envoy for the North of England James Varga, CEO and Co-founder of the ID Company, based in Edinburgh Richard Theo, CEO and Co-founder of Wealthify, based in Cardiff, and newly appointed Fintech Envoy for Wales Virraj Jatania, CEO and founder of Pockit Paul Rippon, Deputy CEO at Monzo We want to burst the London fintech bubble and talk about UK fintech successes across the whole country. We’re going to be taking a look at the under the radar success stories across the UK, particularly those outside of the behemoth of the London bubble. We hope you enjoyed the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them!Special Guests: Chris Sier, Gregoire Michel, James Varga, Lisa Wood, Paul Rippon, Richard Theo, and Virraj Jatania.Sponsored By: Tech Nation: Tech Nation believes the UK is the best place in the world to start and grow a digital business.Tech Nation is expanding their network of growth programmes, events, skills and data resources to reach all corners and clusters of the UK. Their newly launched Fintech programme is aimed at company founders. Through a 24 hour induction, series of in-depth learning sessions, networking events and a three-day international showcase trip, you'll become part of the very first Tech Nation Fintech cohort. Insights sessions will be delivered by some of the most established fintech entrepreneurs, investors and partners, who will cover topics such as regulation, partnering with banks and expanding internationally. Find out more here: https://technation.io/programmes/fintech/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Simon and Sam are live on the main stage at Money 20/20 covering the latest and greatest in news across the fintech world. Joined by those at the cutting edge of all things fintech, Leda Glyptis, Rob Frohwein, Anna Irrera and Peter Hazou. It's a different show from usual with our guests coming on in pairs. First up are Leda and Rob to share their views on what's going on in Europe. Kicking things off, European payments seemingly ground to a halt when Visa suffered a system failure over the past week. The panel have an interesting take on the issue, it is a payments conference after all. Next up, Kabbage competes with PayPal. Luckily we have the Kabbage CEO on-hand to give us some absolute insight into what's going on there. Finishing up this section, the panel discuss the (un)surprising revelation that Millennials trust tech companies over banks when it comes to personal data. Our two lovely guests have to leave us but we have two equally brilliant ones in the form of Sara and Jeff, ready to let us know their take on the latest blockchain news. It's been a weird one for blockchain with the world's largest shipping firm, Maersk, now tracking cargo using blockchain. Maersk is planning to use the technology to fight fraud and reduce paperwork. Binance are planning to create a $1BN investment fund, but with a dead ICO how did they manage to raise $7BN this year? Next up we have two of the finest fintech minds in the form of Anna Irrera and Peter Hazou to round up the last of the big news stories in fintech this week. Starling has flown the nest after receiving £80M in funding and splitting from Transferwise, the general thinking is the capital increase is to bid for a share of the Capability and Innovation fund set up by RBS following the banking crisis. Next the panel talk about customer service. Surveys show that UK digital challengers are beating high-street banks on customer satisfaction. Although apparently high-street banks are doing a few things better. We also take a look at Citi and just why they're crushing the competition in investment in US fintech. All this and so much more on today's episode of Fintech Insider! Subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review on iTunes. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders and join the discussion by signing up at www.fintechinsidernews.com Special Guests: Anna Irrera, Jeff Tijssen, Leda Glyptis, Peter Hazou, Rob Frohwein, and Sara Feenan.Links: Visa says service returning to normal - BBC News Kabbage To Enter The Payments Processing Space, Will Compete With PayPal And Square RFI Group: Millennial Brits trust Amazon, PayPal over banks - Business Insider The World's Largest Shipping Firm Now Tracks Cargo on Blockchain - CoinDesk Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, plans $1 billion investment fund | TechCrunch Starling Bank raising another £80M, ends partnership with TransferWise | TechCrunch UK digital challengers beating high street banks on customer satisfaction Citi spends more on tech than all VC investment in US fintech John McAfee Announces Crypto-Backed ‘Fiat’ Currency Redeemable for Face Time With Him Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's insights show lifts the lid on the pain of SMB Banking as Sarah Kocianski guides us through the three biggest SMB Banking pain points: opening an account, getting a loan, and making and receiving payments. Fantastic insights are given by small business owners and experts in this sector who give first hand accounts of their own frustrations: Paul Bulpitt - Head of Accounting at Xero and founder of Wow Company Sam Booth - CEO of Just After Midnight Oren Greenberg - Digital Marketing Manager at Kurve, There are approximately 5.7m SMBs in the UK right now, and they employ almost 16 million people. Together they turn over £1.8 trillion per year, which makes no small contribution to the UK economy and GDP. But why are they so badly served? Sarah endeavours to find out and to look towards the future of SMB Banking and what is going to improve. We hope you enjoyed the show! Don't forget to subscribe so you never miss an episode, and follow Fintech Insider on Twitter or Facebook. If you really loved it, please leave us a review, we love reading them!Special Guests: Oren Greenberg, Paul Bulpitt, and Sam Booth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IFTTT (if this, then that) is the easy, free way to get your apps and devices working together. Now, Monzo have enabled IFTTT integration, David M Brear and Simon Vans-Colina discuss how this could be revolutionary for banking services!Special Guest: Simon Vans-Colina. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First up with some breaking news: UK banks will be forced to develop develop alerts for customers who may be about to slip into the red as well as a range of prompts and PFM tools that make it easier to keep on top of finances following a review by the Financial Conduct Authority into the high-cost credit market. Find out out what the gang had to say about this crazy bit of news! How much will this impact bank revenue? Next up, we delve deep into GDPR….I mean not as deep as we did in episode 220, but you get the jist! It’s talk of the town, we had to cover it. After discussing some GDPR fails, we had a chat about Google and PayPal teaming up! From Payments to banking, have Square stumbled their way into the banking world? How have they done this by accident? Now iZettle were in the news a fair bit the last few weeks, but can Ayden do what they couldn’t? They plan to go public... Over to China, Ant financial have raised even more billions! Find out What the team think of this one! From raising money, to saving money- RoosterMoney, the pocket money and chore tracking app that specialise in pocket money analytics and financial education advice for parents, can reveal that kids have been saving an impressive 24.9% of their pocket money so far this year. Adult households are only managing to save 5.3% of their income. And I know they’re not quite kids, but apparently 1 in 6 millennials has £100,000 in savings! Insane! Finally, Busking goes digital as street musicians across London are going to accept payments via contactless cards, wearable technology, chip and pin as well as the traditional cash Subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review on iTunes. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders and join the discussion by signing up at www.fintechinsidernews.com Special Guests: Caroline Plumb, Kirsty Grant, Ryan Edwards-Pritchard, and Will Carmichael. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The opaque nature of the credit world is scary, some might say Orwellian, but mostly just really confusing. You have to hand over your data, which is subsequently regurgitated into a number...where that number comes from is seemingly unclear. We speak to industry experts about the current state of credit scoring, and also where it will potentially go in the future. What is being done to avoid a black mirror-esque dystopia? What companies are becoming first movers in this space, to create a more transparent business models that actually help people in their daily lives. We also heard from the general public on their experiences with the credit system and why they find it unfair. The impact credit scoring has on people's lives is extraordinary- yet we're only seeing these business models starting to surface. Some would say it's a been a long time coming... Subscribe so you never miss an episode and leave a review on iTunes. Spread the fintech love by sharing or tweeting this podcast. Let us know your thoughts @FintechInsiders or drop us a line via email podcasts@11fs.comSpecial Guests: Aneesh Varma, Justin Basini, Ollie Judge, and Rishi Khosla. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices