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In this episode Jason, Simon and Andra are joined by Myke and Liz for the news. We find out if bitcoin to blame for ransomware, whether consumers actually want to cut the banks out of loans. Everyone debates why anyone would want to buy the Co-Op. Jason commits a vile podcast sin and will Google be your next bank? Guests Elizabeth Lumley FinTech commentator & Author of girl-disrupted.com Myke Hurley Co-Founder at Relay FM News this week   BBC News – Massive ransomware infection hits computers in 99 countries – Link The Register – After years of warnings, mobile network hackers exploit SS7 flaws to drain bank accounts – Link Business Insider – Zopa becomes the first of the ‘Big 3’ peer-to-peer lenders to be authorised by the City watchdog – Link Business Insider – Startup bank Tandem cuts headcount after funding setback – Link City AM – Virgin Money walks away from Co-op Bank takeover talks after months of speculation – Link Quartz – The world’s most successful mobile money market is introducing cross-network transfer systems – Link Symphony secure messaging app gets 63m at 1b – Link Fortune – Amex debuts its first Alexa Skill – Link Harvard Business Review – Link Finextra – UK consumers ready to swap banks for tech giants – Link Money Watch – DrnkPay: Payments System Aims To Stop Drunken Spending – Link The post Ep253 – CyberRansomWarfare! appeared first on 11:FS.Special Guest: Liz Lumley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David interviews Claire Calmejane Director of Innovation and Digital Centre of Excellence at Lloyds Banking Group. Claire explains what it means to be leading innovation at Lloyds, we investigate what makes up being a true innovator and what different skills you need to balance to be effective in the space. Better get growing that technology leg! We learn a bit more about what Lloyds is doing to not just promote open banking but foster better education about new developments within the company. Claire discusses the effect of the technology giants in the banking world and the diversification of your companies offerings should be looking to services. Want more of Claire? You can follow her on Twitter here. Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep252 – Interview: Claire Calmejane appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode On this week’s Insights show we delve deep into the world of consumer Fintech. We speak with the best in the business on how Fintech compares with other technology developments like fitness and communication and what Fintech looks like as people integrate it into their lives. We find out what it takes to get people to try something new and whether Fintechs can be trustworthy compared to incumbent banks. All this and more on Fintech for The Average Joe Guests Charlie Taylor – Analytics & Growth Lead at Curve Ed Maslaveckas – CEO & Co-founder at Bud Lukas Zoerner – Founder at MoBillity Victor Trokoudes – CEO & Co-founder at Plum Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep251 – Fintech For The Average Joe appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode We discuss what a challenger bank really is – drawing a line in the sand for who is and who isn’t in the cool kids club. Alipay seems to be taking over the world through tourism, we discuss how that strategy might be the best route into the west. Debit cards are finding into the hands on children, how do we make sure kids don’t go crazy with (and power) – is this the new way for banks to acquire customers? All this and more on the news this week. Guests Elizabeth Lumley FinTech commentator & Author of girl-disrupted.com Ajit Tripathi, Director, Fintech and Digital Banking at PwC Dave Tonge,  CTO at Moneyhub James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific Fintech Leader at EY Julian Sawyer, COO at Starling Bank Our community contribution was from Nina Mohanty this week (@ninamohanty) News this week Banking Technology – FinTech companies blast banks over PSD2 direct access angst – Link The Telegraph – Upstart Challenger Banks eye consolidation – Link Banking Technology – Deutsche Bank leads charge for pan-industry e-identity platform – Link Bloomberg – Apple Can Thank Alipay for Shopping – Link Global Times – WeChat expands in US, EU – Link MacRumours – Visa and Payments Startup ‘Current’ Launch Debit Card for Kids That Ties to Parental Control App – Link Banking Innovation – Barclays Gives Users Total Control Over Debit in Effort to Stop Card Fraud – Link FT – Aviva chief executive hits out at personal insurance market – Link Recode – Square is rolling out its first debit card – Link Finextra – Starling opens payment services unit – Link Reuters – Top French bank chief attacks no-frills rivals for freeloading – Link The post Ep250 – If You Liked It, Then You Should’ve Put A Blockchain On It appeared first on 11:FS.Special Guest: Liz Lumley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s an interview double header! We talk to Poornima Vijayashanker and Lawrence Wintermeyer. First up Aden interviews Poornima Vijayashanker about her work on Femgineer, her previous life at Mint and what it meant to be at the forefront of Fintech before Fintech had broken through After the break Chris Skinner interviews Lawrence Wintermeyer about Innovate Finance’s new Industry Sandbox Consultation. We discuss why a sandbox is important, who should be getting involved, where we currently are with the regulators. This is a great insight into where the industry is going next and how companies both big and small can make a difference. Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep249 – Poornima Vijayashanker & Lawrence Wintermeyer appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David and Jason have the wind knocked out of them as they interview Gary Vaynerchuck for this very special Fintech Insider Interview. People hand me million dollar scopes and ask me for a selfie We discuss how staying plugged in and not being complacent is what keeps you ahead. Gary schools us on authenticity and how to earn the buy through giving everything you have for one ask. We learn about how Vaynermedia is getting ready to butt heads with BCG and McKinsey, and the source of why the biggest brands on earth are knocking on Gary’s door. There is a not a single client that does the work I want them to do… Period. Want more of Gary? Subscribe to our Youtube channel to see him in action. Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep248 – Gary Vaynerchuk appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Could Apple have a viable payments platform? Simon gets back from holiday, we had some questions about his new lifestyle choices. We get to the bottom of why Spotify may need a blockchain. Nigel Walsh drops by to talk to us about insurtech funding and we start filling out our mortgage applications to our parents. Guests Joining us for this week’s analysis of the news: Sarah Kocianski, Senior Research Analyst Fintech at Business Insider UK Kadhim Shubber, Reported at Financial Times News this week Recode – Apple is in talks to launch its own Venmo – Link Medium – The first real revolution in venture capital: crypto tokens  – Link Coindesk – The United Nations Just Launched Its First Large-Scale Ethereum Test – Link Techcrunch – Spotify acquires blockchain startup Mediachain to solve music’s attribution problem –Link Techcrunch – PayPal launches a small biz toolset, ‘Business in a Box,’ with WooCommerce & Xero – Link FT – Bank of Mum and Dad is ninth-biggest lender with £6.5bn loans – Link Submitted by listener Quinn Dempsey on Twitter, American Banker – JPMorgan defection underscores tough blockchain choices – Link Neshoba Democrat – The Citizens Bank launching interactive tellers – Link FT – Investment in insurance tech start-ups drop sharply – Link Globes – Jes Staley sees technology as driving globalisation and changing banking, but says there’ll always be a Barclays. – Link Backchannel – The AI Cargo Cult – The myth of super hero AI – Link The post Ep247 – Making BOMAD a Thing appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Simon and David sit down with Richard and Maya to discuss the state of the Blockchain. We explore where we are with blockchain and ledger tech, blockchain awareness in the workplace and how we are moving from understanding the technology to applying it in real business situations. We dive deep on whether blockchain can be applied to KYC and whether maybe sometimes a centralised API might be a better idea than a decentralised blockchain. Guests Richard Crook, Head of Innovation Engineering at RBS Maya Zehavi, Vice President of Product at QED-it Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep246 – Finding Blockchain’s Feet appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Our last news show at Level39, Aden Davies is on point for the first time, as we dive into the world of ageing plastic cards, whether social networks should be their own police force, there’s an update from the East, and just how legacy banking systems are maintained… the answer is cowboys. Don’t forget you can use our code 11FS17 to save £100 on your ticket to the Global Digital Banking Conference (http://www.globaldigitalbanking.com/). Guests Joining us for this week’s analysis of the news: Anna Irrera, Fintech Correspondent at Reuters James Lloyd, Asia-Pacific Fintech Leader at EY Ghela Boskovich News this week Engadget – Smart card Plastc goes under despite $9m in preorders, without shipping a single card – Link BBC – Mastercard reveals credit with fingerprint sensor – Link Business Insider – Allianz goes for Lemonade – Link Guardian F8 Roundup – Shark AR, Mind reading technology & group payments – Link Bank Innovation – 5 financial services bots launched at facebook-f8/ Link   The Paypers – Alipay, Wechat Pay reach USD 2.9 trillion online payments in China – Link Finextra – Robinhood app rises $110 million series C at a $1.3bn valuation – Link Token.io raises $15.7m series A funding from Octopus, EQventures and OP Financial – Link Reuters – Banks scramble to fix old systems as ‘COBOL Cowboys’ ride into the sunset – Link Techbullion – Top 10 Fintech Influencers to follow on Twitter – Link The post Ep245 – Mandatory Listening appeared first on 11:FS.Special Guest: Ghela Boskovich. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Jeremy Burge joins us to discuss the wonderful world of Emoji. David and Jeremy discuss how emoji are taking over a large amount of communication. Jeremy explains what it means to be part of the Unicode consortium and how misinterpretation happens between companies. Did you know dinosaurs are coming to a phone near you? Find out which two made the cut. We also discuss how companies are using emoji to communicate better across social platforms and in their marketing. “No matter what you say, it jumps out a little bit more if there in an emoji in there.”   Enjoying FinTech Insider? Tell a friend about us and please leave us a review on iTunes. The post Ep244 – Jeremy Burge, Chief Emoji Officer of Emojipedia appeared first on 11:FS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices