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Our expert host David Brear presents Fintech Insider News live from the Village Underground in London, to discuss all the latest news from the world of fintech and finance, including Nationwide's £2.9bn acquisition of Virgin Money, and how old do you need to be to own a house? Listen and find out... This week's guests include: Jamie Campbell, Head of VC at 11:FS Georgie Frost, Presenter and Personal Finance Expert Alex Rivas-Gale, Head of Product, Europe at ClearBank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Nationwide look set to acquire Virgin Money for £2.9 billion (03:20) JPMorgan plan to launch biometric checkouts in 2025 (13:29) Over £50 billion is scattered or lost in UK pension pots, according to new research from PensionBee (26:04) How young can you be to own a house in Australia? (37:22) --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial serv

Our expert host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about community banks, and how they can get the edge and win on the banking battlefield. It might seem at first glance that these small to mid tier banks serving only a certain region or niche of customers might have the odds against them, and yet - community banks are often uniquely positioned to serve their customers in ways the bigger banks can’t, won’t, or don’t.  We're going to dig into all of this to try and put together a guide to community banks everywhere on how to get the advantage. This week's guests include: Rohit Mathur, CEO at Bridge Jason Bates, Deputy CEO at 11:FS Barb McLean, SVP, Head of Technology Operations and Implementation, Coastal Community Bank  --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and repor

Fintech Insider Focus is back for season two, in collaboration with Visa, and in the first half of this season we are diving deep into the Middle East's booming financial sector, and speak to the people right at the heart of it. In this episode, host Rachel Pandyan discusses the banking industry in Saudi Arabia alongside a panel of esteemed guests. The country’s finance industry is making huge strides, thanks in part to a concerted effort by the government and the Saudi Central Bank. They explore this a little more, by picking apart some of the detail in their Vision 2030 program, looking at what action is actually being taken to transform the banking system in the region, and how fintechs can be a driving force behind it. Special guests on this episode: Hasan Kazmi, Head of Digital Partnerships for CEMEA at Visa Nahim Bassa, SVP: Group Head of Strategy & Digital Transformation, Bank Aljazira Naif AbuSaida, CEO and Founder, Hakbah ------------- This episode is sponsored by Visa.  Fintech Insider by 11:F

Our expert host, Ross Gallagher, is joined by some great guests to discuss the most notable fintech, financial services, and banking news from the past week. This includes Stripe's annual letter, announcing they have surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023, Tide's expansion into Germany with a warm 'guten tag', CFIT's Open Finance report, which claims open finance could boost the UK GDP by £30.5 million, as well as some significant raises from Griffin and PPRO. This week's guests include: Ezechi Britton, CEO at CFIT David Jarvis, CEO at Griffin Raquel Soares, Head of Marketing for Edenred Payment Solutions Plus soundbites from Oliver Prill, CEO of Tide Motie Bring, CEO of PPRO We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Griffin raises $24m and launches as a fully operational UK bank CFIT Open Finance report: Open finance could boost UK GDP by £30.5 billion Tide launches in Germany Global local payments platform PPRO raises €85M from investors inclu

Our expert host Laura Watkins, Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS, is joined by a stellar panel to discuss wealth. Whether you want it, have it, or inherit it, wealth affects us all, but as we’re recording this just after International Women’s Day, we want to zoom in on how the wealth space is serving women. Women have been traditionally underserved in this space, but as wealth management solutions move into the digital world, we want to know what opportunities this creates to provide effective and appropriate tools to support women through all stages of their wealth journey. So we are going to look at how the current landscape shapes up, the challenges this creates, and what is being done to address this. Guests on this episode; Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, Ventures Product Lead at 11:FS Laura Pomfret, Co-Founder at Financielle --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our e

Fintech Insider Focus, in collaboration with Visa, returns on 20th March 2024! In the first season we embarked on a virtual world tour, exploring how fintech and finance is being harnessed in different continents, but in brand new season we are zooming in further. Part one explores how countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt are putting the Middle East on the map as a major financial powerhouse. In part two we set off on a European adventure and find out how different countries across the continent are championing fintech in different ways. We speak to the people at the heart of these industries, and help you become an expert too. So don't miss out - follow Fintech Insider wherever you get your podcasts and listen out for brand new episodes of Focus, every second Wednesday beginning 20th March. --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider Focus is sponsored by Visa Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial servi

To celebrate recording this just before International Women's Day 2024, our expert hosts, Laura Watkins and Rachel Pandyan, are joined by a stellar all-women panel to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including the feel good fintech story of the year so far, and Monzo are lining up a second crack at the US market. This week's guests include: Sarah Kocianski, CEO at Fintech Wales Phoebe Kitchen, Vice President of Growth Equity at Inovia And featuring soundbites from: Romi Savova, CEO at PensionBee Patricia Brolly MD, Head of Merchant Acquiring for EMEA at J.P. Morgan Sophie Winwood, Co-Founder and CEO at WVC:E We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: New research from Mastercard reveals just a quarter of women feel financially supported in the workplace (04:22) Online pension provider PensionBee and challenger bank Monzo announce US expansion plan (11:24) JPMorgan joins France's payments network CB t

We’re all talking about GenAI, and it shows no signs of slowing down in financial services. Wherever you look, banks are investing in both people and tech to drive forward their AI capabilities from front to back end. So in this episode, we want to share some of the conversations we’ve been having across the finance world about AI. Now if you’re an avid follower of our YouTube channel, you have probably seen our Spotlight series, where we invite leading industry experts to discuss the biggest subjects in finance and fintech. 11:FS CEO David Brear introduces two of our recent AI-themed Spotlight episodes with you, right here on Fintech Insider. This week's guests include: Theo Michalopoulos, General Manager, Financial Services and Insurance Industry at Microsoft EJ Achtner, Head of Digital Architecture at the HSBC’s Office of Applied Artificial Intelligence (OAAI) Jane Findlay, Enterprise Account Executive, HSBC at SAS --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcas

Our expert host Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including Orum's new Deliver API which connects to the Federal Reserve to improve payments in the US. Plus, Pav Gill, better known as the Wirecard whistleblower, launches a new platform to tackle corporate misconduct. And Chime are partnering with financial education platform Zogo to help improve financial literacy for their users. This week's guests include: Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, Ventures Product Lead at 11:FS Stephany Kirkpatrick, Founder & CEO at Orum Pav Gill, Founder at Confide Plus soundbites from: Sara El-Amine, VP of Community at Chime We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Orum connects to the U.S. Federal Reserve with the launch of Deliver (04:40) Wirecard whistleblower launches Confide, a New Reporting Platform for Corporate Bad Behavior (23:16) Google Pay to shut down in the US (40:02)

What has 200 billion lines, is used by 43% of banks, and pretty much drives the global financial system? It's the subject of today's Fintech Insider Insights, as our expert hosts, 11:FS CEO David Brear and CTO Ewan Silver, come together to discuss all things COBOL, or Common Business Oriented Language. They look at how COBOL became the pre-eminent choice of the global banking system, if it's still fit for purpose in today's world, and the challenges of migrating away from COBOL. And if you find this episode interesting and decide you want to learn more, you can check out our Decoding: Banks series on YouTube - I think you’ll love it. --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, and JP Morgan Chas

Our expert hosts David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including Capital One's $35 billion takeover of Discover... subject to approval from US regulators. Also, onboarding solution Detected partners with Visa to make life easier for North American SMEs, and Santander really don't like Nationwide's latest TV ad, but why? This week's guests include: Niamh Curran. Senior Reporter at Finextra Barry O’Sullivan, Head of Banking and Payments Infrastructure at OpenPayd We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Capital One announces tie-up with Discover in $35.3bn deal creating payments giant (04:30) OpenPayd and TrueLayer forge strategic partnership to revolutionize instant payments (11:30) Rothschild expand to Saudi Arabia with Riyadh office (22:55) Detected collaborates with Visa to offer improved SME onboarding in US and Canada (27:27) Challenger bank Monzo to

Our panel of Fintech Insider hosts - Kate Moody, Rachel Pandyan and David Barton-Grimley - get together and scour the internet for the most asked questions about fintech... and attempt to answer them. From 'what is fintech?' to 'how to nail a fintech interview', they discuss all the stuff you probably never asked but wish you had. So whether you are a fintech professional or you've never worked a day in finance, this podcast is your 101 in fintech FAQs. This week's panel: Kate Moody, Strategy Director at 11:FS Rachel Pandyan, Venture Product Lead at 11:FS David Barton-Grimley, Fintech Strategy Director at 11:FS --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including guests from Visa, Nubank, M-Pesa, Starling, Wise and JP Morgan Chase to discuss

Our expert host Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. Stories include Revolut's launch of eSims to combat expensive data roaming charges, new research from Lightyear which shows over £1 trillion of Uk deposits are being stashed in low-interest accounts, and would you date someone based on their credit score? Well you're in luck, because Score is a brand new dating app exclusively for singletons with good credit. This week's guests include: Nadine Timmer-Bodenstein, Ventures Product Lead at 11:FS Martin Sokk, CEO & Co-Founder at Lightyear Fliss Berridge, Director & Co-Founder at Ordo We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: The European Parliament authorises new regulations for new 'ten second transfers' (06:36) More than £1 trillion of UK deposits are in low-interest savings account, according to new research (20:16) Pan African Payment and Settlement System

Our expert host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about The Great Wealth Transfer. As Baby Boomers pass on an estimated $84 trillion of wealth, they discuss how the products and services to support Millennials will differ, how this may impact established wealth management institutions, and ask how will this change the wealth management landscape in the future? They also take stock of where the industry currently is and how well equipped, or not, it is to deal with the challenges that lie ahead AND they discuss some of the broader trends in this space to understand what needs to be done and how. This week's guests include: Daniel Hegarty, Founder & CEO at Communion Antoinette Rodriguez, President at MarFi Advisors and Chairwoman at Financial Advisor Magazine’s Invest In Women --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, a

Our expert host Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including Yapily and Ant Group bringing Commercial VRPs to Europe, new research from Wise highlighting the impact of junk fees, and Airwallex are getting into Formula 1. PLUS, do you think you could be fooled by a deepfake? Get ready for a mind-blowing scam that cost one bank $25m... This week's guests include: Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth & Communications at OakNorth Roland Selmer, CPO at Yapily Rina Wulfing, Senior Policy Lead for North America at Wise We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ant International and Yapily Launch Europe’s First Commercial Variable Recurring Payments (VRPs) for e-Commerce (04:35) Research from Wise highlights the widespread consequences of junk fees on American consumers (18:35) Airwallex race into partnership with Formula 1 team McLaren (33:36) Australian

In celebration of US Black History Month, our expert host Kate Moody, Strategy Director at 11:FS, is joined by some great guests to discuss civil inequality in the banking system. This week's guests include: Rodney Williams, Co-Founder at SoLo Funds Jamilia Grier, Founder & CEO at ByteBao Asya Bradley, Founder and Angel Investor Conversations around inclusion are much bigger than just banking. It’s a systemic problem which has always existed and still remains a very real issue today, and this episode tackles these issues head on. They discuss how and why non-white communities are being underserved by traditional banks and celebrate some of the work being done to tackle that. They also look at how we can harness fintech for good to drive meaningful change. --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast dedicated to all things finance, banking, technology, and financial services.  Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decisi

Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week, including the news that HSBC is being fined by the Bank of England's financial stability arm after failing to adequately protect its customers in the event of a banking collapse. Plus, Nova Credit is stepping up to support Ukrainian refugees, and Mastercard want to get rid of passwords. This week's guests include: Rachel Pandyan, Ventures Product Lead at 11:FS Doug Mackenzie, Chief Content Officer at Fintech Finance Anil Stocker, CEO of Kriya We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Kriya uses funding boost to power up B2B embedded finance offering (04:34) Mastercard wants to replace passwords with biometric authentication (17:38) Nova Credit helps Ukrainians in UK, US and Canada get credit (28:45) HSBC fined £57m by Bank of England for 'serious' deposit protection failings (38:32) PayPal to reduce

On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Kate Moody, are joined by some great guests to talk about the ever-growing overlap between big tech and finance. We’ve seen no shortage of companies like Google, Apple, and Facebook in the news over the last year, and as technology becomes more central in our relationship with financial services, big tech will only have a more critical role to play in the future of our industry. So we want to take a step back and understand exactly what big tech’s role in finance currently is, and where they sit on the banking battlefield. What are the use cases? What are the risks? And will we eventually have to do our banking through a VR headset? To discuss this I am joined by a mighty panel of industry experts. This week's guests include: Paul Worthington, Head of Regulatory Affairs at Innovate Finance and formerly the Public Policy Manager at Meta Fintech Dave Birch, Principal at 15Mb Sam Maule, an advisor and formerly the Key Account

Our expert hosts, Benjamin Ensor and Ross Gallagher, 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: Amelia Isaacs, Senior Reporter at AltFi Rachel Pandyan, Ventures Product Lead at 11:FS We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Revolut launch Mobile Wallets (03:40) The Financial Stability Board could recommend new measures to limit the impact of social media on bank runs (16:16) Italy's Objectway acquire Canadian wealthtech Newst Wealth (28:35) Moody's Analytics taps Numerated for automated loan process (34:45) Comic Relief extends partnership with GoCardless to accept donations year round (44:45) Apple Pay finally open up NFC chip access to third parties after EU investigation (45:52) A retired teacher has her pension halted as her provider refuses to believe she is not dead (47:52) --------------------------------------- Fintech Insider by 1

Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to talk about how personalisation in banking. Personalisation was one of the key themes that emerged from this year's annual 11:FS Pulse report, which is out now at 11fs.com/report  In the report, our experts, along with others from Monzo, JPMorgan and Nationwide, emphasised the importance of tailored financial services and how customer-centricity will win the day in 2024. But this personalisation is only possible through real-time data, AI & machine learning, by harnessing behavioural data, and many other recent technological advances which are transforming the financial services landscape. So we want to dive deeper into this. What does personalisation in banking even mean? How can it really improve the products or services being offered? And what are the consequences when it goes wrong? This week's guests include: Joe Colchester, Head of Product at 11:FS Pulse Ross Logan, Chief Product Officer at Snoop Megan Cooper, Chief Product Officer at Cle