Our expert hosts, David Brear and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Matt Henderson, EMEA Business Lead, Stripe Arun Tharmarajah, Head of European Banking at Wise Sophie Guibaud, Chief Growth Officer at OpenPayd We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe opens London fintech development office 4:16 Wise launches feature t...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 5 min
This Friday, we're switching it up a bit! Not too long ago on Spotlight, our expert host - David Brear - was joined by Charley Ma, GM of Fintech at Alloy. The pair dive into Charley's career to date, and also unpack what it means to be an angel investor supporting early stage companies. The conversation was so insightful and interesting, that we wanted to share it with all of you. What does angel investing really mean? How do you get started out? How do you choose what to invest in? All of this ...
Sep 24, 2021•30 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Benjamin Ensor, 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: Roger De’ath, Head of eCommerce at Truelayer Oscar Williams-Grut, City Editor at Evening Standard Polly Jean Harrison, Journalist at The Fintech Times We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Monzo unveils buy now, pay later product with £3,000 limit - 5:35...
Sep 20, 2021•56 min
Welcome to the latest installment of After Dark, called Starting from Scratch. We are joined by the best and the brightest in fintech and financial services industry to talk all about starting from zero, and building better financial systems. What do we mean by that? Well, just imagine… The year is 2040. We have exhausted nearly all of the earth’s natural resources. Elon Musk/Jeff Bezos/Richard Branson and others like them have won the space race and the first colony has now arrived on Mars. Bil...
Sep 17, 2021•54 min
Our expert host, David Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about Australian fintech. The market has grown exponentially over the last few years, with the pandemic pushing Austailians further into digital and providing a major catalyst for tech companies. But what does the market look like, what technologies are paving the way, and what opportunities does the market offer fintech founders? This week's guests include: Dexter Cousins, Founder, Tier One People Simone Joyce, CEO & Co-Fo...
Sep 10, 2021•51 min
Time for a bonus episode! Our expert host, David Brear, is joined by Lotanna Ezeike, Co-Founder and CEO at XPO, to talk all things social media influencers, the creator economy & banking. Join us for some myth-busting about influencers, challenge David's opinions from a few episodes back, and shed some light on the subject for our listeners. All of this and much more on today's episode! Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial s...
Sep 08, 2021•21 min
Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Frederick Lavoie, co-founder and COO, Flinks Sharon Kimathi, Inclusive Economies Editor, Thomson Reuters Foundation We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Amazon partners Affirm to offer customers BNPL option 4:32 National Bank of Canada invests $103M in F...
Sep 06, 2021•59 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates, come together to answer all of your burning question in this Ask Me Anything episode. How surprised are they by the rise of the neobanks in the US? Is there a grave danger all the best engineers get sucked into and away from traditional FS businesses? When Hollywood decides to make 11:FS The Movie, who would David, Simon and Jason want to play them? Tune in to hear so much more, and hey - maybe next time, we'll be answering your questi...
Sep 03, 2021•58 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Pierre Legrand, 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: John Waupsh, CEO and founder, Nerve Colin Kennedy, Chief Business Officer, Ramp We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Ramp raises $300M and acquires Buyer to offer "negotiation-as-a-service" 3:30 Revolut introduces salary-advance feature in the UK 13:25 ...
Aug 30, 2021•51 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Amy Gavin, are joined by some great guests to talk about innovation in the buy now pay later products. Most people think of huge players such as Klarna & Afterpay, but increasingly we are seeing more and more specialised providers entering the market, and in new geographies. We wanted to revisit this topic, to find out where the innovation is really coming from. This week's guests include: Arad Levertov, CEO & Co-Founder, Sunbit Timothy Davis, CEO & ...
Aug 27, 2021•44 min
Our expert hosts, Adam Davis and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Rod Lockhart, CEO at LendInvest Sam Maule, Key Account Exec at Google Cloud We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Chime raises $750m at $25bn valuation 3:04 LendInvest secures £150m partnership with Barclays and HSBC 16:01 JP Morgan and AmEx invest in Plaid...
Aug 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to talk about AI and machine learning in the context of financial services. We cover how AI/ML will change financial services, what the difference between AI & ML in Financial Services is, what the biggest benefits of AI/ML are, how do we work with bias and how far can we take it? This week's guests include: Amanda Cercas Curry, PhD student Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and co-host of the podcast Let's Chat Ethics Teddy Flo,...
Aug 20, 2021•46 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Lindsey Kistler, are joined by some great guests to talk about designing products for fintech & insurtech. We cover how to make design in the context of Fintech & insurtech stand out, gamification, getting information across to users seamlessly, the role of the UX designer, and much much more. This week's guests include: Dominic Holton, COO, DeadHappy Edoardo Moreni, Co-Founder & CEO, Emma All of this and much much more on today's episode! This episo...
Aug 13, 2021•57 min
Our expert hosts, Adam Davis and Nick Funnell, are joined by some great guests to talk about the role of the engineer in the context of Fintech. Engineers are essential to any software company, large or small, but they may not always be the most front-facing figures in a product build. Engineers are traditionally seen as builders, and what we will get into today is how the face of the engineer has changed since the birth of fintech, what are some challenges they face, and how do they go about ex...
Aug 06, 2021•53 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Layla Qassim, Head of Strategy and Shareholder Relations at Solarisbank Alex Frean, Head of Corporate Affairs at Starling Bank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Solarisbank raises $224M and acquires its competitor 4:19 Starling Bank makes their first a...
Aug 02, 2021•53 min
Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by some great guests to talk about what is happening in the world of payments. The world is moving away from traditional payment methods - what now? This is not only on the consumer side, there is a lot of innovation on the B2B side as well. Is this movement only a good thing, is there a financial inclusion angle here and will our wallets get completely swapped out for our mobile phones? Listen in to find out more about this and much much more! This week'...
Jul 30, 2021•45 min
Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski 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: Carlo Gualandri, Founder and CEO at Soldo Kate Drew, Director of Research at CCG Catalyst Consulting We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Revolut raises $800 million to become UK's most valuable fintech 5:20 Soldo raises $180M for its business expense p...
Jul 26, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Our expert hosts, Adam Davis and Mariette Ferreira, are joined by some great guests to dive into all things influencer marketing. Influencer marketing is something common in travel, fashion and beauty, but it’s also become a common phenomenon in the financial industries. We want to look at what influencer marketing looks like in the context of finance, how it is executed but also some of the barriers that surround it. Listen in to find out more about this and much much more! This week's expert g...
Jul 23, 2021•56 min
Our expert hosts, Sarah Kocianski and Amy Gavin, 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: Ali Niknam, Founder & CEO, Bunq Nigel Verdon, CEO, Railsbank We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Bunq celebrates $228 million funding! 2:40 Railsbank raises $70m in global expansion plans 12:21 NatWest launches carbon footprint tracker for its mobil...
Jul 19, 2021•57 min
Our expert hosts, David Brear and Tim Heard, are joined by some great guests to dive into all thing new banking business models. We start by looking at what the industry looks like now. Where are we, what are the banking models that we’ve seen come out and how has the industry changed due to them? What is driving transformation and new business models, is it new tech, or is it that banks are trying to keep up with others, or is it down to customer expectations? The second part of this conversati...
Jul 16, 2021•55 min
Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Gwera Kiwana, 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: Billie Simmons, CCO and co-founder, Daylight Peter Lord, CEO of Codat Soundbite: Daniel Marovitz, Senior Vice President of Fintech, Booking.com We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Robinhood files to go public 2:40 Daylight raises millions to build a dig...
Jul 12, 2021•57 min
Our expert host, Sarah Kocianski, is joined by some great guests to dive into the gig economy. The gig economy is en route to generate $455 billion globally by 2023, and in 2020 gig workers represented around 35% of the US workforce. There currently is no universal definition of a gig worker, but one common explanation is that gig workers are independent contractors or freelancers who typically do short-terms work for multiple clients. Why is it so difficult for financial services companies to c...
Jul 09, 2021•41 min
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher 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: Gabriel le Roux, Co-founder of Primer.io Joakim Sjöblom, Co-founder and CEO of Minna Technologies Soundbites: Oliver Prill, CEO Tide We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Visa to buy Swedish fintech Tink for $2.2 billion 3:51 Nordic mobile wallets Vi...
Jul 05, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Our expert host, Simon Taylor, is joined by a great panel of guests to talk about all things crypto. In the first part of the show, we want to take a look at just how far we’ve come. How far the crypto space has come in the last year - not just in terms of bitcoin surges but also the real steps forward in terms of adoption by big organisations, regulators and even central banks to start taking this crypto phenomenon seriously. Why is it booming so much now? Does crypto matter more now than it ev...
Jul 02, 2021•47 min
Our expert hosts, Adam Davis 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: Shane Happach, CEO Mollie Emily Nicolle, Fintech Correspondent, Financial News Soundbites: Anna Irrera, Chief Fintech Correspondent, Reuters We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: JPMorgan buys investment platform Nutmeg in UK retail push 1:43 Mollie’s Serie...
Jun 28, 2021•1 hr 2 min
Adam Davis is joined by a fantastic panel of guests to discuss lending. Lending has traditionally been the fastest and arguably most lucrative route for banks to make money, and we want to look at why so many new fintechs are turning to lending as the next product in their arsenal, and how competition is hotting up in this space. We also want to take a look at the new lending models and companies coming onto the scene and how they are finding new and innovative ways to better serve the end custo...
Jun 25, 2021•53 min
Our expert hosts, Adam Davis and David Brear, 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: Gus Tomlinson, General Manager Identity Fraud Europe, at GBG Sammy Fry, Net Zero Lead at Tech Nation Soundbites: Matt Henderson, EMEA Business Lead at Stripe Kathryn Petralia, co-founder of Kabbage We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Stripe moves beyond pa...
Jun 21, 2021•57 min
Welcome to the latest installment of After Dark, called New World Order. We are joined by the best and the brightest in fintech and financial services industry to talk all about innovation. Innovation is happening faster than ever and fintech continues to be at the absolute forefront of it. From having all your needs in one app, to ever changing banking business models, people's wants, habits and understanding of tech have evolved dramatically. And the fintech industry is way ahead of them. Our ...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher 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: AJ Coyne, UK Marketing Lead at Klarna Natasha Jones, Investor at Octopus Ventures Ruth Foxe-Blader, Partner at Anthemis We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Nubank’s $750M “megaround” 03:03 Klarna takes on credit cards with in-app instalment shoppin...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Our expert host, Sarah Kocianski, is joined by some great guests unpack anti-money laundering — or AML — practices in banking and financial services and how they can be rethought and reconstructed. We take a look at challenges of AML in its current form, the current status of financial crime in the UK and Europe, how can FIs improve the quality of data they’re using from both internal and external sources, as well as deep-diving into the future of AML and what it holds. All of this and much more...
Jun 11, 2021•50 min
