In this show, in association with Fireblocks, David Brear is finding out how “tradFi” is actually using blockchain and the real world use cases emerging in market. We’ve put together a panel of amazing experts to discuss: How do you decide what blockchain solution might work for you? How do you go about building it? What does success look like in this space? This week's guests include: Michael Shaulov, CEO, Fireblocks Lisa Wade, CEO, DigitalX Ala Presenti, Co-Founder and Head of Finance, Moniflo...
Aug 25, 2023•54 min
Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Mastercard to purchase a minority stake in MTN’s $5.2B fintech business Startup founded by Apple and Monzo execs wanting to disrupt rental market closes Introducing Roger, a new online bank for military recruits This debit card lets you fund scientific research...
Aug 21, 2023•52 min
Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Has the fintech revolution ignored older customers?” This week's guests include: Alexandre Gauthier, Chief Revenue Officer, ClearEstate Jasper Martens, CMO, PensionBee Will Jones, Executive Creative Director, 11:FS The fintech revolution of the last decade has done a lot for millennials in terms of banking options and now attention is turning Gen Z. But what about those who are aged 60 and over? Are they being properly served b...
Aug 18, 2023•48 min
In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, David Barton-Grimley sat down with Cedric Atangana, CEO & Co-Founder, WeCashUp to delve into his incredible motivation to start a mobile money operator, the value of mobile money to Africa's e...
Aug 16, 2023•38 min
Our 23rd - yes, twenty third – After Dark is coming to you live from London this September. Hosted by 11:FS Group CEO, David M. Brear, join fintech fans and experts for a live recording of our industry-leading podcast, Fintech Insider News, and become part of the best community in financial services. There’s really no live event quite like it, so go grab yourself a ticket! Sign up now: 11fs.com/afterdark 📍 Village Underground, London, EC21 3PQ 📆 Wednesday 20th September ⏰ 6pm - 11pm (BST) Got ...
Aug 15, 2023•2 min
Our expert hosts, Kate Moody 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: PayPal launches stablecoin backed by the US dollar Knot API raises $10M from Amex, Plaid amid deposit war Finance industry needs to be 'more accessible' for those who didn’t go to university Apple Card’s Savings account reaches over $10B in depo...
Aug 14, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear and Jason Bates, are joined by some great guests to bring you a deep-dive into building a new banking product from the ground up! This week's guests include: Adrian Oropeza, Head of Products, Milli Bank Bethany Wilson, Head of Marketing, Milli Bank Following our “how not to build a bank” double episode last month, we're giving you a look at how a real life bank should be built. The bank in question is: Milli Bank, a mobile bank from the First National Bank of Oma...
Aug 11, 2023•56 min
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and David Barton-Grimley, 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: Shehan Silva, Head of Digital Solutions, Global Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC Valentina Kristensen, Director of Growth & Communications, OakNorth Bank With soundclips from: Harris Irfan, CEO, Cordoba Capital Markets Vikram Anreddy, Head of Product for Financial Services, Sho...
Aug 07, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Our expert host, David M.Brear is joined by a great guest to ask: "How you innovate in a highly regulated industry?" This week's guests include: Bill Winters, Group CEO, Standard Chartered Bill and David discuss the rise of digital channels in banking, the challenges that come with it, and how to foster a culture of innovation in the heavily regulated banking space. It's a fantastic insight into the inner workings of a bank striving to be both ‘global’ and ‘local’ and something we wanted to shar...
Aug 04, 2023•43 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the boom of mobile money, its value to the region, and what it has changed for people in Sub-Saharan Africa. This week's guests include: Miranda Perumal, Head of Digital Partnerships, Fintech and Ventures - SSA, Visa Ham Serunjogi, Co-Founder & CEO, Chipper Cash Hassan Bourgi, Founder, DJAMO In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in associatio...
Aug 02, 2023•49 min
Our expert hosts, Kate Moody 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, modernising system NatWest boss Alison Rose resigns over Nigel Farage bank account leak Italian banking giant Mediobanca backs London with £10.4m investment in startups Worldcoin: Sam Altman la...
Jul 31, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can the UK avoid a mortgage market meltdown?" This week's guests include: Ben Thompson, Deputy CEO, Mortgage Advice Bureau Jinesh Vohra, CEO, Sprive Maria Harris, Director, Digital Cat Consultancy The news from the UK mortgage market is currently more brutal than a Tarantino film! July saw the two-year fixed mortgage hit its highest rates in 15 years and things are looking extremely difficult for many home-owners looking to...
Jul 28, 2023•47 min
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher and Nas Ahmad, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Treasury poised to shelve crackdown on 'buy now pay later' sector Thunes pockets $72M at a $900M+ valuation Nigel Farage claims to have proof that bank closed his account over his ‘values’ Sylvera banks $57M to put carbon offsetting on a path to ...
Jul 24, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Our expert host, Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests to ask: "What lessons have we learned from financial services in 2023 so far?” This week's guests include: Ewan Silver, Group CTO, 11:FS Danny Brewster, CEO, TwentyOne Mike Carter, Head of Platform Lending, Innovate Finance We’re over the half-way point for the year so far – which means all those predictions pieces are now likely in the bin! The first six months of 2023 have thrown up some huge twists and turns for the financial serv...
Jul 21, 2023•37 min
In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, David Barton-Grimley sat down with Adams Conrad, Principal, QED Investors to delve into the challenges for venture capitalists in the current market, as well as the incredible stress test the indu...
Jul 19, 2023•31 min
Our expert host, Kate Moody, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Public launches in the United Kingdom - 4:09 Embedded finance platform Solaris closes €38 million funding round to ‘strengthen governance and compliance’ - 14:50 Revolut’s US payment flaws allowed thieves to steal $20mn - 27:55 Martin Lewis felt 'sick' seeing deepfa...
Jul 17, 2023•55 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "Will PSD3 really live up to the expectations?" This week's guests include: Dan Morgan, Policy Lead - Europe, Plaid Nilixa Devlukia, Founder, Payments Solved Thibault de Barsy, Vice-Chairman & General Manager, The Payments Association EU The Open Banking sector is currently abuzz – following the unveiling of proposals for Payment Service Directive 3 by the European Commission. For fintechs, banks, financial services pla...
Jul 14, 2023•52 min
Our expert hosts, Kate Moody and David Barton-Grimley, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Goldman is looking for a way out of its partnership with Apple - 4:35 Visa $1 billion buyout of Brazil's Pismo eases fintech M&A slowdown - 14:35 UK banks warned against closing accounts - 26:35 Open Banking education a must in Canada ...
Jul 10, 2023•56 min
Our expert host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to ask: "Can financial services change how people think about money?” This week's guests include: Jason Bates, Co-Founder, 11:FS Rajan Lakhani, Head Of Public Relations, Plum Stephen Bowe, Director - Digital Experience & Innovation, Nationwide The way we manage money is incredibly complicated. Spend, save, invest, borrow, lend, pay-off – user journeys in financial services are all over the place So – can financial services smooth out ...
Jul 07, 2023•42 min
Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the turmoil in the VC space, what has changed in 2023, and what the next half of the year might look like for investment in fintech. This week's guests include: David Rolf, Head, Visa Ventures Sasha Pilch, Principal, Fin Capital Vivek Krishnamurthy, Principal, Commerce Ventures In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we tak...
Jul 05, 2023•41 min
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: PSD3: The European Union unveils new open banking rules - 4:50 Wise sees profits soar amid customer boost and rising interest rates - 22:05 Robinhood acquires credit card startup X1 for $95M - 35:10 UK fintech TreasurySpring raises $29 milli...
Jul 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask: "“How do we get to the holy grail of cross border payments?” This week's guests include: Sara Castelhano, EMEA Payments & Commerce Solutions Product, JP Morgan William Artingstall, Global Co-Head Cross Border Payments and Receivables, Citi Cheap, universal, speedy, and secure – is that too much to ask for when moving money internationally? Moving money across the world is one of the biggest spaces in financial services ...
Jun 30, 2023•46 min
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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: European banks are putting "AI" in 30% of their job ads - 6:10 Majority, a digital bank for US migrants, grabs $9.75M amid expansion in Texas - 18:40 Revolut to launch Ultra, a new subscription plan - 32:05 UK Mortgage rates: Average two-yea...
Jun 26, 2023•1 hr
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to ask "How does Big Tech shake up the payments industry?" This week's guests include: Alexandra Rivas-Gale, International Payments Product Lead, Clearbank Jim McCarthy, EVP of Product & Sales, Thredd Jorn Lambert, Chief Digital Officer, Mastercard It’s often said that, with every new feature launch, Apple can wipe out 100+ startups trying to do the same thing. But actually the relationship between financial services and Big Te...
Jun 23, 2023•52 min
In the latest strand of Fintech Insider, in association with Visa, we’re taking a burning question from financial services across the globe - and really putting it under the microscope with explainers, expert panels, and in-depth interviews all to bring the global community into focus. In this episode, Benjamin Ensor sat down with Eduardo Novillo Astrada, CEO & Co-Founder, Agrotoken to continue exploring the question set out in our previous Focus episode: "How do agriculture and fintech coll...
Jun 21, 2023•30 min
Our expert hosts, Ross Gallagher 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. We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Andreessen Horowitz to open its first international office in London - 6:00 HSBC builds innovation division from the bones of collapsed SVB UK - 20:28 Citizens Bank and Wisetack announce partnership to expand embedded ‘pay over time’ solutio...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Our expert host, David M. Brear, is asking: "What is Anne Boden’s legacy in fintech?" This week's guests include: Anne Boden, CEO, Starling Bank The fintech world has been rocked by the news that Starling Bank’s Founder and CEO, Anne Boden, is stepping back nine years after founding the company. A self-described “5ft tall Welsh woman”, who started a challenger bank in her mid-50s, Boden has been one of the sector’s most passionate and vital voices for the last decade. To give you a glimpse of th...
Jun 16, 2023•33 min
Our expert host, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the Money20/20 conference in Amsterdam! We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: Open finance fintech Fabrick raises €40m, expands partnership with Mastercard - 6:30 Lucinity unveils generative AI-powered financial crime compliance copilot - 14:55 UK's newest bank Griffin secures £11m in funding round as it plots exp...
Jun 12, 2023•54 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, are joined by some great guests at Money20/20 to ask: "How do we make back office payments processes sexy?" This week's guests include: Ben Morfoot, Director of Product, GoCardless Abid Mumtaz, Commercial Lead for Wise Platform, Wise With soundclips from: David Singleton, CTO, Stripe We get it – the stuff that gets into consumer’s hands is bound to get the most attention from the wider world. But, as certified fintech nerds, should we all be doing more to the ba...
Jun 09, 2023•44 min
Our expert hosts, David M. Brear, is joined by some great guests for this latest edition of Fintech insider Focus! In this episode, we're looking at the relationship between agriculture and financial services in Latin America, the historical importance to economies across Latin America, and how this space is developing. This week's guests include: Pamela Ceballos, Senior. Director, Digital Partnerships, Fintech & Ventures, Visa Etienne Gillard, Head of Ventures, Mana Tech Juan Fantoni, CCO &...
Jun 07, 2023•40 min
