Hey Fintech Insiders! On his week’s Insights podcast we bring you something a little different! About this episode of Fintech Insider: Recorded live at J.P. Morgan's E-Commerce and Payments Forum, host David M. Brear is joined by a panel of payments experts who take on an exciting challenge: building a best-in-class payments ecosystem from scratch - at the request of an eccentric billionaire. Where do they begin - technology or regulation? And which best-in-class use cases from around the world ...
Mar 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 948
For those listening in GCC and Turkey, this episode is sponsored by XM. Trade Gold And Get Cashback Now: https://www.xmarabia.net/gw.php?gid=250446 -- About this episode: Our expert hosts David M. Brear and Ross Gallagher present Fintech Insider News live from Village Underground in London, along with some great guests to discuss the biggest fintech and financial services news this week. Stories covered on the podcast this week include: Klarna has filed to IPO in New York City, Revolut is hiring...
Mar 24, 2025•54 min•Ep. 947
For those listening in GCC and Turkey, this episode is sponsored by XM. Trade Gold And Get Cashback Now: https://www.xmarabia.net/gw.php?gid=250446 -- About this podcast On a recent episode of Fintech Insider, we sat down with a panel of product experts to explore how to build and launch a product. But launching is only half the battle. How do you drive awareness and bring customers into your ecosystem? And once they’re in, how do you keep them engaged? In this episode, host Laura Watkins is joi...
Mar 20, 2025•50 min•Ep. 946
For those listening in GCC and Turkey, this episode is sponsored by XM. Trade Gold And Get Cashback Now: https://www.xmarabia.net/gw.php?gid=250446 -- About this episode: Host David Barton-Grimley is joined by an expert panel of guests as we dive into some of the biggest stories from the worlds of fintech, banking, and wider financial services. Stories covered on the podcast this week include: Curve and Infact partner to improve financial inclusivity. The FCA wants to make homebuying easier for ...
Mar 17, 2025•55 min•Ep. 945
About this podcast Whether it’s in meetings with clients, at one of our events, or on this very podcast, it sometimes feels like generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is all anyone ever wants to talk about. So, where do we stand with GenAI in financial services today? And is financial services really where all the most interesting GenAI developments are happening? Well, on today’s episode, host David Barton-Grimley is joined by some great guests to find out! This week's guests Aditi Subbara...
Mar 13, 2025•53 min•Ep. 944
About this episode: Host Laura Watkins is joined by an expert panel of guests as we dive into some of the biggest stories from the worlds of fintech, banking, and wider financial services. Stories covered on the podcast this week include: The AI-powered risk decision platform Taktile has just raised $54 million in Series B funding. Brex’s enterprise segment saw 80% net revenue growth in 2024, positioning the company for future stability and a potential IPO. Banking apps, including Lloyds Bank an...
Mar 10, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 943
About this episode In this episode of Fintech Insider, in partnership with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, host Benjamin Ensor is joined by expert guests to discuss resilience in an increasingly uncertain world. With fraud, cyberattacks and global instability on the rise, resilience has never been more crucial. But what does it truly mean to be resilient, and why does it matter now more than ever? More importantly, how can companies strengthen their resilience in 2025? Join us as we explore! This wee...
Mar 06, 2025•47 min•Ep. 942
About this episode: Hollywood’s biggest night might be over, but don't fear because Fintech Insider hosts Laura Watkins and Ross Gallagher are joined by some fintech A-listers to discuss something even more exciting: the biggest stories in fintech and financial services from the past week! Stories covered on the podcast this week include: Embedded finance platform NatWest Boxed has secured its first customer and teamed up with The AA. Affirm has renewed its partnership with Shopify to remain the...
Mar 03, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 941
About this episode Launching a new product is one of the toughest challenges in fintech. Success requires strategic decision-making, stakeholder alignment, regulatory navigation, and a data-driven approach to execution. In this episode, David Barton-Grimley is joined by industry experts from Chip, JP Morgan, and Wise to discuss the key factors behind a successful fintech product launch - from ideation to go-to-market strategy, customer feedback, and long-term sustainability. With increasing comp...
Feb 27, 2025•44 min•Ep. 940
About this episode: This week on Fintech Insider News, host David Barton-Grimley teams up with a panel of experts to explore the most compelling fintech and financial services stories we've uncovered. Stories covered on the podcast this week include: Chase has officially overtaken Monzo as Britain’s favourite bank, according to a new CMA survey. Lloyds Bank has teamed up with fintech Doshi to launch a gamified financial education platform aimed at young people. It’s a sorry picture for the globa...
Feb 24, 2025•54 min•Ep. 939
About this episode: On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, hosts David M. Brear and Jamie Campbell are joined by special guests to explore how mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the financial services industry as we know it. For many in our field, M&As feel like the financial world’s equivalent of football transfer season—exciting, strategic, and game-changing. But with increasingly complex regulatory frameworks and tighter margins, fintech-to-bank acquisitions have been slower to ...
Feb 20, 2025•55 min•Ep. 938
About this episode: On this week's episode of Fintech Insider News, host Ross Gallagher is joined by a panel of experts to dive into the most fascinating stories in fintech and financial services that we've uncovered this week. Content warning: This episode contains discussions of mental health struggles, including references to suicide. If these topics are sensitive for you, please listen with care. If you or someone you know is struggling, help is available - please reach out to a trusted frie...
Feb 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 937
About this episode: In this episode, in association with Pleo, we're taking a look at one of the most important but often under appreciated aspects of any organisation: the collaboration between finance teams and the rest of the business. Finance teams are often viewed as the gatekeepers of budgets and numbers, the guardians of growth but what’s really going on behind the spreadsheets? To help us uncover the truth, we’ve partnered with Pleo, which has commissioned and published some fascinating ...
Feb 13, 2025•51 min•Ep. 936
About this episode: On this week's Fintech Insider News, host David Barton-Grimley is joined by an expert panel to take a closer look at the most interesting stories in fintech and financial services we've uncovered this week. Stories covered on the podcast this week include: The PRA and FCA are in contact with Barclays after an IT failure left thousands unable to access their accounts for days. Adyen has partnered with open banking provider Yapily to enhance business account verification and me...
Feb 10, 2025•59 min•Ep. 935
On this week's Fintech Insider Insights, host Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests as we explore what defines an exceptional user experience in the ever-evolving world of fintech and banking apps. Here at 11:FS we’ve just released our annual Pulse report, spotlighting the best and brightest products shaping financial services today, and on this show we unpack some of the insights we’ve uncovered in the report, as well as exploring the trends that will define the future of user experienc...
Feb 06, 2025•54 min•Ep. 934
Get your ticket now at 11fs.com/afterdark -- After Dark is back in London this March , and YOU ARE INVITED! Join us for a live recording of Fintech Insider News, followed by drinks and networking on Wednesday 19th March at Village Underground in London. 11:FS’s main man, David M. Brear, is back on hosting duties, while 11:FS Head of Ventures, Ross Gallagher, will be joining the action to help us quiz our panel on the biggest FS stories of the week. More guests announced soon! Bring your colleagu...
Feb 05, 2025•48 sec
On this week's Fintech Insider New s , host Benjamin Ensor is joined by an expert panel to take a closer look at the most interesting stories in fintech and financial services we've uncovered this week. This week, we're looking at: the social media platform formerly known as Twitter announcing a partnership with Visa to power its upcoming financial services product, X Money; what the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek might mean for financial services; TravelPerk's acquisition of Yokoy, a Swiss spend m...
Feb 03, 2025•58 min•Ep. 933
On this week's insights show, we're taking a deep dive into one of the most interesting fintech success stories in recent years - Zilch! Host Kate Moody is joined by Zilch Co-Founder and CEO Philip Belamant to discuss how the company went from raising its Series A funding during the COVID pandemic to being valued at over £2 billion today. We also explore what it takes to create a standout product, how Zilch leverages AI, regulatory challenges, and the experience of building a business in London....
Jan 30, 2025•48 min•Ep. 932
On this week's Fintech Insider New s , hosts Benjamin Ensor and Dave Morris are joined by an expert panel to take a closer look at the most interesting stories in fintech and financial services we've uncovered this week. This week, we're looking at the launch of DORA and its implications for financial services. The UK’s Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published three core commitments to foster growth, innovation, and competition in the UK payments landscape. Belvo and J.P. Morgan Payments ha...
Jan 27, 2025•56 min•Ep. 931
In this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, David Barton-Grimley, Fintech Strategy Director at 11:FS, and Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research and Strategy at 11:FS, are joined by some great guests to discuss loyalty. What is the longest relationship you’ve ever had? Family, friends, your partner will obviously be up there - but how about who you bank with? From opening your first account when you're a child, to buying your first car, house, and planning your estate, our relationship with finan...
Jan 23, 2025•46 min•Ep. 930
All of us at 11:FS send our love and support to all of our friends in Los Angeles who have been affected by the wildfires. On this week's Fintech Insider News, host David M. Brear is joined by a great panel of experts as we take a closer look at the most interesting stories from the past week in fintech and financial services. This week, we're looking at: the recent wildfires in Los Angeles and their impact on financial services, as well as what fintech can do to help in the future; Freetrade be...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 929
Let's dive into fundraising! In this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, David Barton-Grimley, Fintech Strategy Director at 11:FS, is joined by some great guests to look at the current state of fundraising in financial services. Funding stories are everywhere. We’ve probably covered over 100 on Fintech Insider News in the past twelve months alone, everything from seed rounds to IPOs. But what actually goes into making these funding rounds happen, and maybe more importantly, what happens after t...
Jan 16, 2025•46 min•Ep. 928
On this week's Fintech Insider News, host Laura Watkins is joined by special guests to discuss the most interesting stories from the past week in the world of fintech and financial services. Topics covered include: WhatsApp Pay being made available to all 500 million users in India; fintechs spending more on ads than ever before; Bench's acquisition by Employer.com; the UK’s Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology securing key strategic partners; and Besiktas becoming the first football cl...
Jan 13, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 927
We're back! Welcome to the first Fintech Insider Insights of 2025. In this episode, host Laura Watkins is asking three of her fellow Fintech Insider hosts to put reputations on the line, open themselves up to a little friendly ridicule, and boldly predict the future of fintech. After a year marked by incredible industry consolidation, we’re all eager to uncover the biggest trends shaping the next twelve months. What will we be talking about in 2025? And, more importantly, what products, people, ...
Jan 09, 2025•55 min•Ep. 926
Join host Benjamin Ensor alongside some very special guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week for the final time in 2024! Topics covered include: US personal finance app Current’s fundraise as it looks to accelerate its path to profitability; Eviden, part of the Atos Group, fintech innovator Ordo, and blockchain company ByzGen launching an open banking solution to facilitate real-time, flexible payments; digital bank Tyme raising $250 million to re...
Dec 23, 2024•53 min•Ep. 925
It’s our final Insights episode of the year! This week, we’ve gathered a panel of certified Fintech Insiders to look back at the stories that shaped the past 12 months in fintech and ask: If 2023 was a year of turbulence and reckoning for the industry, was 2024 the year fintech bounced back? Host: Kate Moody - Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS This week's guests: Benjamin Ensor, Director of Research & Strategy at 11:FS David-Barton Grimley, Strategy Director at 11:FS Jason Mikula, Founder ...
Dec 19, 2024•55 min•Ep. 924
Join host Benjamin Ensor alongside some very special guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week. Topics covered include: Norway’s Vipps MobilePay becoming the first company in the world to offer a competing option to Apple Pay on iPhones; Goldman Sachs withdrawing from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance; Zopa Bank, one of the earliest UK fintechs, announcing it has recently raised £68M in an equity round; Aviva, the UK’s largest insurer, reaching a prelim...
Dec 16, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 923
On this week's insights episode, host David Barton-Grimley is joined by Lori Schwartz, who took on the role of Global Head of Treasury Services at J.P. Morgan Payments earlier this year. Join us as we discuss Lori’s new role, the innovations happening in the treasury services and payments space, and how to foster innovation in a large organization like J.P. Morgan. This week's guest: Lori Schwartz - Global Head of Treasury Services, J.P. Morgan Payments -- This episode is sponsored by Finimize f...
Dec 12, 2024•30 min•Ep. 922
Join host Laura Watkins alongside some very special guests as we look at the biggest financial services and fintech stories of the past week. Topics covered include: A big few weeks for social media users in Australia as a social media ban for under-16s is approved, Meta cracking down on financial scams, US HR fintech Deel acquiring UK-based Wise competitor Atlantic Money, Ivory Coast-based HUB2 raising $8.5 million in their mission to become the "Stripe of Francophone Africa," an update from Pe...
Dec 09, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 921
On this episode of Fintech Insider Insights, host Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to discuss digital lending. Recently on the podcast we’ve had a lot of really great discussions about lending. However, these have mostly focussed on fintechs offering funding to small and medium sized businesses, who are helping to fill the gap left by big banks who are more hesitant to lend to them. But what is fintech doing to improve the experience of actual human people who want to borrow some money?...
Dec 05, 2024•44 min•Ep. 920
