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925. News: Current eyes profitability, VRPs, and who's on Santa's fintech naughty list?
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 reach unicorn status; and Visa and Mastercard facing trouble in the US, UK, and New Zealand. Plus, who’s on Santa’s fintech naughty or nice list?
This week's guests:
Fliss Berridge - UK Managing Director of Ordo
Emily Nicolle - Crypto and Fintech Reporter at Bloomberg
Trevor Marshall - CTO and Co-founder of Current
Stories covered on the show:
Current raises $200 million to fast-track profitability
Open banking is the key to facilitating better payments: Eviden, Ordo and ByzGen launch new offering
African digital bank Tyme raises $250 million round led by Nubank at $1.5 billion valuation
Regulator set to limit card fees after Visa and Mastercard price hikes
bunq first bank in the world to launch real time speech-to-speech AI translation
Our 2024 fintech naughty or nice list
We're taking a little break to eat mince pies and open up our presents. But don't worry! We'll be back on your podcast feeds on Thursday 9th January with our predictions episode.
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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 Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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924. Insights: Was 2024 the year fintech bounced back?
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 of Fintech Business Weekly & Head of Industry at Taktile
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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 Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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923. News: Vipps launches Apple Pay rival, Zopa Bank tells us about its big raise, and Goldman backs out of climate agreement
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 preliminary agreement to acquire rival Direct Line for £3.6bn; and Vanguard spinning off its $900 billion wealth and advice segment into a standalone unit.
This week's guests:
Baard Slaattelid - Director, Strategic Payment Partnerships at Vipps MobilePay
Hannah Duncan - Award winning freelance writer
Matthew Jones - Head of Ventures at Transverse
Plus soundbite from:
Steve Hulme - CFO of Zopa Bank
Stories covered on the show:
Norway’s Vipps launches world’s first Apple Pay rival for iPhone
Goldman decides to leave world’s top climate alliance for banks
Zopa Bank hunts for fintech acquisitions after £68 million fundraise
Direct Line accepts £3.6bn takeover after rival insurer Aviva raises bid
Vanguard revamps $900bn unit to speed up investment
I gave my kids £300 to see what they would do with it
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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 Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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922. Insights: How J.P. Morgan thinks about innovation with Lori Schwartz - Global Head of Treasury Services
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
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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 Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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921. News: What does Australia's under-16 social media ban mean for financial services?
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 PensionBee on their US expansion, and Bunch's UK GM sharing insights on their UK launch.
This week's guests:
Jasper Martens - CMO at PensionBee
Tomás Herrmann - UK General Manager, bunch
Simone Joyce - CEO of Paypa Plane
Stories covered on the show:
Australian social media ban on under 16s approved in parliament and Meta to force financial advertisers to be verified in bid to prevent celebrity scams
Deel boosts European payments infrastructure with acquisition of Atlantic Money
bunch launches in the UK to transform Private equity and VC operations
HUB2 banks $8.5m to become the 'Stripe for Francophone Africa'
Black Friday spending approaches $11 billion fuelled by e-commerce
A check in with our friends at PensionBee
Glassdoor CEO ‘loves’ to ask this simple question during job interviews - it can reveal a major red flag
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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 Chase to discuss the latest news, developments, and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories, from acquisitions and launches, to regulatory changes and innovation. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like web3 and BNPL.
Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review
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Fintech Insider is your ultimate guide to the world of finance and fintech from 11:FS. Our expert hosts, with real industry experience, are joined by the biggest decision-makers, VCs, and reporters from across financial services including Visa, Monzo, Nationwide, JPMorgan Chase, Wise, the Financial Times, and more to discuss breaking news and deep dive into the biggest topics and trends within the industry.
Our weekly news show drops every Monday and tackles the biggest news stories across M&A, open banking, embedded finance, payments, regulation and more. Then, every Thursday our Insights show dives deeper into the hottest topics shaping the industry like AI, regulation, Big Tech, the cost of living crisis, and more. Whether you’re already immersed in the world of financial services, or just keen to learn more, this is the #1 podcast for you.
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