Microsoft Partners with 11:FS

Dhanum Nursigadoo
April 24, 2018
5min read

11:FS announced today that Microsoft has become a strategic partner over the forthcoming months across our Fintech Insider podcasts. Microsoft wants to be an integral part of tackling some of the biggest challenges in financial services and collaborate on topics of interest to the industry audience.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organisation on the planet to achieve more. Since Microsoft was founded in 1975, it has transformed the way people use technology to work, connect, and relax. These are three issues close to the heart of 11:FS, our challenger model is transforming how banks work, connect to customers, and our podcasts deliver informative content in a relaxed and entertaining format. Howard Bush, Principal, Banking and Capital Markets Lead on the Industry Experiences Azure Engineering team at Microsoft, remarked: “11:FS is the voice of industry innovation and we are thrilled to engage with their top luminaries like Jason and David to amplify our commitment to serve as the cloud platform of choice for the financial services industry and collectively build bridges to the future.” CEO, David M. Brear, commented: “The whole team is really excited to have Microsoft come on-board. We can’t wait to combine audiences with another company that has a proven track record of digital financial capability and consistent innovation. Joining hands with Microsoft is the logical next step for both companies to reach bigger audiences in the fintech space and achieve greater goals together.”

Better Together

Fintech Insider is a twice weekly podcast for the latest insights and news in fintech, banking, and financial services, all of which makes it a fantastic match for Microsoft Azure . Azure is a comprehensive set of cloud services and solutions where customers build, deploy, monitor, and manage their technology through a global network of Microsoft-managed data centres. Co-founder and Consulting Lead of 11:FS, Jason Bates, added: “Microsoft has come on board to reach 11:FS’ uniquely placed audience.” Azure aims to provide solutions to the challenges faced by start-ups and scale-ups, as they maintain an agile system while actively creating products to challenge incumbents. You can stay up to date with all of Microsoft’s activity on Azure by following their Twitter accounts: @Azure@IndustryXP@msftfinserv If you want to learn more about what Microsoft can offer you, click here to sign up for a free trial of their fintech friendly software. It’s a bridge to the cloud that’ll help your company innovate and expand in the digital ecosystem.

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Dhanum Nursigadoo

Dhanum Nursigadoo is the Content Writer at 11:FS. He joined the company with a background in B2B journalism. He edits and writes the 11:FS blog (and the occasional podcast) and is always on the lookout for ways to make fintech more compelling than ever.

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