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David M. Brear interviewed Jonathan Larsen, CIO, Ping An and CEO of their Global Voyager Fund, a $1bn investment fund, specifically for fintech. He tells David all about the fund and the innovations in fintech coming from China and making a huge impact worldwide.

Guest author Richard Davies shares his reflections as he transitions from his role as Revolut’s COO to Non Exec at Revolut, and CEO of Allica Bank. As fuel for the future he looks at his learnings from Revolut as well as his wider experiences and inspirations over the last decade in financial services and fintech.

Good working culture is impossible without motivation. Therefore, it is essential to follow a model of organisation design that supports the conditions in which motivation can be maximised.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to planning for the future, accountability and caring about everything.

At 11:FS, we build digital financial services, primarily banks. ‘Bank’ is a very broad term, of course, and our focus on client needs and ‘Jobs To Be Done’ approach (“People don’t want a mortgage, they want to buy a house”), means that we rarely set out to build a pure bank.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders the difference between stress, and pressure - and the importance of acknowledging that stress without indulging it.

Despite the astronomical price-tag and highly breakable look of early foldable phones, we can confidently predict a future of interesting new design challenges thanks to flexible screens.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines innovation, with a side order of Shakespeare.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week she delves into her wardrobe to talk about t-shirts as a metaphor for life, love and work.

2020 has been one hell of a year, and - like most companies - battling through COVID as a business is one of the biggest challenges we’ve faced. So waking up this morning to see that we've made it onto LinkedIn's 2020 Top Startups list for the third year running has been incredible.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she has the topic of innovation in her crosshairs.

Yesterday afternoon we shared in a town hall that we will be pivoting our strategy for 11:FS Foundry and restructuring that team.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week it's the big sleep - not a Raymond Chandler book review, rather a look at payments innovation.

The introduction of new competition-friendly regulations have led to a wave of new market entrants in the form of fintech start-ups. And it’s not just happening in developed markets.

Sharing our stories, our challenges, and the things that truly matter to us. Today we talk to Kate Moody from the 11:FS Consulting team to discuss researching digital services, spreadsheets and understanding cultural nuances.