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Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week, she tells us why giving the people building your future a reason to believe in you and your right for a future is the corporate version of making your bed each morning.

The research on retail payments that I have done over the past couple of months had me thinking about my own payments journey and left me wondering how my own behaviour has evolved and what drove me to make such payments?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she recounts tales of bad bosses and the lessons learned.

David M. Brear meets with HSBC’s Group COO, Andy Maguire to discuss digital transformation, the complexities of implementing fintech updates across 67 countries, and customer needs over technology. Listen us interview him here or click play below. You can also read on for insight into how HSBC is adapting fintechs into their suite of products.

At the beginning of 2022, many early-stage investors looked ahead with optimism as we emerged from the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, and global economies started to show signs of growth again.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to flat earth, banking and strong convictions, loosely held.

Sharing our stories, our challenges, and the things that truly matter to us. Today we talk to Clouston Mahon who is a UX lead in the 11:FS Pulse team to discuss what makes a great user experience, who is doing it well and looking outside of financial services for inspiration.

Mental health isn’t just a concern on National Sickie Day or Time to Talk Day. So why aren’t we taking the conversation further?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to hiring the people who make the best teams.

The financial services pie is looking increasingly appealing, and it’s not just fintechs and digital banks who want a slice...

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week finds her contemplating cheese.

Never did I imagine 3 months ago that we’d be dealing with such an unprecedented global crisis as we have done with COVID-19.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to the problems behind procurement and how to decide whether to build, buy or partner.

In the first part of this series I introduced the story of Frederic Tudor, the American Ice-Block King; and discussed lessons learned from his then new product offering as it relates to blockchain technology. Tudor was able to successfully corner the ice-block shipping market and eventually was shipping blocks of ice to as far away as Calcutta from his home in Boston.

How can community banks remain competitive as large financial institutions gobble up more and more of the market?