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Tom Shaw has excelled through the 11:FS internship programme. Starting as a Growth Intern at 11:FS he’s helped us immensely . That’s just part of what we offer our interns and that’s what it means to be at 11:FS. He’s using analytics to aid in choosing which products we offer our clients, project managing the website redesign, and even ran Tough Mudder as part of the 11:FS team. We offer real responsibility.

Here at 11:FS we’re very proud to announce that tomorrow four members of our team will be running the gruelling London West Full Tough Mudder to raise money for Kidney Research UK. It’s an issue and a charity close to our hearts, especially so for one of our team members.

Picking apart the week on the Fintech Insider News show alongside hosts Sarah Kocianski and David M. Brear are Lucy Woolfenden, Marketing Director at Yolt and Pol Navarro, Digital Innovation Director at TSB. Sarah also catches up with Alex Park, Digital Director at Metro Bank for a one to one interview. Listen here for the episode in full, stream it below or read on for extra insights.

Long-time supporter signs as lead sponsor for the expanded second season of the Fintech League.

Omnichannel is the king of the buzzwords in retail banking. It’s the idea that “customers should receive a consistent seamless service across all channels.” In this utopia the branch, phone, web, and mobile app all come together as one. But if you’re a fan of omnichannel, you might want to sit down, because I’ve got some bad news.

Sam Frampton has had an incredibly successful experience during his time as an 11:FS intern. He created and project managed our Beginner’s Guide to Open Banking that you can find here. In addition to this he’s helped provide strong insightful data into our Fintech Insiders website, a forum for fintech you can find here. Using that data he also created a daily newsletter that recaps the latest in fintech news, sign up and you’ll get an insight into just some of the work our 11:FS interns do. Our interns get to create and effect meaningful change in the company. If you can prove value and show why something needs to be done differently, we’ll do it. That’s part of what it means to be at 11:FS.

Our third After Dark event was a our 2017 wrap up Christmas Special – a festive fintech event, looking back on the last year in the industry, and looking forward to 2018, with some very special guests, and the return of the Fintech Wall of Emoji!

Welcome to our new series, where each month an 11:FS designer will share their favourite design moments from financial services + interesting reads.

Petrit Berisha is one of the many success stories coming out of the 11:FS internship programme. Now an Assistant Producer working across all 11:FS media output, Petrit began as a humble intern. Petrit learned from all aspects of business that 11:FS has to offer before finding a home in the Media team. He managed to thrive under the pressure of multiple challenges and rose to the occasion time and again. That’s just part of what we offer our interns and that’s what it means to be at 11:FS.

Crypto is more than just the next shiny thing. It’s a new transactional infrastructure enabling use cases that were previously impossible, while disintermediating established players across markets.

11:FS is pleased to announce that today we are launching the beginner’s guide to Open Banking! It’s a hot topic in the fintech space at the moment and users need to know what they’re getting themselves into.

Simon Taylor interviewed Mike Kelly, CEO and founder of Curl for Fintech Insider, a new payments network. They discuss Curl’s origin story, their payments network and how Open Banking is going to make a huge difference. Listen to the interview in full on the podcast here or stream it below or catch the highlights on YouTube.

When the World Bank launched a focus on financial inclusion in 2011, about 2.5-3 billion people lacked access to even the most basic financial services. Since then, dramatic progress has been made. Between 2011 and 2014 an astonishing 700 million people gained bank accounts (twice the population of the US). In the latest World Bank Findex report, it was stated that a further 8% of the world opened an account.

It’s been a wild week for fintech news as conference season kicks off with Philip Hammond’s speech at the IFTC including robots taking over regulations and bridges to other continents. Picking apart the week on the Fintech Insider News show alongside hosts Ross Gallagher and Simon Taylor are Helene Panzarino, Managing Director at Rainmaking Colab, Monty Munford, journalist and found of agency Mob76, and Ryan Garner. Listen here for the episode in full, stream it below or read on for extra insights.