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COP26 is over. But the climate emergency is still with us. The headlines might say otherwise but I got the feeling that very little progress was made on climate change. This is taken from our Unfiltered newsletter. Subscribe now for a no BS, uncensored analysis of fintech news and hot topics delivered to your inbox each fortnight.

There’s so much to look forward to in 2022. It’s the Year of the Tiger. There’s a World Cup in November. And, of course, the sands of insurtech will keep shifting.

Despite being hailed as transparent and secure, the cryptocurrency industry has been beset by fraud, scams and general crisis in recent months.

Financial literacy, it’s a silent pandemic. Gen Zs need all the help they can get. This is taken from our Unfiltered newsletter. Subscribe now for a no BS, uncensored analysis of fintech news and hot topics delivered to your inbox each fortnight.

The second episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is here! If you missed it (or any of the others) catch up here. Here’s a rundown of this episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

Banking in Canada is expensive. Incumbent banks apply charges on just about everything, from transaction fees for sending money to monthly charges for just having an account open.

As July continues apace, brands all over the world are rolling up their rainbow logos and packing them away for another year.

Guest author Nahim Bassa shares his thoughts on the future of Islamic banking.

Behind every great feature is a problem that needs to be solved. Lloyds Banking Group’s Benefit Calculator tackled one head-on — and is already making waves in how support reaches those who need it most.

This article was originally published in The Paypers’ ‘Open Banking Report 2021: Open Finance and the Race for Relevance and New Business Models in Banking'.

Every time I see a fintech announce they are applying for a charter, I wonder ‘do you really want to be a bank?’ This is taken from our Unfiltered newsletter. Subscribe now for a no BS, uncensored analysis of fintech news and hot topics delivered to your inbox each fortnight.

You can catch the full Fintech Insider take on the news today at 4pm on the podcast here. Following on from a great response last week we’re going to be doing another close look at the most interesting story of the week’s show. Again you can let us know in the comments below or at our community site, Fintech Insider News. Fintech Insider hosts Sarah and Ross sit down with Daniel Hegarty, CEO and Co-Founder of Habito, and Nina Mohanty, Business Development at Bud to discuss the news, including what might just be the next stage of online shopping.

I sat down with our new Chairman, and my long time mentor, Shaun Meadows to chat innovation, being different and why culture is vital for future success.

One of our core values here at 11:FS is ‘everything on purpose and with purpose’. We even have a porpoise sticker (the puns keep coming) to celebrate it. It is what enables us to deliver fast, without waste and with relentless focus on outcomes. That and a kick-ass team. They often go together.

For this edition of After Dark, the live recording of our Fintech Insider podcast, we went for something a little bit different. Presenting After Dark: Starting from scratch, the short story... Check out the video here.