Fintech Insider

Are you a complete nerd when it comes to fintech, banking, and financial services? Well, so are we!

The Fintech Insider podcast, from 11:FS, is presented by expert hosts with real industry experience who are joined by the biggest names from across financial services - from Stripe, JP Morgan Chase, Nubank, Revolut, M-Pesa, Klarna, and many many more.

We bring you a weekly news show every Monday - rounding up the industry’s biggest news from funding rounds, to product launches, to industry beefs, before diving into the hottest topics in our Insights shows every Thursday, from Buy Now Pay Later to Super Apps.

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648. News: Starling pulls back from Ireland while Stori becomes Mexico's latest fintech unicorn

Kate Moody and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Starling pulls Irish bank application, Stori becomes Mexico’s latest fintech unicorn, and ‘Eat The Rich’ popsicles are selling fast!

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647. Insights: How is rising inflation impacting financial services?

Kate Moody is joined by some great guests, from Chetwood Financial, Innovate Finance, and Minna Technologies, to ask how will inflation impact financial services going forward.

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646. News: Klarna completes down round and Flutterwave accounts frozen in Kenya

David M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Klarna’s valuation slashed in latest funding round, Flutterwave has accounts frozen in Kenya, and Playboy teases pixelated mansion in the metaverse.

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645. Insights: Dan McCrum on bringing down payment giant Wirecard's house of cards

David M. Brear is joined by investigative reporter and author, Dan McCrum, to dive into his new book about uncovering the truth about payments company Wirecard.

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644. News: Should Open Banking become a legal requirement for credit assessment?

Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Agricultural bank Oxbury raises £20m in a funding round, Payl8r calls for open banking to be legally required for credit assessing, and the world's first fintech sitcom!

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643. Insights: How do you put together the perfect mortgage offering?

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Bunq, Maxwell and Molo Finance, to help put together the perfect mortgage offering taking aspects from across the world.

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642. News: Kroo lands coveted banking license, while Credit Suisse found guilty of money laundering

David M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Kroo lands full banking licence, Credit Suisse bank found guilty over money laundering charges, and we answer questions from the Fintech Insider mailbag!

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641. Insights: What does 'financial inclusion' actually mean?

Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests, from Spiralem, Observer Research Foundation and Jipay, to discuss the merits and challenges of financial inclusion.

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640. News: Brex backs away from SMEs while the UK ramps up BNPL regulation

David M. Brear and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Brex drops tens of thousands of small business customers, the UK plans to tighten ‘buy now pay later’ rules, and Microsoft says goodbye to Internet Explorer.

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639. How do we make financial services more LGBTQ-inclusive?

Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, Queer Money Podcast, Emerald Life, and Euphoria, to discuss the issues faced by the LGBTQ community when it comes to financial services.

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638. News: Allica bank raises for SMEs and Backbase raises to transform the back end of banking

Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: SME lender Allica Bank secures £55m in equity and debt round, Backbase earns a €2.5bn valuation, and Deadmau5 is launching his own online bank

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637. Insights: What can crypto learn from TradFi?

David M. Bear is joined by some great guests, from Fintech Business Weekly and Railsr to ask what can the crypto industry learn from traditional finance?

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636. News: Have Apple pressed the Buy Now Pay Later nuke button?

Gwera Kiwana and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Apple and Zopa step into Buy Now Pay Later, major announcements from Money 20/20 in Amsterdam, and fintech developers could be blasting into space!

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635. Insights: How can payments companies compete?

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Truelayer, Binance and Banking Circle, live from Money 20/20 to discuss how payments companies are adding more to their offerings to stay ahead of the competition!

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634. News: Alloy and Nova Credit partner to help migrants and green fintech initiative launched

Gwera Kiwana and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Nova Credit Teams with Alloy on inclusive business lending, world's first green fintech taxonomy launched, and Sex Pistols launch God Save the Queen coin and NFT collection.

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UK CEO Francesca Carlesi

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Insights: The digital transformation race: big banks vs neobanks

Are the big banks finally pulling ahead, or are nimble neobanks still leading the charge? We unpack what modernisation really means—from infrastructure and innovation to trust and real-time delivery.

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