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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581. Insights: Is the Indian fintech market coming of age?

Benjamin Ensor joined by some great guests from Tide and SALT to deep into how India's fintech scene is evolving - from digital payments, to financial inclusion, to what the future may hold. Tune in to find out more!

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580. News: Is Fintech now more popular than Netflix?

Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Standard Chartered taps Starling BaaS platform for green savings product, Paytm raises $1.1 billion from anchor investors in India’s blockbuster IPO, and Microsoft’s making a metaverse, and it will have PowerPoint. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

55min listen
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579. Insights: Football and Fintech collides

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests from Sokin, Copa90, and Starling to take a deep dive into the relationship between football and fintech –  from sponsors, to cryptocurrency, to what the future may be. Tune in to find out more!

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578. News: Challenger bank champion Nubank plans NYSE IPO

Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank files for an IPO in the USA, Chipper Cash gets $2B valuation with $150M extension round led by FTX, and Quentin Tarantino auctions Pulp Fiction NFTs. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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577. Insights: Big Data is just getting started

Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests from Temenos, Curinos, and our very own expert Eleven to take a deep dive into Big Data. What is it? What are the challenges? What does the future hold? Tune in to find out more!

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576. News: Fintech, assemble! Plaid, Stripe, and Klarna announce partnerships

Gwera Kiwana and Alex Hooper are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Plaid builds a payment partner ecosystem, Klarna and Stripe announce ‘buy now, pay later’ partnership, and Monzo’s London bus campaign spawns Twitter hilarity. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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575. Insights: How does the cloud disrupt traditional banking?

Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests from CKV, Recognise and one of our very own expert Elevens, to take a deep dive into Cloud-based Banking. What is it? What are the challenges? What does the future hold? Tune in to find out more!

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574. News: Primer attracts big-name investors for a global payments roadmap

David M. Brear and Lindsey Kistler are joined by some great guests from Primer and GoHenry to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Primer raises $50m in Series B funding, Klarna offers pay now option ahead of FCA review, and facial recognition cameras arrive in UK school canteens. Tune in to find out more!

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573. Insights: Is Agile a silver bullet for businesses?

David Brear is joined by some great guests from Temenos, Wise, and one of our expert Elevens – to talk about whether Agile is the solve-all solution that it’s occasionally perceived to be in Fintech and what other options for business operations there are out there. Tune in to find out more!

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572. News: Chip crashes Crowdcube and Bolt raises big

David M. Brear and Benjamin Ensor are joined by some great guests from Chip, Raising Partners, Bolt, and Mono to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Chip crashes Crowdcube servers, one-click checkout firm Bolt raises $393 million, and William Shatner blasts into space. Tune in to find out more!

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571. Insights: Opening up the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests from SABB and Bank AlJazira to take a deep dive into the Saudi Fintech Scene and look at all of the innovation that is currently happening in this space. Tune in to find out more!

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570. News: Fintech in flux? Google cancels Plex and Monzo withdraws US licence bid

Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Cornerstone Advisors, Financial News and CCG Catalyst to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Google ditches its Plex checking account plan, Monzo withdraws U.S. banking license application, and 11:FS shares a boat with Bond. Tune in to find out more!

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569. Insights: How to be Truly Digital

In today’s very special episode, David Brear and Jason Bates talk about the Truly Digital Manifesto – a very exciting resource which is laying out the 11:FS vision of the present and the future of financial services. Tune in to find out more!

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568. News: Barclays and Anthemis backing female founders in the UK

Gwera Kiwana and Benajmin Ensor are joined by some great guests from Athemis and Deel to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Barclays and Anthemis bring female-focused fintech fintech fund to the UK, Citi launches tech hub in Bahrain, and a crypto-trading hamster outperforms Warren Buffett. All of this and much much more on today's show!

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567. Insights: How is French Fintech growing and tackling regulation?

Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests from Société Générale Ventures, TrueLayer, and Spendesk – to take a deep dive into the French Fintech Scene and look at all of the innovation that is currently happening in this space. Tune in to find out more!

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Insights: The digital transformation race: big banks vs neobanks

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