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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603. Insights: LATAM can become world-leaders in fintech

Benjamin Ensor and Mauricio Magaldi are joined by some great guests, from Nubank, Promoteo, and Spiralem to reflect on the boom in fintech in Latin America over the last twelve months.

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Bonus: Trailer | Decoding: Banks

Listen to the trailer for our new video series - Decoding: Banks

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602. News: GoCardless, Stitch and Vivid Money raise funding to solve money movement friction

Ross Gallagher and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by some great guests, from Stitch and GoCardless, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: South African fintech Stitch raises $21 million in Series A, GoCardless enters unicorn club with $312 million funding, and Actor and comedian Will Ferrell turns fintech investor!

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601. Insights: Unpacking cross-border payments

Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests, from Mastercard, UNFCU, and Fable Fintech, to dive into the state of play of cross-border payments – with all its challenges and opportunities.

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600. News: Apple muscles in on merchant payments and Monzo lays out the future

Marking 600 episodes of Fintech Insider – Simon Taylor and Benjamin Ensor are joined by some great guests, from Monzo, Klarna, and Fexco, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Apple turns iPhones into payment terminals, Wayflyer becomes latest Irish fintech unicorn, and Monzo Co-Founder tells us about the company’s future and the lessons learned.

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599. Insights: In emerging markets, payments move in innovative ways

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests from Wise, Chipper Cash, and Salt to unpack how the payments sector is evolving globally – with a focus on emerging markets.

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598. News: BNPL giant Klarna launches physical card in the UK

Gwera Kiwana and Ewan Silver are joined by some great guests, from Everything and The Fintech Times, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Klarna launches card in the UK, Bank of America Says a Digital U.S. Dollar Is ‘Inevitable’, and Bolt CEO compares Y Combinator and Stripe to 'the Mob' in fiery Twitter thread.

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597. Insights: How does fintech serve the creator economy?

Gwera Kiwana and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests, including Lotanna Ezeike and Kyla Scanlon, to discuss the relationship between the growing creator economy and banking.

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596. News: Visa and Amazon call a truce – but for how long?

Ross Gallagher and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests, from Cornerstone Advisors, Verdict, and Spendesk, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Amazon backs off on Visa credit card ban, JP Morgan plots ‘astonishing’ $12bn tech spend to beat fintechs, and Selfridges sells NFTs over the counter. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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595. Insights: The European and US fintech markets - which is further ahead?

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests from Codat, Ophelos, and OakNorth, to debate who is currently ahead in the world of fintech between the United States and Europe.

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594. News: Fintech funding ramps up as Brex, Qonto and others all hit record valuations

Benjamin Ensor and Nasir Ahmad are joined by some great guests, from Wahed and CCG Catalyst, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Fintech Brex confirms $12.3B valuation, Wahed Debuts First Shariah-Compliant and ESG-Aware ETF on Nasdaq, and Revolut launches as a bank in 10 Western European countries. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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593. Insights: Breaking down the US financial services sector

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests from Temenos, Green Dot, and Mbanq to take a deep dive into the U.S. Banking sector – and what the future may hold.

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592. News: Anne Boden comments anger fintech bosses and Tencent invests in Monzo

Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by some great guests, from Habito and Chipper Cash, to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Fintech bosses accuse Starling Bank’s Anne Boden of stifling innovation, Tencent invests in Monzo, and Bye Bye Blackberry. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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591. Insights: Predicting the future of fintech in 2022

Benjamin Ensor, Gwera Kiwana, and Alex Hooper peer into their crystal balls to figure out what is going to happen in the world of fintech over the next twelve months!

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590. News: Global Super Apps on the rise as Nubank IPOs and Lydia becomes a unicorn

Gwera Kiwana and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests from Primer and Spiralem to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Nubank makes its market debut on New York Stock Exchange, Primer launches no-code plugins for e-Commerce platforms, and FCA launches Christmas jingle to warn about fraud. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UK CEO Francesca Carlesi

The UK banking battlefield has never been more competitive. Customers expectfinancial apps that are personalised, seamless, and that genuinely make a differenc...

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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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