Fintech Insider

Adam Davis and David Brear are joined by some great guests from Feedzai, Octopus Ventures and Anthemis to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: global fintech investment hits $98BILLION in H1, Feedzai acquires world's most advanced biometric platform, to create the world’s largest financial intelligence network, and, would you stay on hold to HSBC for SEVEN hours? Tune in to find out more!

David Brear and Lindsey Kistler are joined by some great guests from DeadHappy and Emma, to talk about about design in fintech & insurtech. We all know about great products in the industry, and how the way that they look and feel makes us love them. But what are the practices behind, who are the people behind these sleek products and how does gamification speak to the users? Tune in to find out!

David Brear and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Curl and Cornerstone Advisors to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Square to buy Australia's Afterpay in $29 billion deal, CMA mandates ‘Sweeping’ in big win for UK Open Banking and both Rapyd and Kuda boast huge funding rounds to boost their expansion plans. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

Adam Davis and Nick Funnell are joined by some great guests from Fronted, Plum and Curve to take a deep dive into all things engineering: what is the face of an engineer and how has it changed over the years? How do they communicate complex information to the C-suite, and what advice can we give to senior managers? Tune in to find out more!

David Brear and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests from Solarisbank and Starling Bank to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Solarisbank raising $224M and acquiring its competitor, Starling acquiring Fleet Mortgages and Visa Acquiring Currencycloud, and the Chicago Bulls team up with Shopify for an NFT collection! All of this and much much more!

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests from Modulr, Plaid, OpenPayd and Vipps, to take a deep dive into all things payments, and talk about how the world is continuing to move away from traditional payment methods, such as cards or cash. Tune in to find out more!

Sarah Kocianski is joined on her last show as a host by Adam Davis and some great guests from Soldo and CCG Catalyst Consulting to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Revolut raising $800 million to become UK's most valuable fintech, Soldo raisesing $180M for its business expense platform, and an IPO roundup as Robinhood seeks a valuation as high as $35 billion while Paytm wants to raise $2.2 billion! All of this and much more on today's episode!

Adam Davis and Mariette Ferreira are joined by some great guests from Klarna, Starling Bank and Current, to take a deep dive into influencer marketing, and if the fintech world is ready for it.

Sarah Kocianski and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests from Bunq and Railsbank to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Bunq celebrating $228 million funding, Railsbank raising $70m in global expansion plans, and Apple partnering Goldman Sachs for BNPL play. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

Sarah Kocianski and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests from Bunq and Railsbank to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Bunq celebrating $228 million funding, Railsbank raising $70m in global expansion plans, and Apple partnering Goldman Sachs for BNPL play. All of this and much much more on today's episode!

David Brear and Tim Heard are joined by some great guests from Innovate Finance and Customers Bank. Today we’re going to be following up on the discussion we had on our last After Dark event, where in one of the discussion rounds we talked about new banking business models, and what we will see being the driving force in companies going forward. Tune in to find out more!

Simon Taylor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Robinhood files to go public in the wake of a record breaking FINTRA fine, Daylight & Codat get fresh funding, and Booking.com announce the creation of a fintech unit. All of this and much more on today's episode!

Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests from Gigwage, Lance and Branch to discuss the gig economy and how the market has been largely underserved by traditional finance, as well as looking at one of the big reasons why the gig economy has exploded in the last year. During Covid-19 we saw more and more people embarking into gig work, for reasons ranging between increased flexibility, having lost their job or just to gain a side hustle. What has this meant for financial services aimed at gig workers?

Ross Gallagher and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Visa acquiring Tink, The FCA banning Binance, and A Federal Reserve official warning that CBDCs could be an “embarrassing fad”and compares them to MC Hammer’s trousers. All of this and much more on today's episode!

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests from Tala, Anchorage and Visa to discuss all things cryptocurrency. We’re going to be looking at all the changes that have happened in this space over the last 12 months, looking at how it’s properly starting to have real world impact and, for all you sceptics out there, asking the big question: why does crypto matter?