1042. News: Is Klarna a reality check for fintech IPO hopes?

About this episode:

Host David M. Brear, CEO of 11:FS, is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

This week's guests:

Joe Colchester, Head of Product, 11:FS Pulse

Aditi Subbarao, Financial Services for Snowflake

Albert Malikov, Founder and CEO of Stacks

Stories/timestamps:

Intro - (00:01)

Stacks Raises $23 Million to Reinvent Finance Operations With Agentic AI - (08:28)

Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments - (27:19)

Buy now, sell off later. Where did Klarna’s IPO go wrong?  - (38:39)

Chase to open 160 branches in 2026 - (46:57)

Allica Bank hits unicorn status - (58:23)

JPMorgan Opened a Bar for Employees. If Only They Could Get In - (59:43)

Listen to our interview with Allica Bank CEO Richard Davies

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