1090. News: Can anyone stop Revolut? Can Countingup and Griffin tackle SME pain? Can the FCA help UK fintechs scale?

About this episode:

Host Ross Gallagher - Head of Consulting at 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:

Phoebe Wallis - Chief Revenue Officer at Griffin 

Veronica Glab - Strategic Partnerships Lead at Juice 

Tom Mylrea-Lowndes - General Counsel and Head of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at Teya 

Stories/timestamps:

Revolut awarded full-fat European banking licence -(04:41)

Countingup Partners with Griffin to Launch Integrated Business Bank Accounts for UK SMEs - (17:30)

Five firms join FCA’s scale up support unit - (31:46)

Startup Bank Erebor Eyes Valuation of $8 Billion - (44:15)

AI startup offers job interviews in exchange for tattoos - (46:08)

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