1100. News- After Dark: Nubank takes on the US, Monzo Aura launches, and can you trust AI with your money?

About this episode:

Our expert host David M. Brear, CEO at 11, and co-host Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11, present a very special edition of Fintech Insider News live from Village Underground in London. Joined by some fantastic guests and our live audience, we celebrate our 1,100th episode by discussing some of the biggest fintech and financial services stories of the week.

Stories covered on the podcast this week include:

Nubank takes its next big step with a launch into the US market, betting on word of mouth as it looks to build its fourth market. We also look at Monzo Aura, the UK’s first credit card to automatically invest cashback as customers spend, and hear from Luke Enock, General Manager of Borrowing at Monzo. Plus, new research puts the accuracy of AI-generated financial advice under the spotlight as consumers increasingly turn to general-purpose AI tools for help with their money.

And to celebrate 1,100 episodes, we put our panel and live audience to the test with “And finally… or artificially?” — can they tell which of the weird and wonderful stories we’ve covered on Fintech Insider are real, and which have been invented by AI?

This week’s guests:

• Jon Hart - Enterprise Sales Lead at Sage
• Alexandra Rivas-Gale - Product Director at Barclaycard Payments
• Tamara van den Ban - Managing Director, Premier Banking at NatWest Group

Timestamps/stories:

Nubank comes to the U.S. with a big bet on word of mouth (04:59)

Monzo's new Aura credit card comes with AI subscription perk and cashback  (18:08)

AI gets financial advice wrong 57% of the time (32:47)

This edition of After Dark was sponsored by ⁠Sage⁠ and ⁠Plaid.

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