
Guest author Richard Davies shares his reflections as he transitions from his role as Revolut’s COO to Non Exec at Revolut, and CEO of Allica Bank. As fuel for the future he looks at his learnings from Revolut as well as his wider experiences and inspirations over the last decade in financial services and fintech.

When clients come into the 11:FS office, shiny eyed and with an exciting mandate, it gets us super pumped to hear where they want help on their journey.

A banker keen to stay under the radar has written us an insider’s perspective on the TSB scandal. Going by the topical pseudonym of ‘The Stigcumbent’, who you may remember from this piece, they’ve written about the ups and downs of legacy banking and why TSB had to make its move. Read on to learn the full glory of legacy banking and where the future lies…

TL;DR The Bank of England wrote a report about digital currency. Could it replace your bank notes? Could it change financial services dramatically? Yes. But the much more interesting questions were why should a CBDC be created and how?

Returned funds, missed targets and plenty of outrage in the media. How have things gone so wrong for the BCR?

Simon Taylor interviews Nathan Bostock, CEO of Santander UK. Nathan explains how Santander is embracing the tech changes facing the banking industry, and the shifting customer behaviours in their interactions with the bank with the help of digital innovation.

The annual reports for most of the big UK/US banks for 2019 are in as results season comes to a close. So what do they tell us about the state of the industry?

As the German challenger prepares to leave British shores, what can we learn about its attempts to break into the market?

Group CEO David M. Brear recently sat down with the good folks at prepaid business card provider Soldo to discuss the rise of fintech since the 2008 financial crisis and how the UK came to prominence.

What. A. Year. 2019 has been an absolute whirlwind of growth and expansion and in true 11:FS style, we continued to ramp up and start new things right up until the last day of Q4.

On the last American holiday before Christmas, we look at the performance of three companies across the pond.

11:FS Product Lead Terry Cordeiro reflects on what it’s like to be a new “11” after nearly three months on the job.

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At 11:FS, we’re proud to be an integral part of a UK community at the forefront of post-financial crisis innovation. But the story of how that community came together has never been told… until now.

Last year, LinkedIn honoured us as a Top 25 Startup in the UK. And they’ve gone and done it again for 2019.

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some fantastic guests to talk about the latest developments in the world of insurtech!

Sarah Kocianski is at Fintech Connect 2019 where she is joined by Marta Krupinska, Head of Google for Startups UK!

Sarah Kocianski is at Fintech Connect 2019 at the ExCeL London where she is joined by Des McDaid, UK MD at Marcus by Goldman Sachs!

Sarah Kocianski is joined by some fantastic guests to talk about the latest developments in the world of insurtech!

David Brear and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Monzo have their say following that Watchdog expose, New York say no to the OCC’s fintech charters and McKinsey reckon banks need to shape up or risk getting left behind. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News.

David Brear is joined by some great guests at this live panel at the premiere of 11:Years, our newly released documentary about the rise of UK Fintech! Our panel discuss what happened during the financial crisis, who was affected by it and what will the next 11 years look like?

On this Friday episode, we bring you a series of interviews some of the leading companies currently on the fintech scene straight from SIBOS in London 2019!

David Brear is joined by Megan Caywood to talk about the top 25 startups in the UK list made by LinkedIn! Hint - you might recognise one of the companies!

David Brear and Sarah Kocianski are joined by four of the winners from the RBS remedies fund to talk about all things remedies, SME's and winning a grant.

In today's episode, we bring you a series of interviews with some of the most interesting players on the fintech scene, straight from Money20/20 in Amsterdam! Interviews include; Mattias Kroner, formerly of Fidor, Stephen Ufford, CEO of Trulioo, and more!

In today's episode, we bring you a series of interviews with some brilliant CEO's of exciting companies, straight from Money20/20 in Amsterdam! Interviews include Ralph Hamers from ING, Anne Boden from Starling , Zach Perret from Plaid and many more!

Leda and Jason are joined by some great guests at Money20/20 Europe to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: A roundup of the biggest announcements and trends from Money2020 Europe and Tink receives a strategic investment from PayPal. All this and much more on today's podcast!

Welcome to the F'in Debate, straight from the stage at Money20/20 Europe! In this episode, we bring you a live debate between industry experts questioning: How do you transform traditional banks to compete in the digital banking battlefield?

David interviews Michael Rouse, CCO of Klarna to talk about partnering with Snoop Dogg, smoothing payments and the evolution of payments.

Simon Taylor interviews CEO of Barclays UK Ventures, Ben Davey. They take a look at the strategies and decisions revolving around investing in fintech startups and creating real partnerships.
Inclusive design is a mindset and a process that suggests that you should bring as many people as possible - and the most diverse of voices that you can - into your product design product process, so that you're being truly inclusive. It's designing with people rather that just at them. Charlotte Fereday, Product Director, Ventures, explains what inclusive design is, why it's important, how you can design more inclusively, and answers - how possible is truly inclusive design?

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


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

