Are consumers experiencing the downside of a booming consumer lending industry?
What is a challenger bank? Who are they actually challenging and does the name even make sense?
The creator economy is defined by SignalFire as the class of business built by independent content creators, curators and community builders, as well as the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetisation.
The first adopters in the digital banking world are beginning to use native iOS features to enhance the customer experience. With Touch ID now a hygiene feature, we are seeing banks introduce and improve upon their Force Touch capabilities. And in the past few months, a handful of brands have taken things to the next level by offering Siri and Messages payments (albeit with a few kinks in the journey). In this article we explore how banks are going native.
A three-part series by 11:FS Non-Executive Director, Lisa Gansky Part 1 – The 3 steps of Digital Transformation
Banks are plagued by a litany of archaic processes and outmoded design. That was just about bearable before the digital age, but is there any room for it today?
Financial education is vital to the success of many new fintechs. After all, if customers don’t know what they need then how are they going to know if a product is useful for them?
Fintechs and the major financial services have been competing against each other for a while now. But that’s not likely to be the best course of action for either of them and now they’re working together.
There’s a lot going on in the world right now, and the reaction from all of us is almost a war effort to ensure society still functions through one of its biggest ever shifts.
We had a great time at After Dark VI, the episode went out last week, and had a massive turn out in both Atlanta and London. And we know you did too! Fintech fans were out on Twitter in force to shout out how much they loved it (especially the emoji wall and rant bucket). Our social media marketing interns gathered together the best ones they could find to share the After Dark VI love.
I’ve poked fun at banks and fintechs, but now it’s time to take on the consultancies. Sometimes it can feel like you’re spending your money on bad advice and worse decisions. Sometimes you are.
Leveraging consumer trust is an important tool for all brands. Businesses are starting to take note and realising that in today’s all encompassing landscape, one product offering simply isn’t enough anymore.
There have always been everyday tasks that seem complex, boring or too disinteresting for us to give them our full attention. Whether that’s as simple as ironing your laundry or as time consuming as learning a new language, often we’ll lack the drive or willpower to overcome the initial inertia to progress. This is taken from our Unfiltered newsletter. Subscribe now for a no BS, uncensored analysis of fintech news and hot topics delivered to your inbox each fortnight.
While the concept of embedded insurance is not new, Hiscox’s Alex Wheal says changes to data sharing mean the opportunities could be boundless.
Last week I spoke to friends of 11:FS to discover the 11 stupidest things banks do. It was more popular than any of us expected. It even compelled 11:FS Co-Founder, Simon Taylor to write a love letter to the big banks telling them how they can do better. Here at 11:FS we felt like maybe we’d been a little harsh on our incumbent friends. So, I decided to write another list, reaching out to both the wider fintech community and all our followers to find out the 11 stupidest things fintechs say and do.
Sarah Kocianski and Kate Moody joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Santander buys Wirecard’s core European business for €100m, PNC buys BBVA USA and the FCA says no, as Lanister launches its new polymorphic payment card.
Simon Taylor and Adam Davis are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: WhatsApp gets approval for payments in India, the US government want to block Visa’s $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid, and Klarna gets sued by Pablo Escobar’s brother
Sam Maule and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Goldman bets on Banking as a Service, British banks stay bullish despite Lockdown 2, and Ant’s record-breaking IPO has been blocked by the Chinese regulator.
Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk about travel insurance, and how Covid-19 has changed the face of the industry. All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!
Ross Gallagher and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Ant Group and the biggest IPO of all time, cryptocurrency initiatives amongst industry giants PayPal and JP Morgan, and raccoons break into California bank.
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to talk about cybersecurity in financial services.
Simon Taylor and Mel Stringer are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Stripe acquires Nigeria’s Paystack, Marqeta’s research discovers Covid-19 has forced three-quarters of banks to change their future strategy, and ESG funds forecast to outnumber conventional funds by 2025.
Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to talk about Open Banking two years on and the key developments that have been made since then.
Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk through the most interesting news from the insurance and insurtech sphere!
David Brear and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk through xxx. All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!
David Brear is joined by some fantastic experts from IBM to discuss the opportunities that public cloud offer for business transformation in financial services.
Sam Maule and Sarah Kocianski are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: RTGS Global rolls out stage 1 of liquidity visibility network in collab with Microsoft, banks work with fintechs to counter ‘deepfake’ fraud, and Paypal terminates accounts linked to a Russian influence operation.
Simon Tayor is joined by some special guests to talk about the growth cryptocurrencies in mainstream finance.
Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some amazing guests to talk through digital transformation in the insurance industry.
David Brear and Mel Stringer are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: More raises as Chip launches Series A, Paypal is coming for Klarna and AfterPay, and Goldman Sachs launches its own font: Goldman Sans.
Banks are facing a lot of challenges compared to their fintech rivals.
11:FS CEO David M. Brear takes to the lightboard to give us the full run-down, with examples of companies that are leading the way.
What does the future hold for lending? Live from Lendit USA 2022.
Will banks exist in 100 years?
In this episode of 11:FS Explores, Adam Davis picks apart Open Finance, and what we have to look forward to if this technology became a reality.
It's not just a buzzword.
On this episode of Spotlight, 11:FS Crypto Global Strategy Director, Mauricio Magaldi is joined by Ramp Network Co-Founder and CEO, Szymon Sypniewicz. In today's chat, the pair discuss Szymon's career, the current regulatory landscape in crypto, and what the future might hold when it comes to widespread crypto adoption.
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...