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Mortgages

Banks: Fix your mortgage process by becoming truly digital

This article was originally published in February 2021. In light of a looming cost-of-living crisis, soaring inflation and spiralling interest rates, we feel it’s more relevant now than ever. So, after a bit of tinkering, we’ve republished it. Enjoy.

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Stocks

The fintech crash isn’t over…and that’s a good thing

Markets, from the UK through to Hong Kong and the US, have become highly competitive. With more choice than ever before, how do you make your proposition stand out?

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CBDCs

Is the CBDC hype legit?

2020 has seen plenty of fintech M&A - LendingClub buying Radius Bank, Intuit acquiring Credit Karma and of course with Visa buying Plaid. You might think the current crisis would reduce activity but it could create more opportunities.

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Product marketing

Most people don’t know what product marketing is

One of the dirty secrets of the fintech and banking community is that everyone thinks that everyone else understands how it all works and that they’re the only one who doesn’t really get it.

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Lending

Embedded lending is the future of lending in emerging markets

11:FS Pulse has brought competitor insights to life. Now we’re going further, involving the entire community to redefine and continually advance what the ‘best’ means in digital financial services.

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DeFi

Wrapped DeFi is taking financial innovation to new heights

There’s quite a lot of technical lingo in this Unfiltered. We know that’s not really our style, but we’re talking about some big ideas here. If you’re into crypto and keen to see what else we know, get in touch. 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.

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Partnerships

Top 6 things to think about when reimagining your partnership strategy

In this guest blog Bailey Kusar, co-founder and CEO of Toucan, examines how open banking can be used to deliver services that better support people with mental health conditions to manage their finances.

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Financial services

Financial services needs to start speaking to the female customer

There’s a lot of positivity, creativity and excitement within game developer communities. People are flocking to games for entertainment and there have never been more tools to create them.

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Product

With good product design, impatience is a virtue

Working with agencies can sometimes feel like you spend weeks or even months covering ground that you already know before you start seeing value.

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Insurance

How have insurance products changed in the last few years?

If you’re building a fintech or adding financial services to an existing platform, there’s no doubt that the concept of embedded finance with white-label solutions has passed you by.

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Design

Our top 3 tips for designing winning propositions in 2022

Everything that made senior bankers successful is what makes them less able to thrive in the digital economy.

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Banking

Most people in FS don't understand how it all fits together

James Safford is a name you might not be familiar with from the 11:FS team. He’s starred in a couple of our shows with brilliant insights on what’s going on in the fintech space. James is a Market Research Analyst working on the 11:FS Pulse platform delivering insights into customer journeys globally. I took a moment to sit down with James and talk to him about how things differ working in fintech compared to publishing, and why he moved into the space after deciding against a lifelong dream.

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Crypto

Why did a crypto exchange pay $700m to have their name on a building?

This past weekend an estimated 177m people tuned in as Matthew Stafford’s (strong surname BTW) LA Rams defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at Super Bowl LVII.

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Diversity and inclusion

A snapshot of diversity and inclusion at 11:FS in 2021

Continuous improvement is a huge focus at 11:FS. We’re always looking for the 1% improvements and 10x ideas (and everything in between) that will drive us forwards.

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Design

Designers are not the centre of the universe

The 11:FS research team recently finalised the first part of a major piece of work examining the services available to US Small to Medium-sized businesses. Here’s some of what we discovered.

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Fintech Insider

333. News: Everybody knows a Dave

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: The winners from the latest RBS Remedies pool, Monzo heads Stateside and Dave can help your credit score!

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Blockchain Insider

101. Libra: Facebook's world domination

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Zuckerberg's world domination plans, Block.One's social media platform and an amazing interview with Wei Shou from Binance!

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Blockchain Insider

Bonus: Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court

We. Are. Here. In today's bonus episode of Blockchain Insider, we bring you a fantastic interview with Sir Geoffrey Vos, Chancellor of the High Court and chair of the UK Jurisdiction Taskforce.

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Fintech Insider

331. News: With great data comes great responsibility.

Simon Taylor and Brandon Chung are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: The FCA’s major overhaul of overdrafts, The finale for Finn and Banking and Big Macs in Russia.

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330. Interviews: Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe

In today's episode, we bring you an interview with the extraordinary Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe! David Brear meets him on stage at Money20/20 Europe in Amsterdam, to talk about all things Stripe, industry dynamics and the importance of being open to partnership.

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Blockchain Insider

100. Live: Bitcoin - not just for Lamborghinis!

We. Are. Here. We are actually here! We are coming to you live from Level39 in London, to celebrate episode 100 of Blockchain Insider! In this episode, we will be looking back at our 99 previous episodes and we are of course joined by some brilliant guests!

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Insurtech Insider

42. US startup special

Sarah is joined by Sam Maule in this special episode in which we bring you three interviews with some of the most interesting players on the American insurtech scene! Today we will hear from Quentin Coolen from Waffle, Ryan Rugg from R3 Corda and Rashmi Melgiri from CoverWallet! We hope you enjoy these interviews as much as we enjoyed recording them!

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Blockchain Insider

Live from Money20/20: Why tokens might be the future of finance

We. Are. Here. LIVE from Money20/20! Today's episode is coming straight from the stage at Money20/20, from which we bring you a discussion of Centralised VS Decentralised, Utilities vs. Securities and Future of Programmable money!

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Fintech Insider

327. News: Boom Time

David and Simon are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories from the last 7 days. Including: Global Payments buy TSYS, NatWest apologises for patronising women, by patronising women, and are Revolut the most complained about fintech?

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Fintech Insider

326. Fintech Insider Live at FusionONE - a new era of finance

We are coming to you live from FusionONE! In this live episode, Simon and Sarah are joined by some great guests to talk about the new era of finance being shaped by open platforms, emerging technologies, and the rise of the talent in the developer community.

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Blockchain Insider

99. Blockchain for mashed potatoes

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Facebook and crypto...the love story continues, Central Bank Digital Currencies and Is your Wine Legit? Ft. EY & a blockchain!

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Insurtech Insider

41. Shutting down Gatwick

Sarah and Nigel are joined by some fantastic guests today to talk about drone insurance, a topic that we have been very excited about for a long time (it has just taken us a while to get this episode together) so here we are!

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Fintech Insider

325. News: Apple has my face

David and Sam are bringing you this episode directly from New York! Joined by some great guests they will talk you through some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days. Including: Big bank investments into savings programmes and !

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Fintech Insider

324. Insights: BlackRock WealthTech19

Simon is at Blackrock's WealthTech19 summit at Code Node in London, where he is surrounded by a wealth(!) of knowledge and experience!

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Blockchain Insider

98. Do the crime, do the time

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: JPMorgan says Bitcoin’s price has pumped beyond its intrinsic value, The Most Expensive Lesson Of My Life and 10 thousand dollars worth of pizza!

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Open finance

What is Open Finance?

Banks are facing a lot of challenges compared to their fintech rivals.

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11:FS Explores: Digital R.I.C.H.E.S ft. David M. Brear

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.

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Lending

Jeff Keltner from Upstart on what the future of lending will look like | Spotlight

What does the future hold for lending? Live from Lendit USA 2022.

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UX

What is UX and what makes UX good? 11:FS Explores

Will banks exist in 100 years?

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Open Banking

What is Open Banking? | 11:FS Explores

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.

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Unleashing creativity! A case study on sparking innovation with Bidyut Dumra from DBS | Spotlight

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.

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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