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Product

Product teams: the secret to fintechs’ success?

It’s not often that we see regulation pre-empting innovation – rarer still to see it drive innovation forward.

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The case for integrated QAs in tech teams

You would think that with all the ‘digital transformation’ in banking, the CIO would be king. And yet it doesn’t feel that way from within the CIO’s office.

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Unfiltered

Why are financial services brands fundamentally irrelevant for the most important moments in our lives?

Financial services brands are still fundamentally irrelevant for many of the most important moments of our life. But why is this? 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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Our fintech predictions for 2021

It’s 2022! And we’ve got a sneaking suspicion this year is gonna be one to remember.

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Banking as a Service

7 takeaways from the final episode of Decoding: Banking as a Service

The final episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is here! If you missed it (or any of the others) catch up here. Here’s a rundown of this episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

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COVID-19

Celebrating the wins of 2020

We made it, folks! It’s been a tough year for all of us. One where both our professional and personal lives have been impacted in a big way.

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Banking as a Service

6 takeaways from the latest episode of Decoding: Banking as a Service

The fifth episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is here! If you missed it (or any of the others) catch up here. Here’s a rundown of this episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

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Unfiltered

Could the future of banking be baby boomers?

Arguably the biggest story right now is the announcement of Stripe Capital’s new end-to-end lending API for platforms to offer financing options to their SMB customers. (Simon Taylor wrote a great piece on this at the weekend.) 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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The risk of fintech blanding

How many times have you looked at a job posting only to see the mention of free fruit? Sure it’s nice to have free food, but what purpose does it serve and does it have anything to do with employee wellbeing?

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8 takeaways from our latest Banking as a Service episode

The fourth episode of our brand-new video series, Decoding: Banking as a Service, is here! If you missed it (or any of the others) catch up here. Here’s a rundown of this episode if you prefer reading to watching 📖

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Brand

How to turn outdated corporate identities into fresh opportunities

Behavioural design is the process of using psychological insights into how people think and act irrationally, to design better products and services. Sounds good, right? But…er… what does that actually look like?

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FinTech Connect

What is the future of payments? We head to FinTech Connect 2020 to find out

Businesses are slowly awakening to the idea that it's time to consider new sources of growth when it comes to securing their futures. They’ve realised that, sometimes, designing the most engaging customer value propositions requires leaning on the brand strength of other players outside of your domain.

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Buy Now Pay Later

Buy Now Pay Later: Love it or hate it, you can’t ignore it

Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) is one of the hottest trends in fintech. The concept of 0% finance has been around for decades, but it’s caught fire in the last 3 years with new market entrants like Affirm, Afterpay and Klarna transforming how this works for consumers in an e-commerce setting. 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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BaaS

What is embedded finance?

While FinTech folk salivate – and the big banks bloviate – about PSD2 and the open banking reforms coming our way in 2018, we wondered whether those outside of this bubble will actually notice? What does PSD2 actually mean for customers?

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Lending

The future of banking: all paths lead to lending

A Black-owned bank is defined as one in which at least 50% of voting shares are owned by African-Americans. They’re a dwindling force in the States today.

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Fintech Insider

232. 11:FS Presents One Fintech Nation - Bringing the Nation Together: The Network Effect

In our final One Fintech Nation episode David takes a look at how fintechs and banks can work together. Our series with Tech Nation has looked at fintech solving real problems, UK fintech from an international perspective, and what's happening in UK fintech outside of London. This episode brings it all together.

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Blockchain Insider

53. Is Anyone Doing Decentralisation Right?

Sarah and Sara are joined by Maya Kumar from Luno to talk about the latest news in the blockchain world.

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Fintech Insider

231. News: Death is no excuse

Simon is our lone host on the show today. But he's joined by our four fantastic guests: Freddy Kelly, CEO of Credit Kudos, Veronique Barbosa, Co-founder and COO of FLUX, Tanya Andreasyan, Editor at Banking Technology, and Philip Clarke Founder of Hunch.

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Blockchain Insider

52. Cryptowinter is Coming......or Not?

Sarah Kocianski is joined by Pete Rizzo and Anastasia Andrianova to discuss the latest news in the blockchain world.

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Fintech Insider

230. 11:FS Presents One Fintech Nation - Fintech for Good

In this episode Sarah takes a look at how fintech in the UK is making positive changes for all kinds of people. In association with Tech Nation we examine what real problems fintech is solving for customers across the country.

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Insurtech Insider

Insurtech Insider Episode 18: Accelerators, Hubs, and Innovation Labs

On the latest episode of Insurtech Insider, Sarah sits down with insurtech experts to give you an intense roundtable on accelerators, hubs, and innovation labs. Joining our host today are:James York, CEO and Founder, Worry+PeaceLiam Gray, Head of Research & Partner Management at Startupbootcamp InsurTechTshidi Hagan, Program Director at StartupbootcampTobias Taupitz, CEO and Co-founder at Laka

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Blockchain Insider

51. ETH Passes Dowey Test, Ripple isn’t ready and is Bitcoin Un-Tethered?

Simon Taylor is back in the offices with the one and only Colin G Platt. It's been a while since Colin's been able to come in so we're excited to have him back on the show and breaking down all the latest blockchain news.

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Fintech Insider

227. News: Pulse Team Takeover

Sarah and Ross are back behind the mic bringing you the latest and greatest in fintech news. Today they're joined by guests and 11:FS colleagues, Pulse Analyst James Safford, and Product Designer Lisa Matzi.

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Blockchain Insider

50. Amber Baldet Goes Over Clovyr, EOS Launch Woes, And Ripple Gets Sued Again

Simon Taylor is joined by the one and only Amber Baldet to discuss the latest blockchain news.

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Insurtech Insider

Insurtech Insider Episode 17: Fraud Prevention

On the latest episode of Insurtech Insider, Sarah and Nigel are joined by insurtech experts to give you the very latest in fraud prevention in insurance. Joining our hosts are George Herber, Business Development Manager at Friss, David Hartley, Director of Fraud and Financial Crime Practice at SAS Global and Greg Brown, Partner at Oxbow Partners.

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Fintech Insider

224. Insights: SMB Banking... Are you being (under)served?

In this episode Sarah Kocianski uncovers the murky and difficult world of SMB Banking, focusing on three specific pain points: Getting an account, getting a loan and making and receiving payments.

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Fintech Insider

223. News: More Popular than Beyoncé

Jason Bates and David Brear are back together after what seems like an eternity! They're joined by the wonderful Caroline Plumb as well as debutants Ryan Edwards-Pritchard from Funding options and Kirsty Grant from Seedrs. We also bring you an awesome snippet with CEO of Rooster Money Will Carmichael!

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Fintech Insider

222. Fintech Insider Insights: Gimme Some Credit

Do you know your credit score? What makes your credit better or worse? Join Ross and Ollie as they explore the dark murky world of credit scoring.

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Blockchain Insider

48. Tokenising the World, Bitcoin Price Probe and EOS Security Issues

On today's show Simon Taylor's back in town joined by Co-host Sara Feenan and wonderful guest Teana Baker-Taylor (no relation of course) to bring you this week's hottest blockchain and crypto news.

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Insurtech Insider

InsurTech Insider: Episode 16. Pet insurance

David's back and he joins Sarah and special guest Oke Eleazu to discuss all things pet insurance as well as some of the top insurance news.

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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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