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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

210. News: Underserved and Overcharged

In this week's news episode, Simon Taylor and Ross Gallagher are joined by guests Carrie Osman from Cruxy, Ali Paterson from Fintech Finance, Amelie Arras from Adastra Marketing, and Veronique Constans from 11:FS.

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Blockchain Insider

43. Sexism in Crypto, Pornhub takes Verge, and Binance Denies the Dollar

Sara and Sarah sit down with Olivia Vinden, Director at Alpha FMC, Jo Lang, Offering Leader at IBM Blockchain Financial Solutions and Noelle Acheson, Editorial Producer and CFA at CoinDesk to talk about the latest in blockchain news.

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Fintech Insider

207. News: Instant Gratification

In this week’s news episode David M. Brear and Sarah Kocianski are joined by guests Lucy Woolfenden from Yolt and Pol Navarro from TSB. We also have a great interview with Alex Park from Metro Bank.

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Blockchain Insider

42. Santander Makes Ripples and Charles Hoskinson Shares His Vision of Cardano

Sarah, Sara, and Colin discuss the latest in blockchain news and there's an interview with Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Input Output, on the future of Cardano.

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Insurtech Insider

Insurtech Insider Episode 13: Vehicle Insurance Model Disruption

On the latest episode of Insurtech Insider, Sarah and Nigel are joined by insurtech insiders to give you the very latest in insurtech. Joining our hosts are Freddy Macnamara, CEO of Cuvva, Tobi Taupitz, CEO and Founder of Laka, and David Williams, Technical Director at AXA.

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Fintech Insider

205. Fintech in a Flat 3: Bit Conneeeect!!

Sam Maule and Ollie Judge, sit down for dinner with Sheel Mohnot, Partner at 500 Startups, Betsy McCormick from Nova Credit, Michael Casey from the Blockchain and Jason Zaler from Ping An.

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Fintech Insider

204. Fintech in a Flat 2

We're bringing you something a little bit different this week. In the run up to After Dark San Francisco, Sam and our media team hosted Dan Macklin, Co-Founder of SoFi and Board Member of Chipper, Yuliya Tarasava, Co-Founder and COO of CNote, Divine, CEO and Founder of Blakfintech, and John Waupsh, CIO at Kasasa. Join us in a flat in the Inner Sunset neighbourhood, for dinner drinks and all things fintech.

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Fintech Insider

203. Fintech Insider After Dark V - Part 1 London - Partying & PayPal

We’re live from the 11:FS offices in Aldgate Tower to bring you After Dark V live! Simon, Ross, and new host Sarah are joined by Megan Caywood, Liz Lumley, and Richard Davies. The panel talk about the latest weird and wonderful news from the world of fintech.

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Fintech Insider

202 Interview: Ross Dalzell

Simon sits down with Ross Dalzell, Head of Business Banking Product and Propositions at Barclays Bank to discuss the future of fintech, the SME market, and how open banking is set to transform the financial landscape.

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Blockchain Insider

41. Twitter Blocks Bitcoin, Monero Splits Opinion & is Ripple a Security

Simon and Colin pick out the latest in blockchain news. Looking at what’s happening to Bitcoin’s twitter turkey, is Ripple a security, and Soros surging into cryptocurrency. We also have an interview with Tim Swanson, George Wolfson, and John Collins when Colin met them at the Deconomy conference.

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Fintech Insider

201 Insights Live: Breaking into Fintech

We’re live at Cass Business School Finance Conference with a panel of movers and shakers in the fintech world. Our host Ross Gallagher is joined by a panel well versed in how to break into and excel in the fintech space. What skills you need, when you need to apply them and what the next generation of fintech talent needs to know.

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Fintech Insider

200. 11:FS Turns TWO! Company culture, consultancy, and cupcakes

It’s our Second Birthday and we’ve hit 200 episodes! To celebrate this brilliant occasion and totally planned event we’ve got something a little bit different for you. Bringing you the very best in 11:FS talent we have a panel made up of the least camera shy of our staff members. Hosts Simon, Jason, and David are joined by an allstar group of 11:FS staff including: Ross Methven, Co-founder and Research Lead Ross Gallagher - Principal Consultant Jeff Tijssen, Head of Consultancy Ollie Judge, Head of Media Laura Watkins, Head of Content Creation Sophie Theen, HR & Talent Sadly Sam Maule couldn’t make it to London for the show but we have an interview with him to outline the challenges of consulting and making a startup work in the USA.

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Fintech Insider

199. Insights: HL Techover

This episode is a very special Takeover from Hargreaves Lansdown’s brand new tech office in Warsaw! Ross and Pete are head up this "techover" joined by some of the company’s top people: Chris Hill, CEO; David Davies, CIO; Chris Worle, Director of Digital Marketing and Michael Glowinski, HL Tech General Manager. You can find us on Twitter @FintechInsiders or @11FSTeam or find us on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram or drop us a line podcasts@11fs.com

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Blockchain Insider

40. Dodgy Words from Binance, Vitalik Buterin Savages Faketoshi and Bluezelle's CEO Pavel Bains

Simon and Sara hash out the latest in blockchain news. Whether it’s dodgy words coming from binance or Buterin’s incredible take down of a supposed Satoshi, they’re examining what’s going on in the crypto space and what it means.

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Insurtech Insider

Insurtech Insider Episode 12: London Market Disruption

On today’s episode, Sarah and Nigel are joined by a cavalcade of insurtech insiders to give you the very best in insurtech roundtable discussion. Will Thorne, Innovation Leader at The Channel Syndicate, Oliver Ralph, Insurance Correspondent at The Financial Times, Bernadine Bröcker Wieder, Co-Founder & CEO, Vastari and Alex Hearn, Managing Director at Slipcase.

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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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