
Creating a successful new venture is not easy. There are many pitfalls and risks involved from funding to technology. The biggest challenge though is designing something customers love.

Banking no longer has the luxury of getting up to speed with new technology. If you can’t adapt on the fly you’ll be left behind.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she's defending bankers.

Open banking payments are already a fact of life in Europe. In the US, not so much. But new infrastructure and the right approach could lead to a sea change stateside. 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.

Rumours emerged a fortnight ago that Revolut was near to closing a $250 million round at a valuation of over $1 billion. The company confirmed the news this morning, saying its valuation had increased 5x since it raised $66 million in the middle of last year and now stands at $1.7 billion. The round was led by Hong Kong based DST Global and the cash injection will be used to fund global expansion, starting with the US, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Australia this year alone.

Fintech sandboxes have been a huge success both home and away with the FCA having just opened applications for the fifth cohort in the UK and exporting the concept globally. Now the FCA is looking to go beyond the sandbox to create the Global Fintech Innovation Network (GFIN).

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to career tips for optimists, curious cats and rebels…and auntie Mabel.

It didn't take long. Within hours of Libra being announced the global regulatory system had plenty of opinions on what it meant and how it needed to be governed.

To say it’s been a busy month for Libra would be a massive understatement.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to why diversity and inclusion shouldn’t be a standalone activity and why you shouldn’t just protect your stars, you should protect everyone.

Driving growth and building your brand is tough. Everyone has a voice. But that means working harder, and smarter, as our new CMO Eric Fulwiler knows only too well.

The 5th of April 2021 signified 5 years since we started 11:FS. 5 years since we were all stupid enough to quit well paid jobs to start a business with no capital, no brand and no reputation. Taking on competitors with tens of thousands of people and hundreds of millions to invest... 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.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week, she discusses how core banking is changing her life for the better.

There's something borderline intangible about the 11:FS tone of voice; it's iconoclastic. It's different.

What is Facebook coin / Libra? Is this a game-changing moment and what should we do about it?

David, Jason, and Simon are joined by Fluidly Founder, CEO and OBE Caroline Plumb, and CEO and Founder of Norio Ventures, Pete Townsend for this week's news!

This week, Sam Maule talks to the wonderful Amber Baldet, Executive Director and Blockchain Programme Lead at J.P. Morgan.

Simon and Colin bring you another packed show covering the week's topsy turvy news, including SegWit2x, more on Bitcoin prices, Colin's long thing and some fantastic guests talking e-sports.

This week is an extremely special Halloween episode: After Dark II recorded in front of a live studio audience from our home at WeWork in Aldgate, London, and we're celebrating an important milestone; it's episode number 150!

In a special interview this week, David speaks to Liesbeth Rigter, CEO at MoneYou and Eric Mouilleron, CEO at Bankable, about their partnership and their plans for the future.

David introduces the second installment from our trip to Xerocon 2017, featuring Edward Berks, Director of Sales, Banking and Fintech at Xero, Ian Christie, CEO at Boma Technologies, Margaret Laidlaw, Partner at Mazars, Mark Sykes, Partner at BDO and Anna Curzon, Chief Partner Officer at Xero.

This week, Simon and Colin catch up and the weeks news and talk to Stephen Palley, Software Development Lawyer, and Jeff Bandman, Principal at Bandman Advisors and former CFTC Fintech Advisor.

Sam Maule hosts a very special episode of Fintech Insider from a flat in Toronto! Sam's joined by Mike Sigal from 500 Fintechs (part of 500 Startups), Dion Lisle from CapGemini, Jo Lang from IBM, and April Rudin from The Rudin Group.

This week Jason, David and Simon are joined by Sharon O'Dea, consultant, advisor, and blogger, and Kadhim Shubber, Tech 100 #68 and FT Alphaville journalist to discuss the week's top news.

This week Simon and Colin talk through the Bitcoin good news story as well as Tezos, R3, and much more. Plus, we hear Sam Maule talk to Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple.

This week, we cover David's time at Xerocon, where he hosted a panel on Frictionless Finance featuring Niall Cameron, Global Head of Digital at HSBC, Caroline Plumb OBE, CEO at Fluidly, Colin Goldstein, Head of Partnerships at iwoca, Stewart Roberts, Executive VP at iZettle, and Shachar Bialick, CEO at Curve.

This week Sam is joined by Kris Hansen, CTO at Koho, Dan Eberhard, founder of Koho, Barb MacLean, Director at Celero Solutions and Zac Cohen, General Manager at Trulioo in a special news show brought to you from Toronto, Canada.

In this week’s jam-packed show Nigel visits InsureTech Connect in Las Vegas and talks to Darin Reffitt, Vice President of Marketing at Splice Software; Quentin Colmant, co-Founder of Qover; Tim Hardcastle, CEO of Instanda; Chris Cheatham, CEO of Risk Genius; and Caribou Honig himself, co-founder of InsureTech Connect.

In this week’s jam-packed show Nigel visits InsureTech Connect in Las Vegas and talks to Darin Reffitt, Vice President of Marketing at Splice Software; Quentin Colmant, co-Founder of Qover; Tim Hardcastle, CEO of Instanda; Chris Cheatham, CEO of Risk Genius; and Caribou Honig himself, co-founder of InsureTech Connect.

This week Simon Taylor and Colin G Platt delve into the week's top blockchain and crypto news, and we hear from Brian Behlendorf, Executive Director at the Hyperledger Project within the Linux Foundation, and from Paul Worrall, founder of Zonafide.

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...

