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Payments

The digital payments debate: is the future really cashless?

I find more and more people are starting to understand that digital is a transformation project, not just an adjunct to business as usual. But there needs to be more of them.

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Culture

Can Knowledge Sharing Jumpstart Your Culture?

Culture doesn’t begin and end with sports teams and Slack channels – knowledge sharing offers plenty of lessons for scaling companies.

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PSD2

Two months after the final PSD2 deadline: where are we with the APIs?

We all know this tale. U.S. Millennials, the nation’s largest living generation, grew up at a time when America faced its biggest economic challenge since the Great Depression.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker’s excellent adventure

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she waxes philosophical on achieving the right balance in banking.

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events

3 takeaways from Money 20/20

Arguably the most interesting fintech conference around arrived in Las Vegas for its North American installment and there was plenty to discuss.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a dose of Hegel, banking edition

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines AI and spooking Sibos delegates.

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Mastercard becomes headline sponsor of the Fintech League

Anna, a UK-based business account app, recently announced a new feature — when a customer uses their card to make a payment, the app will notify them with a meowing sound.

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11:YEARS part four: investment

In the fourth part of our series, we take a close look at the factors that encouraged investment in UK fintech after Financial Crisis of 2007-8.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: what my best bosses taught me

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders life lessons from Nana Nicolaou.

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Banking

Money and mental health: digital support, proactive interventions and data concerns

The link between poor mental health and money worries is well-known, as is the fact that all too often it can become a vicious circle.

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Banking

11:YEARS part three: talent

In the third part of our series, we discuss how talent in the UK migrated to fintech after the financial crisis, helping to create a vibrant new ecosystem in the process.

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Crypto

Is Libra from Facebook the threat bankers think it is?

11:FS went to New York Fintech Week! We had some amazing chats, met some amazing people and even paid a visit to Katz’s Deli (amazing) when we weren’t busy hosting talks and recording podcasts on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

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Payments

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: the big sleep

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. In this instalment she turns her attention to learning from mistakes.

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Banking

11:YEARS part two: first-mover advantage

In the second part of our series, we examine how disillusionment over the financial crisis fueled the rise of innovative, agile fintechs.

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Fintech Insider

233. News: We no longer need traditional banks

On this week's news show, Sarah and David are joined by journalist Monty Munford and Husayn Kassai, CEO of Onfido to discuss the latest and most interesting news in the fintech space.

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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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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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fintech Insider

Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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