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11:FS

What the Fintech League means to 11:FC

The inaugural Fintech League kicks off in style this Friday and after months of pre-season training, 11:FC are keen for the starting whistle.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Running away with the circus

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to bananas, skis. And banking.

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jtbd

Sunshine, butterflies and eradicating ‘lift and shift’

Every bank should take note of Swish, the killer mobile payments app created in 2012 by six of Sweden’s largest banks and some smaller savings banks. The app is available across Android, iOS, and Windows operating systems and enables realtime payments to a mobile number.

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Banking

CYBG: Challenging the Challenger narrative?

No stranger to podcasts and a fan of many, CEO of CYBG, David Duffy came on to the Fintech Insider podcast to talk with Simon Taylor about banking in the age of fintech.

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Podcast

5 reasons why your business should start a podcast

You want brand recognition and recall. You have a marketing and advertising spend but continue to use the same tactics and rely on metrics built primarily in an analogue media world to track many of your results.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Same old banking and bananas

Banking has been transforming for over a decade now. Some have done it well, others leave a lot to be desired.

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Wealth management

The future of wealth is a brand new product approach

In her latest column for Forbes, 11:FS Head of Research Sarah Kocianski returns to one of her favourite topics: the Australian fintech and challenger bank market.

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digital transformation

Fortnite and fintech

Whilst trust in financial services has increased by 8% in the last 10 years globally, trust in the technology industry has dropped by 6% in the last year alone. Hence, with the pandemic further necessitating the use of technology, it’s more important than ever for digital financial services to develop and maintain trust from their users.

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11:FS

Consultancy of the year!

I am hungover. Last night at the British Banking Awards, presented by Smart Money People, was epic.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: Fabled kings, indecision and cows

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week the terrible false choice - for love or money?

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jtbd

The future of fintech is new business models

There’s something super-interesting about hacking everyday spend. It’s that recurring everyday excuse to nudge customers towards a better future.

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jtbd

Venture building with Jobs to be Done

This was originally published as a New Insights article on 12th January 2024 exclusively for 11:FS Pulse users on the Pulse platform. Given this week's news that NatWest has made its banking app available on Apple Vision Pro, we thought it would only be right to make it available for everyone.

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11:FS

11:FS has failed - We are closing down FIN

Did I click-bait you into reading this? Relax, we are not shuttering 11:FS, just a small part of it.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: The wand that chooses the wizard

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week her attention turns, once again, to women in financial services.

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Wealth management

The future of fintech is mobile wealth

How cool would it be if you could subscribe to getting more wealth?

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Fintech Insider

1107: Insights: Can banks turn high earners into wealthy customers?

Earning a good salary doesn't necessarily mean building wealth. For a growing group of high earners, often referred to as HENRYs (High Earners, Not Rich Yet), the journey from financial success to long-term wealth can be surprisingly difficult.

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1106
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Fintech Insider

1106. News: ASOS hit by cyberattack, UK finance eyes tokenisation, and can open banking help tackle credit exclusion

Host Ross Gallagher- Head of Consulting at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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1105
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Fintech Insider

1105. Insights: Who owns the banking relationship in the AI era?

As AI becomes another interface between customers and their money, could banks lose their place at the centre of the financial relationship?

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1104
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Fintech Insider

1104. News: Nubank rules out Monzo takeover, Checkout.com opens the books, and Ramp hits Broadway

Welcome to this week’s Fintech Insider News podcast, where host Benjamin Ensor is joined by expert guests to unpack the biggest fintech and financial services stories of the week - and, for this week only, a little bit of theatre, darlings.

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1102
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Fintech Insider

1102. News: Amazon blocks Meta’s AI agent, Ryft raises £20m, and Sprive bags $10m

About this episode: Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week. This week's guests: Sadra Hossein

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Fintech Insider

1101. Insights: Why does your financial life reset when you move countries? With Paymentology

About this episode: Moving countries has never been easier. But what happens when your financial identity doesn’t move with you? Host Benjamin Ensor is joined by Merusha Naidu, Global Head of Partnerships at Paymentology, Ibrahim Oladele

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Fintech Insider

1100. News- After Dark: Nubank takes on the US, Monzo Aura launches, and can you trust AI with your money?

Our expert host David M. Brear, CEO at 11, and co-host Kate Moody, Customer Strategy Director at 11, present a very special edition of Fintech Insider News live from Village Underground in London.

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1098
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Fintech Insider

1098. News: Chime buys Stride Bank, Molten raises £175m, UBS puts AI on the job spec

Host Ross Gallagher - Head of Consulting at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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1096
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Fintech Insider

1096. News: Singapore puts $173m behind fintechs, Plum picks Upvest, and US regulators tighten the rules

Host Benjamin Ensor - Director of Research and Strategy at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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1095
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Fintech Insider

1095. Insights: Is financial services failing Gen Z?

Gen Z is often told it needs to get better with money. But with younger people facing a very different economic reality, does Gen Z really have a financial literacy problem — or does financial services have a Gen Z problem?

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Fintech Insider

1094. News: UK fintech funding hits a decade low, NatWest backs accessible banking, and Pay.com.au takes on America

Host Kate Moody - Customer Strategy Director at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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Fintech Insider

1093. Insights: What it’s really like to start a fintech in 2026

Starting a fintech has never been easier but has building a successful one ever been harder? Host David M. Brear is joined by Fatbardha Rino, CEO of Jet Bank, and Herbie Wildwood, Founder of Legacy, to explore what it really takes to build

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Fintech Insider

1092. News: Finally, the robots take over: Starling gets smarter, Stripe buys OpenRouter, and Visa and Mastercard unite on agentic payments

Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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1090
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Fintech Insider

1090. News: Can anyone stop Revolut? Can Countingup and Griffin tackle SME pain? Can the FCA help UK fintechs scale?

Host Ross Gallagher - Head of Consulting at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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1088
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Fintech Insider

1088. News: Visa bets $2.4bn for BioCatch, InvestiFi raises $20m, and HSBC pulls back in Australia

Host Benjamin Ensor - Director of Research and Strategy at 11:FS - is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week.

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11:FS Pulse

Banks are losing the loyalty game | 11:FS Explores

Hey, banks! This might sting a bit. You’re getting loyalty all wrong - and it’s costing you customers. But all is not lost!

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11:FS Pulse

3 ways AI is shaking up UX in financial services | 11:FS Explores

The entire world is buzzing about AI, and that ain't changing anytime soon. But as AI becomes more integrated into our daily lives, what impact will it have on financial services and how people interact with them?

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Decoding

What are fintechs? - Decoding: Banks

Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?

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Decoding

How does banking regulation work? - Decoding: Banks

Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.

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Decoding

How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks

The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.

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Lending

How does lending work? - Decoding: Banks

Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.

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Decoding

How can traditional banks win on the banking battlefield? - Decoding: Banks

They're down, but they're not certainly not out.

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Decoding

How do card networks operate? - Decoding: Banks

Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.

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Decoding

How has the banking battlefield evolved? - Decoding: Banks

We kick off our Decoding: Banks series with a look at the banking landscape today and how we got here.

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fintech Insider

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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fintech Insider

Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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fintech Insider

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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fintech Insider

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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