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Culture

What banks get wrong about transformation

Technological innovation is creating new business models and revenue opportunities for FinTech firms globally. As disruption in the banking sector continues, what are the lessons that legacy banking organizations can learn from the new start-ups? From a very basic level, the digital disruptors are usually associated with mobile functionality, simplicity, big data, accessibility, agility, cloud computing, contextuality, personalization and convenience. Alternatively, with the exception of convenience (from a physical location perspective), most traditional banks have few of these qualities. What do industry leaders think? What is the biggest difference between FinTech start-ups and incumbent Banks? This article was first published on the Financial Brand in July 2015.

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11:FS Foundry

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: core banking changing lives

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she reflects on CTOs and why the best ones are like knights in shining armour.

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Banking

11 takeaways from Sibos 2019

Last week, the world’s biggest banking conference hit London for the first time. So what did more than 11,000 delegates see and hear at Sibos 2019?

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: digital cold callers and the end of civilisation

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to floor plans, homes, crushed dreams and banking real estate.

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Innovation

The CIO Survival Handbook

So a strange and wonderful thing happened over the weekend. This is the story of how Covid Credit came into existence.

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11:FS Foundry

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: why I want to be taken for granted

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to self-fulfilling prophecies and dead fish.

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Fintech Insider

Marcus and Me: Boe Hartman on building a new philosophy at an incumbent bank

I spoke to our Marketing Manager, Bianca Sarafian, to find out why marketing is so important in the fintech space and why fintech is the industry bringing the most exciting opportunities to marketing today.

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Diversity

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: why I don’t talk about gender

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she examines why being taken for granted is the highest form of trust. Oh and some core banking principles too.

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Open Banking

Consumer priorities and Open Banking

It has been 18 months since the Open Banking legislation was launched in the UK. How much has changed or been achieved in that time?

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: mistakes and how to avoid avoiding them

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week, she tells us why system capabilities should never overshadow a bank's propositions.

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Banking

Credit scoring: how fintechs are raising the bar

Credit scoring has long been a topic shrouded in mystery; its secrets closely guarded by lenders and credit bureaus. That could be about to change.

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Culture

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: bad bosses and hardy flowers

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to elevator pitches and millennial products.

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Banking

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: a banker goes a-banking, vol 5

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she returns to the issues with her high street bank.

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Fintech Insider

Nick Ogden: the serial disruptor

David and Leda sat down with Atom bank and special guest, will.i.am, to discuss banking, AI and why the most important role at a bank will be the CTO: Chief Trust Officer.

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Innovation

Leda Writes for Fintech Futures: declaring time of death

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week, her thoughts turn to digital and whether opportunism will trump the art of the possible

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Fintech Insider

774. Insights: How are financial services players using blockchain?

David Brear is joined by some great guests from Fireblocks, DigitalX and Moniflo to talk about how financial services are actually using blockchain technology and how they choose an option that works best for them.

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Blockchain Insider

194. Insights: What is the impact of AI on social media and web3?

L.F.G. Today we bring you: a super interesting discussion on the impact AI software and AI generated content can have on the world of social media, and where the overlaps with the crypto space live, and how to make this safe for consumers. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

773. News: Mastercard pushes in to Africa with MTN deal and niche banks are on the rise

Mastercard takes minority stake in MTN, rental platform Fronted closes down, and Bank Of Ireland customers go crazy for ATM glitch – Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from Anthemis, Cornerstone Advisors, and Ebanx, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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Fintech Insider

772. Insights: Has the fintech revolution ignored older customers?

Kate Moody is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, ClearEstate, and PensionBee, to look at the financial services aimed at customers over 60.

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Fintech Insider

770. News: PayPal launches stablecoin and Apple $10 billion rocks the banking world

PayPal launches stablecoin, Apple announces $10 billion in deposits, and Drake launches Shopify mansion – Kate Moody and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests, from Fiat Republic and Knot API, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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Blockchain Insider

193. Insights: Checking in on our 2023 predictions

EL. EF. GEE. Today we bring you: a recap of our 2023 predictions for the crypto space. what did we predict correctly? What did we get completely wrong? What still has potential to materialise in the next few months leading up to 2024? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

768. News: Shopify and HSBC blur the lines between e-commerce and financial services

Shopify launches credit card, HSBC and Tradeshift launch joint embedded finance venture, and Snoop gets acquired – Ross Gallagher and David Barton-Grimley are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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Fintech Insider

767. How do you innovate in a highly regulated industry?

David M. Brear is joined by Standard Chartered CEO, Bill Winters, in this interview deep-diving into innovation in the banking space!

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Fintech Insider

765. News: FedNow powers up and Dame Alison Rose steps down

Fed launches long-awaited instant payments service, NatWest boss Alison Rose resigns, and McDonalds launches McNuggets Land in the metaverse – Kate Moody and Benjamin Ensor are joined by some great guests, from Founders Factory and Chamber of Progress, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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Blockchain Insider

192. Insights: A new world of functionality - a Smart Tokens case study

EL. EF. GEE. Today we bring you: a case study on all things smart tokens. What are they? How do they work? What do they mean for web3? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

763. News: Buy Now Pay Later regulation shelved while Coutts faces Farage account fallout

Buy Now Pay Later regulation shelved in UK, Thunes pockets $72M, and Farage accuses Coutts of closing account over ‘values’ – Ross Gallagher and Nas Ahmad are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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Fintech Insider

762. Insights: Three lessons learned from financial services in 2023 so far

Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, Innovate Finance, and TwentyOne to talk about the biggest lessons for financial services in the first half of 2023.

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Fintech Insider

760. News: Public lands in the UK and Solaris raises €38 million

Investment platform Public launches in the UK, Solaris raises to focus on core values, and Martin Lewis 'sickened' by deepfake investment scam – Kate Moody is joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days!

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Blockchain Insider

191. Insights: Rewind: How do you know it's web3?

EL. EF. GEE. Today we bring you: A rewind look into an episode focused on ownership. Ownership is web3’s ability to prove that digital assets are owned by users. But how exactly does it work? How is it different from the world of web2? And what changes can we expect to see in the world now that assets are on-chain? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

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Fintech Insider

758. News: Is Goldman Sachs breaking up with Apple?

Goldman looking for a way of Apple partnership, Visa $1 billion buyout of Brazil's Pismo, and UK banks warned against closing accounts – Kate Moody and David Barton-Grimley are joined by some great guests, from Fintech Business Weekly and Spiralem, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days.

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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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