
I was recently asked whether digital transformations meant partnerships will become obsolete. In fact, I think quite the opposite - banks who don’t use partnerships will become obsolete.

If you’ve been listening to the news at all in the last few months, you’ve likely run across the term Open Banking – a lot. The internet is awash with articles, thought pieces, blogs, books and podcasts on Open Banking. It’s a full-time job keeping up with the latest trends and following the right people. That’s why at 11: FS we’ve put together the authoritative resource on Open Banking. Whether you’re new to Open Banking or a bonafide guru, we’ve cut through the noise to bring you the go-to guide.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to Wonder Woman, technology without heart and why love is key to innovation.

If you’re a banker, particularly a retail banker, last year was like the longest pre-fight build up we’ve ever seen. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you will know that this year four new challenger banks will finally come to the UK market in the form of Monzo, Atom, Starling, and Tandem. They were the constant drum beat in the background while you were making your roadmaps and planning your transformations; the constant understanding that winter was coming.

Much has been written about how Open Banking has announced itself with more of a whimper than a bang, since going live at the beginning of 2018.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week her attention turns to failing and terrible advice.

If you look at the Trustpilot reviews for Plum (the UK savings app), one thing stands out. People don’t talk that much about the product; instead, they proudly declare how much they’ve saved.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week, she tells us the best way to avoid frustrated ambition and missed opportunities.

Software has been around for some time, but it was the explosion of mobile phones that changed the dynamic and timeline of building new products. In Europe alone, fintech app usage is up 72% since the start of the pandemic. 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.

If all the bits of your car lived in different countries, and you had to ship them to your house and assemble them every time you wanted to drive somewhere – it would get a bit annoying right? You would question why anyone thought this was an acceptable way of building something so critical.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to dudes and core banking.

Jason Bates interviewed Rishi Khosla, CEO of OakNorth for Fintech Insider, the under the radar fintech unicorn in the SME lending space. They discuss OakNorth’s origin story, how they reached profitability within 24 months, the social impact of the SME lending space and what the future holds for this little-big company with deep roots. Listen to the interview in full on the podcast here or stream it below.

China’s currently the second biggest hub for fintech in the world. In 2018 the nation managed to secure $15.1BN in funding for fintechs. A great deal of that reputation for success is down to the power and growth of Ant Financial.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to industry conferences and forgetfulness.

It’s Valentine’s Day. Obvious opening statement for a blog published on February 14th but on the off chance you forgot, you might want to bookmark this blog, run and buy a card. I’ll be here when you get back.

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a panel of guests from Innovate Finance and FinPro to talk through culture in insurance. All this and much, much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

Benjamin Ensor is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, Queer Money Podcast, Emerald Life, and Euphoria, to discuss the issues faced by the LGBTQ community when it comes to financial services.

EL. EF. GEE. Today we bring you: Key US senators introduce crypto bill outlining sweeping plan for future rules, the crypto community says the UK's FCA is finally starting to listen, and Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey launch 'Bitcoin Academy' at rapper's childhood home in Brooklyn. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

Benjamin Ensor and Gwera Kiwana are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: SME lender Allica Bank secures £55m in equity and debt round, Backbase earns a €2.5bn valuation, and Deadmau5 is launching his own online bank

David M. Bear is joined by some great guests, from Fintech Business Weekly and Railsr to ask what can the crypto industry learn from traditional finance?

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Truelayer, Binance and Banking Circle, live from Money 20/20 to discuss how payments companies are adding more to their offerings to stay ahead of the competition!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: a deep dive into real world use cases. We'll take a look at what real life use cases really means, cover some fantastic case studies and discuss what the role of wallets is within all of this. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

Gwera Kiwana and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Nova Credit Teams with Alloy on inclusive business lending, world's first green fintech taxonomy launched, and Sex Pistols launch God Save the Queen coin and NFT collection.

Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests, from NovoPayment, Treasury Prime and Anthemis, to find out who are the winners and losers of the embedded finance revolution.

Mauricio Magaldi and Simon Taylor take a deep dive into the Terra/LUNA story for this very special bonus episode of Blockchain Insider.

Benjamin Ensor and Sim Rai are joined by some great guests, from Tranch and Anthemis, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Klarna lays off 10% of its workforce via video message, Chase marks 500,000 UK customers, and our panel answers your questions!

David M. Brear and Jason Bates are podcasting from the metaverse!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: an in depth conversation about all things Play To Earn and Metaverse. We’re going to be looking at the why, the what, and the how – with the help of some great expert guests in the Play to Earn space. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

David Brear, Simon Taylor and Jason Bates are here to answer all of your questions on our new Ask Me Anything episode. Tune in to hear more!

In the fourth roundtable episode of Fintech Marketing Podcast, your host Mariette Ferreira takes a look at how fintechs use performance marketing for growth. Mariette is joined by a great panel of guests to help unpack this and dive a bit deeper into- wide array of tools and tactics, and every company will have its own flavour, from SEO, to PPC, to paid social, to affiliates. Some call it growth marketing, paid marketing, even (sadly) digital marketing.
Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?
Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.
The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.
Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.
They're down, but they're not certainly not out.
Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.
We kick off our Decoding: Banks series with a look at the banking landscape today and how we got here.

David M. Brear, our 11:FS CEO, takes us through legacy technology within banks - but of course, with a really cool Lightboard.

Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2: Coming soon

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...

