
Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry, creates #LedaWrites. This week it’s all about work, finding a mission and falling in love with the job every single time.

eBay announced recently that it would begin offering merchants access to credit in partnership with Square Capital as of Q3 2018. eBay sellers will be able to apply for loans from $500 to $100,000. Square is facilitating the process, which can be done entirely digitally and sees successful applicants receive funds in as little as 24 hours. The partnership is interesting for two main reasons — it signals a deepening commitment from eBay to providing financial products and the joint offering marks another powerful entrant to the SMB lending space.

The whydunit is an increasingly popular narrative. More often than not the motives behind a decision are more interesting than the decision itself, so I’ve taken a look at the motives behind big banks and their fixation with challengers.

It’s time to accept that digitisation is not going to create the step change needed. Banks need to realise the benefits of being born digital and the boost to services it provides.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she ponders the difficulties of learning to unlearn.

What does it take for a company to grow? Flexible, adaptive people support. Our Senior HR Business Partner Anisa Aksar tells us how 11:FS thinks about HR hypergrowth.

Getting first-mover advantage is no easy feat, but what happens next? We take a look at how to maintain the advantage and how easily it can be lost.

In no time at all, we’ve managed to reach our third birthday. It feels like we were only celebrating our second birthday yesterday, but we’ve been moving so fast we’ve barely been able to keep up. So, what have we been doing all this time?

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to why you’re not so special, call to actions and why mama didn’t lie…exactly.

Challenger banks and startups have been the protagonists of the fintech landscape, they have been unbundling financial services and delivering better customer services at a fraction of the cost. But there's a different narrative in Asia.

Oh shit, they finally did it. Apple moved into banking. Sort of.

The loans and mortgage industries still haven’t evolved in the digital age. It’s affecting people’s financial and personal lives every single day.

Did you know Acorns and Robinhood have more customers than the entire "Robo Advisor" market?

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week she discusses how office politics bring us together and tear us apart.

We are mid-transformation and while some trends are becoming clear, nothing is set in stone. Leda Glyptis explains while that means there is a window of opportunity it also means decisions need to be made about where, how and why you will play in this new world.

Kate Moody and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: cash’s comeback as the cost of living climbs, Heopagos raising big for Latam payments, and Italy says ‘ciao!’ to Domino's Pizza.

Ross Gallagher is joined by some great guests, from 11:FS, Sibstar, and Purple, to talk about you design financial services for people with disabilities.

In this exciting bonus episode, David M. Brear is joined by Andy Bromberg, CEO of Eco, to talk about the fine line between copying, imitation, and competitor research. All this and much much more on today's bonus show!

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a fantastic guest from Hubb to talk through what the future for brokers might look like in today's insurance space. All this and much, much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

Kate Moody and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests, from DealStreetAsia and Fintech Business Weekly, to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Sequoia makes first investment in Pakistan, LendUp enters liquidation, and trade in your pandemic impulse buys!

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Plaid, Payments Solved, and The Payments Association EU, to look at how PSD3 might influence Open Banking going forward.

David M. Brear and Nicole Perry are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: European investing app Shares snaps up $40m financing round, Plaid launches Variable Recurring Payments, and we dip into the Fintech Insider mailbag!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: a special bonus interview with author and presenter Jamie Bartlett, where we chat about all things Missing Cryptoqueen, and his new book: “The Missing Cryptoqueen: The Billion Dollar Cryptocurrency Con and the Woman Who Got Away with It”. All this and much much more! All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

Nigel Walsh and John Bean are joined by a panel of guests from Anthemis, Flock and Instanda to talk through the biggest news of the month. Hear about: No-code insurtech scale-up Instanda raises £37m, insurance start-ups face credibility crisis, and GEICO may have to pay a woman who got an STD in an insured car. All this and much, much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

Kate Moody and Amy Gavin are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Starling pulls Irish bank application, Stori becomes Mexico’s latest fintech unicorn, and ‘Eat The Rich’ popsicles are selling fast!

Kate Moody is joined by some great guests, from Chetwood Financial, Innovate Finance, and Minna Technologies, to ask how will inflation impact financial services going forward.

David M. Brear is joined by investigative reporter and author, Dan McCrum, to dive into his new book about uncovering the truth about payments company Wirecard.

Benjamin Ensor and Deepa Anikhindi are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Agricultural bank Oxbury raises £20m in a funding round, Payl8r calls for open banking to be legally required for credit assessing, and the world's first fintech sitcom!

David M. Brear is joined by some great guests, from Bunq, Maxwell and Molo Finance, to help put together the perfect mortgage offering taking aspects from across the world.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: 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!

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

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...

