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Year Two: Our top 11 Moments

11:FS turns two this week! As we hit the terrible twos but before we dig into our birthday cake, we’re feeling all reflective and so we thought it was a good time to look back over our last year and see how far we’ve come from year 1 to 2.

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Impressions: IFTC 2018 Where Will Fintech Go this Year?

Guest author Alan Tsen lends his thoughts on the killer use cases for Open Banking in Australia. 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.

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Fintech Insider News: Peter the Leopard

Picking apart the week on the Fintech Insider News show alongside hosts Simon Taylor and Ross Gallagher are Carrie Osman, CEO and founder of Cruxy, Ali Paterson, Editor of Fintech Finance, Amelie Arras, Marketing Director of Adastra Marketing, and Veronique Constans, Programme Manager at 11:FS. Listen here for the episode in full, stream it below or read on for extra insights.

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Digital Human: What's the next Revolution?

“Digital is a small team sport” is a phrase we often use at 11:FS: you’ll hear us say it in keynotes, in pitches and on the podcast. But what do we really mean?

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Women in Fintech: What does the future hold?

Following hot on the heels of International Women’s Day yesterday, we have some fantastic insights from some leading women in UK fintech. I spoke to Rachel Kent – Head of Global Financial Institutions Sector, Hogan Lovells; Wendy Jephson – Co-founder & Chief Behavioural Specialist, Nasdaq Sybenetix; Sophie Bialaszewski – Head of Innovation, Lloyds Banking Group, Adizah Tejani, Marketing Director at Token, Inc; and Min Teo – VP of Operations, Yoyo Wallet. Listen to the interviews in full on Fintech Insider here or stream them below.

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Pump that Money

In this Q&A with Jimmy Williams, CEO and co-founder of Urban Jungle we discuss using technology to enhance transparency in home and contents insurance.

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What are the altcoins to watch in 2018?

The modern day Delivery Lead has evolved in recent years and now the position has a whole host of new challenges to deal with. 11:FS Head of Delivery Adam Davis explores what that really means.

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Feel the fintech love at our Valentine's Day After Dark

A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about migrant workers in the Middle East and their access to financial services. We can’t continue the conversation about regional financial exclusion without talking about the gender gap.

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[The SME sector is] So Hot Right Now

For Fintech Insider’s news show Simon and Jason are joined by 11:FS NED Chris Skinner, Tanya Andreasyan, Editor at Banking Technology; Kristian Luoma – Head of OP Lab, in town from Helsinki for one night only and Cliff Evans, Head of Digital Banking at Capgemini, to take on the week’s top stories. This week they look at the monumental shifts in both global stock exchanges and crypto markets; the US take on Open Banking, and exciting developments in the SME space both here and abroad. Listen in full here, stream below or read on for highlights!

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Mike Kelly on Curl, Open Banking, and Hands Free Payments

About two months ago I wrote a job ad for a “Programme Delivery Lead” to come and join us at 11:FS to create a digital financial services product and take it to market. But things didn’t quite go as expected.

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Financial Services and Mental Health

Note – I use female loosely here to include all those who identify with feminine traits, partially, wholly or barely. The idea is not to be gender normative or exclusionary, so please excuse AND educate me if that is happening here. 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.

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Moneyball & understanding investing

When most banks are bribing people to join with £100 or a Rihanna CD, Monzo is doing the opposite: building a bank customers love, involving them in its development, and being so amazing the network blows up like Facebook. Monzo, the bank that broke Crowdcube, now has more than 100,000 customers. Next milestone: 1 million. Here’s how they’ll do it. (subscribe to FinTech Insider to hear the whole story)

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Fintechs vs Banks: The War for Talent

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Avoka's Derek Corcoran on banking pain points and best practices

Derek Corcoran, CEO (Chief Experience Officer, not Chief Executive) at Avoka, paid a flying visit to 11:FS, straight off the plane from Colorado, for a Fintech Insider interview with Simon Taylor. Listen to the interview in full here, stream it below or read on for the highlights.

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The Tao of Rob Frohwein

We’re halfway through our list of the best and most popular blog posts of 2019, which begs the question: what will take the number one spot?

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448. Insights: Do we still need bank branches?

Simon Taylor is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of bank branches. Will they open up after the pandemic? Do we still need them or have we seen the last of the bank branch?

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Insurtech Insider

71. News: Insurance acquisitions and casualties

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk through the latest news in the insurtech and insurance world!

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447. News: Can finance ever be fully democratised?

Simon Taylor and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Robinhood abandons its UK launch amid criticism of their platform; Klarna reins in their lockdown lending and Monzo re-launch their Plus product.

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446. Insights: Digital Payments Innovation: Is this the end of cash?

Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests to talk about the development of digital payments and the global shift towards cashless payment solutions.

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70. LGBT+ and insurance - Make no assumptions

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk through LGBT+ and insurance. What is the state of diversity and inclusion in the industry and what specific products is there available for the LGBT+ community? All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

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442. Insights: Are fintech hubs dead?

Simon Taylor is joined by some great (and very international) guests to talk about the future of fintech hubs. Do we need them? Is location no longer important post-pandemic?

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440. Insights: Credit scoring for US immigrants - It's a political issue

Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about credit scoring for US immigrants. What are the problems US immigrants might face when trying to build up a credit score once they've arrived in North America?

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69. News: Lemonade goes public and travel insurance covers COVID-19

Nigel Walsh and David Brear are joined by a panel of guests to talk through the latest news in the insurtech and insurance world including Lemonde goes public and the Post Office brings back travel insurance...with coronavirus cover! All this and much more on this week's Insurtech Insider!

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439. News: Wirecard fallout - fintech’s Enron moment?

Sam Maule and David Brear are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Wirecard “loses” €1.9 billion, the US banking sector is seeing huge growth, despite (or because of) the pandemic and Goldman Sachs’ CEO makes a cameo in 'Billions'.

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438. Insights: PPP - How digital providers helped rescue SMBs

Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to talk about PPP lending during the COVID-19 pandemic. On today's show we are taking a look at the process from the lenders perspective!

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437. News: Stop, collaborate and listen - Amazon and Goldman Sachs team up

Jason Bates and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Goldman Sachs teams up with another tech giant as it launches credit lines on Amazon, Monzo raise funding but lose valuation and WhatsApp launches payments in Brazil. All this and much much more on today's FIntech Insider News.

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436. Insights: COVID-19 and the underbanked in the US

Sam Maule is joined by some great guests to discuss the state of the underbanked in the US and how COVID-19 is affecting this group of underserved people.

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68. Life insurance COVID-19: If you're honest, you're covered

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by a panel of guests to talk through life insurance during the pandemic. Does your existing life insurance policy cover you during the pandemic?

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435. News: Is now a good time to launch a challenger bank?

Sarah Kocianski and Ross Gallagher are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Vivid Money launches digital banking services in Germany; the pandemic savings surge forces Goldman to shut Marcus to new UK clients; and Islamic finance startup Wahed closes $25M funding round to grow their Saudi Arabia hub.

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434. Insights: transforming financial services infrastructure post COVID-19

Sarah Kocianski is joined by some great guests from Equinix, Mastercard and RTGS to discuss the long-term business transformation and the need for agile infrastructure in financial services organisations in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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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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How does banking regulation work? - Decoding: Banks

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

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How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks

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

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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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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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How do card networks operate? - Decoding: Banks

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

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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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11:FS Explores: Legacy banking systems ft. David M. Brear

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

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Minimum Lovable Brand | 11:FS Explores

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Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2 Preview

Fintech Marketing Podcast Season 2: Coming soon

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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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Insights: The future of Revolut with UKCEO Francesca Carlesi

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