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First-mover advantage in SMB banking
Content marketing. Feels like ages we’ve been throwing this term around, doesn’t it? The term was first coined in 1996 (25 years ago!), and sometimes it feels like many brands are still using the same content marketing playbook from five if not ten years back.
Student Finance: Five useful products
With over one million students studying away from home during the 17/18 academic year, managing budgets and expenses is an ever-increasing need.
How many customers do fintechs really have?
Messaging has redefined the way we interact with one another. Now, it could do the same with the ways we engage with banks...
For the love of money, why didn’t I do that?
I was once told by a very senior guy at a global bank that my attempts to create impact were ‘a bit socialist’. This statement represents an inter-generational misalignment on the expected role of financial services in society. 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.
Creating and defining relationships in fintech
A few weeks ago I wrote about how banks and fintechs need to work together. Evidently some are taking notice and learning from each other.
Billions Spent: Where Has It Gone?
Every senior executive knows they need digital, every bank is spending billions on digital projects. So, why has so little digital transformation actually occurred?
Student Finance: Sorting Out Household Bills
Despite global economic headwinds, rising prices and over half of consumers now precisely tracking their subscription spend, 89% of businesses are optimistic about recurring revenue growth for the year ahead. They predict changing customer demand is the top factor that will impact profitability.
False Certainty: The Monolith Made Me Do It
You can catch the full Fintech Insider take on the news today at 4pm on the podcast here. It’s been a week so that means we’re back to doing a deep dive on a slightly different story from the news show. I think this one’s a little more exciting than the bigger stories if truth be told. For analysis straight from industry experts subscribe to our podcast Fintech Insider CEO David M. Brear and Sarah Kocianski sit down with Monty Munford and CEO of Onfido Husayn Kassai to discuss all things fintech news, and this week we’re giving you a closer look at the FCA’s regulatory sandbox.
What are the challenges facing the modern Delivery Lead?
Are consumers experiencing the downside of a booming consumer lending industry?
Who cares that they're called challenger banks?
What is a challenger bank? Who are they actually challenging and does the name even make sense?
The Solution to SMB Finance Woes?
The creator economy is defined by SignalFire as the class of business built by independent content creators, curators and community builders, as well as the software and finance tools designed to help them with growth and monetisation.
Global Fintech Innovation Network: Beyond the Sandbox
The first adopters in the digital banking world are beginning to use native iOS features to enhance the customer experience. With Touch ID now a hygiene feature, we are seeing banks introduce and improve upon their Force Touch capabilities. And in the past few months, a handful of brands have taken things to the next level by offering Siri and Messages payments (albeit with a few kinks in the journey). In this article we explore how banks are going native.
Digital is a small team sport
A three-part series by 11:FS Non-Executive Director, Lisa Gansky Part 1 – The 3 steps of Digital Transformation
Banks need to be smarter not move faster
Banks are plagued by a litany of archaic processes and outmoded design. That was just about bearable before the digital age, but is there any room for it today?
Why Fintechs Need to Focus on Financial Education for Customers
Financial education is vital to the success of many new fintechs. After all, if customers don’t know what they need then how are they going to know if a product is useful for them?
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642. News: Kroo lands coveted banking license, while Credit Suisse found guilty of money laundering
David M. Brear and Kate Moody are joined by some great guests to talk about the most interesting stories in financial services over the last 7 days, including: Kroo lands full banking licence, Credit Suisse bank found guilty over money laundering charges, and we answer questions from the Fintech Insider mailbag!
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641. Insights: What does 'financial inclusion' actually mean?
Gwera Kiwana is joined by some great guests, from Spiralem, Observer Research Foundation and Jipay, to discuss the merits and challenges of financial inclusion.
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120. Insights: How can we build a transformative and inclusive future for insurance?
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!
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639. How do we make financial services more LGBTQ-inclusive?
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.
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164. News: Crypto regulation gets real and Jay-Z launches a Bitcoin academy
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!
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638. News: Allica bank raises for SMEs and Backbase raises to transform the back end of banking
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
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637. Insights: What can crypto learn from TradFi?
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?
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635. Insights: How can payments companies compete?
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!
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163. Insights: Getting familiar with real world use cases
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!
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634. News: Alloy and Nova Credit partner to help migrants and green fintech initiative launched
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.
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633. Insights: Will embedded finance make or break the fintech industry?
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.
Bonus. Diving deeper into Terra
Mauricio Magaldi and Simon Taylor take a deep dive into the Terra/LUNA story for this very special bonus episode of Blockchain Insider.
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632. News: Klarna announces big layoffs while Chase bags UK customers
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!
Bonus: The metaverse is 1% finished
David M. Brear and Jason Bates are podcasting from the metaverse!
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148. Insights: Understanding the Metaverse and Play to Earn
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!
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!
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?
Using Jobs to be Done to revolutionise SME Banking | 11:FS Explores
It's not just a buzzword.
What are fintechs? - Decoding: Banks
Ever wanted to know what’s going on behind the scenes every time we make a payment?
How does banking regulation work? - Decoding: Banks
Regulation is essential. It stops banks from going bust or behaving badly.
How has software evolution influenced banking? - Decoding: Banks
The invention of the computer revolutionised banking in the 1950s.
How does lending work? - Decoding: Banks
Lending has been around for thousands of years and is one of the cornerstones of banking.
How can traditional banks win on the banking battlefield? - Decoding: Banks
They're down, but they're not certainly not out.
How do card networks operate? - Decoding: Banks
Mastercard and Visa are the two biggest credit card networks in the world.
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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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
