
Banking has been transforming for over a decade now. Some have done it well, others leave a lot to be desired.

In her latest column for Forbes, 11:FS Head of Research Sarah Kocianski returns to one of her favourite topics: the Australian fintech and challenger bank market.

Whilst trust in financial services has increased by 8% in the last 10 years globally, trust in the technology industry has dropped by 6% in the last year alone. Hence, with the pandemic further necessitating the use of technology, it’s more important than ever for digital financial services to develop and maintain trust from their users.

I am hungover. Last night at the British Banking Awards, presented by Smart Money People, was epic.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week the terrible false choice - for love or money?

There’s something super-interesting about hacking everyday spend. It’s that recurring everyday excuse to nudge customers towards a better future.

This was originally published as a New Insights article on 12th January 2024 exclusively for 11:FS Pulse users on the Pulse platform. Given this week's news that NatWest has made its banking app available on Apple Vision Pro, we thought it would only be right to make it available for everyone.

Did I click-bait you into reading this? Relax, we are not shuttering 11:FS, just a small part of it.

Each week, Leda Glyptis, CEO of 11:FS Foundry creates #LedaWrites. This week her attention turns, once again, to women in financial services.

How cool would it be if you could subscribe to getting more wealth?

You know they say you shouldn’t start a diet and give up smoking at the same time? Or get married and start a new job? Or whatever?

Seven years ago, the first new retail bank in the UK in almost a century got its licence to open, as Chris Skinner noted in a recent blog post. Now, there are nearly 50 banks in the pipeline: app-only startup banks, foreign exchange payment cards, personal financial management apps, business accounts, and more. How are they all going to make money? And how will they differentiate themselves enough to win the hearts of customers? In episode 228 of FinTech Insider, we discuss with guests from FinTech challenger banks Fidor, Starling Bank, and Loot.

Every Thursday, Leda Glyptis, 11:FS Chief of Staff creates #LedaWrites. This week she turns her attention to innovation in big banks and why partners, vendors and many more should take caution when talking to innovation.

Core banking might not be the sexiest of subjects, but if you don’t get it right, your bank will suffer financially and lose its edge to the truly digital competitors coming your way. But how do you strengthen your core when you’re stuck with a Frankenstein legacy system? In episode 225 of FinTech Insider Insights, we break down what you need to do.

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the US published an official report, following an investigation into a token sale by an organisation called The DAO, where it decided that these particular tokens the DAO were offering were in fact, securities and therefore subject to the requirements of the federal securities law in the US. Read the full story via Fintech Insider News here.

In this week's Insights show, Adam Davis is joined by some great guests to discuss the future of investing.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: The currency cold war, tokenising your future income, and when will we see a digital dollar? All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

Fintech Insider is stateside this week as hosts Will White and Sam Maule are joined by a panel of great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Visa acquires Plaid in $5bn deal, banks tell us how they did in Q4 2019, and the new bank for the 60+ set.

Simon Taylor is hosting solo this week and is joined by some great guests to talk about the future of fintech VC investment.

In the first Insurtech Insider episode of the year, host Sarah Kocianski is joined by a panel of guests to talk through how the direct-to-consumer insurance model has evolved in a digital-first world. All this and much much more on today's Insurtech Insider!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Where Libra go from here, Telegram’s TON takes another blow, and the Venezuelan President is all in on petros. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

Laura Watkins is at Fintech Connect 2019 at the ExCeL London where she is joined by Kosta Peric, Deputy Director of Financial Services for the Poor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Sarah Kocianski and Adam Davis are joined by some returning guests to predict all the things that could happen in the fintech world in 2020!

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you predictions! Host Simon Taylor is joined by Mike Dudas and the pair are predicting all the things that could happen in the world of blockchain in 2020.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: a live panel from this year's Money20/20! We also have some incredible interviews with Asaf Meir, CEO at Solidus Labs and Max Boonen, CEO at B2C2.

Sarah Kocianski and Nigel Walsh are joined by some returning guests to predict all the things that could happen in the insurtech world in 2020!

David Brear and Simon Taylor are joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: RBS to pay £40 million for foreign exchange rigging, WeLab raises $156 million ahead of virtual bank launch, and MasterCard launches mobile gift card ahead of Christmas. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!

On this week's insights show, David Brear and Simon Taylor sit down to reminisce about the past 12 months of fintech. As always, they are joined by an incredible panel of guests and together they take a look back at 2019's most notable fintech stories.

We. Are. Here. Today we bring you: Bitfinex security drama, SEC slams fraudsters for Christmas, and yet another crypto Ponzi scheme. All this and much more on today's Blockchain Insider!

David Brear is in New York and is joined by Will White to host a stateside episode of the news show. They're joined by some great guests to talk about some of the most interesting stories of the last 7 days, including: Chime quadruples its valuation, Robinhood tops 10 million accounts and a man loses £193,000 to a one-digit sort code error. All this and much more on today's Fintech Insider News!
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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...

